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News and commentary about the anti-gay lobbyIn this multi-part series of videos Box Turtle Bulletin editor Jim Burroway discusses attending Love Won Out.
November 12th, 2007
Attention Towleroad Visitors: The video you’re looking for is the second one on this post.
Healthy Expectations For The Prospect Of Change
The whole point of the Love Won Out conferences, put on by Exodus International and Focus On the Family, is to convince parents, loved ones, pastors, teachers, gays, and anyone else that “change is possible.” They often do this without defining what change means, and they often sugarcoat the likelihood of change for everyone. But if you’re lucky enough to attend the right breakout session given by just the right speaker, you just might catch the most honest assessment for the possibility of change you will ever hear.
Who Seems To Be The Most Genuine?
That’s a tough one. Does being genuine require that one be consistently honest?
The “Love Won Out” Series:
Prologue: Why I Went To “Love Won Out”
Part 1: What’s Love Got To Do With It?
Part 2: Parents Struggle With “No Exceptions”
Part 3: A Whole New Dialect
Part 4: It Depends On How The Meaning of the Word “Change” Changes
Part 5: A Candid Explanation For “Change”
November 11th, 2007
Since moving to Denver I’ve been involved with the very active chapter of Soulforce here. Over the weekend as part of their ongoing “Focus On The Facts” campaign a group of LGBT individuals, led by music-artist and hottie James Roy, paid a visit to Focus’s HQ. This video of the action I created addresses everything else you might want to know about the event.
Video exploring the ex-gay promoting "Day of Truth" is re-released with prologue covering changes since video was originally released.
November 6th, 2007
Since I first created a youtube film examining the “Day of Truth” a great deal has changed at Love In Action and a great deal has not changed at Exodus International and at the Alliance Defense Fund. Since my video is one of the few internet resources available on the “Day of Truth” I have decided to updated it by adding a prologue explaining developments since it was originally released.
I present “How Can Lies Be Truth? – Second Edition”
November 6th, 2007
Peterson Toscano was here over the weekend to perform his Homo No Mo play, after which he was asked to sign autographs. Here you see him deep in thought coming up with something to write:
Last night we were both photographed for an upcoming magazine article I’m not yet at liberty to name.
In this multi-part series of videos Box Turtle Bulletin editor Jim Burroway discusses attending Love Won Out.
November 5th, 2007
Advice Given To Parents
Last weekend, Exodus and Focus On the Family held another Love Won Out conference in Indianapolis, Indiana. If that conference was like the others this past year, it was mostly attended by parents of gays and lesbians, and not so much by gays themselves who are interested in change.
And if that conference was anything like previous conferences, the information those parents heard was something of a mixed bag. It’s easy to focus on the negatives, but it’s also important to recognize that it wasn’t all horribly wrong. Love Won Out speakers were able to offer some advice to parents which might actually be useful to them — at least in terms of trying to keep the lines of communications open with their children.
All Gay People Have Been Sexually Violated
While Love Won Out offers some examples of useful information to parents, other examples can be quite damaging. Here, Jim Burroway discusses one parent’s reaction to hearing Melissa Fryrear say she had never met a lesbian or gay man who hadn’t been abused.
The “Love Won Out” Series:
Prologue: Why I Went To “Love Won Out”
Part 1: What’s Love Got To Do With It?
Part 2: Parents Struggle With “No Exceptions”
Part 3: A Whole New Dialect
Part 4: It Depends On How The Meaning of the Word “Change” Changes
Part 5: A Candid Explanation For “Change”
November 2nd, 2007
Peterson Toscano is performing his signature play “Doin’ Time In The Homo No Mo Halfway House” this weekend here in Denver.
Sunday, November 4 @ 7:00pm
MCC Of The Rockies
980 Clarkson, Denver 80218
ADMISSION IS FREE
October 30th, 2007
Max Blumenthal at the Huffington Post released a video of footage he shot walking around the Value Voters Summit. The video leads off with Max speaking with an exgay at what looks to be Exodus’ booth.
Does anyone recognize this guy?
In this multi-part series of videos Box Turtle Bulletin editor Jim Burroway discusses attending Love Won Out.
October 29th, 2007
A Culture Within A Culture
Love Won Out can sometimes be somewhat mysterious to those who are outside the evangelical world. What’s more, homosexuality and the ex-gay movement largely exists outside the experience of the typical evangelical church-goer. This makes Love Won Out a unique culture within a culture.
Blaming Fathers For Gay Sons
Most of the Love Won Out audience consists of mothers and fathers of gay sons and daughters. Guess who Love Won Out singles out as the main culprit behind their son’s homosexuality? Don’t take my word for it — you can hear it straight from Joseph Nicolosi’s lips.
The “Love Won Out” Series:
Prologue: Why I Went To “Love Won Out”
Part 1: What’s Love Got To Do With It?
Part 2: Parents Struggle With “No Exceptions”
Part 3: A Whole New Dialect
Part 4: It Depends On How The Meaning of the Word “Change” Changes
Part 5: A Candid Explanation For “Change”
October 28th, 2007
Christine Bakke and I were interviewed by ONE TV Show, a local gay program here in Denver. Once the episode is online I’ll post a link.
In this multi-part series of videos Box Turtle Bulletin editor Jim Burroway discusses attending Love Won Out.
October 22nd, 2007
Why I Attended Love Won Out
Assumptions About What It Means To Be Gay
The “Love Won Out” Series:
Prologue: Why I Went To “Love Won Out”
Part 1: What’s Love Got To Do With It?
Part 2: Parents Struggle With “No Exceptions”
Part 3: A Whole New Dialect
Part 4: It Depends On How The Meaning of the Word “Change” Changes
Part 5: A Candid Explanation For “Change”
October 21st, 2007
Wayne Besen and his group Truth Wins Out protested last year’s NARTH conference with the theme “quacks” featuring duck costumes, duck calls and large inflatable duck pool toys.
Besen spoke to the Dallas Voice about his theme for this year’s protest:
Besen said protesters have the option of wearing “scary costumes” in connection with the protest’s theme that “reparative therapy is scary.”
“It will highlight the horrors of coming out of the ex-gay movement,” Besen said. “As scary as the costumes might be, they pale in comparison to the real thing.”
But Besen said he hopes no one shows up in anything that might be considered obscene.
“We want to present a colorful depiction of reparative therapy, but we don’t want anyone providing poster images for the ex-gay movement,” Besen said.
Last year, Besen coordinated a protest of the group’s conference in Orlando, where the protesters wore duck suits and “quacked” at the therapists. Duck suits would also be appropriate this year, he said.
Wayne has all the details for those interested in attending the protest on his website.
Singer "struggled with homosexuality" after being molested at ages 8 and 13.
October 21st, 2007
Senator Obama’s campaign has planned an “Embrace the Change” gospel concert tour to consist of three dates in South Carolina featuring five acts, one of whom is Donnie McClurkin according to the New York Times. (Yes, the tour is named “Embrace the Change” which XGW also finds worth noting.)
Several years ago the Washington Post noted McClurkin’s public statements on his own sexual history and views on gay conversion:
McClurkin wrote on a Christian Web site in 2002 that he struggled with homosexuality after he was molested by male relatives when he was 8 and 13. “I’ve been through this and have experienced God’s power to change my lifestyle,” he wrote. “I am delivered and I know God can deliver others, too.”
Via AmericaBlog
October 17th, 2007
We ex-gay survivors are able to list the individual ways our lives have been affected by our ex-gay experiences but it’s good to see Peterson Peterson has compiledan outline categorizing all the forms of harm in a logical fashion. His basic categories (many of which have sub-categories) are:
Peterson invites commenters to share either on the post itself or at BeyondExGay.
In this multi-part series of videos Box Turtle Bulletin editor Jim Burroway discusses attending Love Won Out.
October 16th, 2007
Love Won Out held a conference in Irvine, CA over the weekend and since the media down there appears to be “ex-gayed out” the most news coverage it appears to have received in a blog entry at the OC Weekly. This ex-gay media saturation in OC is of course why none of the familiar faces chose to head down there last weekend.
That said I personally have been busy editing footage of Jim Burroway discussing his experience attending the Love Won Out conference held in Phoenix earlier this year. I present to you the first two of twenty eight video clips.
Who Attends Love Won Out?
What Melissa Fryrear Says About The Prospect Of Change.
The “Love Won Out” Series:
Prologue: Why I Went To “Love Won Out”
Part 1: What’s Love Got To Do With It?
Part 2: Parents Struggle With “No Exceptions”
Part 3: A Whole New Dialect
Part 4: It Depends On How The Meaning of the Word “Change” Changes
Part 5: A Candid Explanation For “Change”
October 13th, 2007
I attended the Seven Straight Nights vigil here in Denver this evening and present the following photos:
Click each thumbnail to view full size images
We started with a silent march from a Unitarian church in Capital Hill and proceeded down Colfax towards the Capital Building.
A group called Singing For Equality lead some songs and did a few numbers on their own.
There were a few speakers ranging from politicians to various types of families.
After the prepared remarks people were free to leave their hand-drawn luminaria on the steps of the Capital.
Also during that time participants were encouraged to take the mic and share their reason for participating.
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