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July 25th, 2007
EDGE Boston has published David Foucher’s third part of his four part series on the ex-gay movement. I’m very impressed with this series — he really did his homework. In this especially well-written installment, Foucher examines the pseudo-Freudian theories underlying the ex-gay movement in general and reparative therapy in particular — theories which Robert-Jay Green […]
July 24th, 2007
This morning, I spoke with Cerissa Cafasso, Associate Director of Public Relations and Communications at GLAAD about the “Lesbian Gangs!!!” meme that anti-gay activists have been pursuing lately. GLAAD has released the following statement to Box Turtle Bulletin, which they subsequently posted on their web site as well. Of particular interest is the assertion that […]
July 23rd, 2007
Peterson Toscano has begun a three-part series on why “change” wasn’t possible for him in his experience in ex-gay ministries. In the first part of his series, he explains why he went into ex-gay ministries in the first place: In my teens I also learned about Jesus and his “wonder working power,” and how “if […]
July 22nd, 2007
Tammy Faye Messner passed away peacefully Friday after an eleven year battle with colon cancer. A private family service was held Saturday in a private cemetery, where her ashes were interred. He death was announced Saturday evening. Rest in peace. Here is her final interview: LARRY KING: We have an e-mail question from Jimmy, […]
July 19th, 2007
Boston’s Bay Windows has just published a good report on the ex-gay survivor’s conference. While most survivors talk about the harms they experienced in ex-gay ministries and therapies, I find it interesting that reporters are noticing that some can point to some positive aspects of their ex-gay experiences: Yet Toscano said another surprise was that […]
July 19th, 2007
CitizenLink is now working the Lesbian Gangs!!! theme, pumping a lurid sweeps-week report by a Memphis ABC affiliate from last February. Focus claims this story is being suppressed by gay activists: Peter LaBarbera, with Americans for Truth, said the station manager told him the group [GLAAD] definitely did not want the story to air. “A […]
July 18th, 2007
EDGE Boston began running a four-part series last week on the ex-gay movement by publisher David Foucher. Last week’s installment provides an overview of the ex-gay movement and why people go into it. Today’s installment focuses mainly on Memphis-based Love In Action, and features extensive quotes from former client Peterson Toscano. He talks about the […]
July 18th, 2007
Yesterday two former Love In Action (LIA) clients, David Christie and Brandon Tidwell, shared some of their experiences as former clients and ex-gay survivors at a Survivors Initiative in front of LIA in Memphis. The event was organized by Soulforce, although Love In Action appeared to be confused about that. They seemed to believe it […]
July 17th, 2007
Exodus International’s Mike Ensley posted the following comment on Warren Throckmorton’s website: I don’t think you understand Exodus’ political involvement at all. Do you think all (or even most) pro-homosexual activist groups are adopting a “live and let live” policy toward people with different beliefs? Hardly. My focus is entirely on youth and education, and […]
July 17th, 2007
Dr. Warren Throckmorton and Dr. Benjamin McCommon were interviewed by CNN regarding their views on the APA’s current revaluation of their position on reparative therapy. Though Throckmorton favors the APA being open to religious values based therapy and McCommon favors clients leading a life in congruence with one’s sexual orientation, both doctors agreed that a therapist […]
July 16th, 2007
When the US House took up the “Matthew Shepard Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2007,” we saw anti-gay activists launch a massive disinformation campaign in an attempt to derail this legislation. We saw them completely make up bogus hate crime statistics out of thin air to try to prove that gays and […]
July 13th, 2007
Bay Windows, New England’s largest LGBT newspaper, published an op-ed this week by Richard J. Rosendall mentioning the work we do at Box Turtle Bulletin. (It’s also reprinted at IGF.) Citing an article about Paul Cameron, Rosendall bemoans the fact that reporters often aren’t very diligent in getting to the root of a story: One […]
July 12th, 2007
A few weeks ago, Bill O’Reilly’s program became something of a laughingstock for raising the specter of 150 lesbian gangs wreaking havoc in Washington, D.C. O’Reilly’s guest, Rod Wheeler, who gave that scenario, has since apologized and O’Reilly has had to eat crow over it. Just last night, O’Reilly’s program became a platform for another […]
July 11th, 2007
Anti-gay activists often equate homosexuality with child sexual abuse, either by accusing gay men of being more likely to abuse children, or by claiming that virtually all gays and lesbians themseves were abused. Just this week, we’ve seen Peter “Porno Pete” LaBarbera breathlessly repeat unfounded allegations that roving bands of lesbians “forcibly seduce” girls through […]
July 10th, 2007
One of my favorite segments on Comedy Central’s The Colbert Report is the “Threatdown,” where Stephen Colbert runs down a list of the leading threats to society. Continuing reactions to the Ex-Gay Survivor’s Conference leads me to believe that if there were an ex-gay “Threatdown,” former ex-gays would top the list. The Ex-Gay Survivor’s Conference […]
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On February 10, I attended an all-day “Love Won Out” ex-gay conference in Phoenix, put on by Focus on the Family and Exodus International. In this series of reports, I talk about what I learned there: the people who go to these conferences, the things that they hear, and what this all means for them, their families and for the rest of us.
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"
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