Source: eMediaWire
Austin, TX (PRWEB) May 2, 2007 — This summer, on June 29-July 1, former ex-gays and their allies will have an unprecedented opportunity to meet, share resources, and add their voices to a growing social movement. The Ex-gay Survivor’s Conference, which will take place on the University of California’s Irvine campus, is co-sponsored by Soulforce, beyondexgay.com, and the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Resource Center at the University of California, Irvine.
Recent events have brought national attention to the existence of programs intended to modify same-sex desires, which continue to multiply in spite of the consensus of the major medical and mental health organizations that sexual orientation is not a disorder and is, therefore, not in need of a “cure.” The Ex-gay Survivor’s Conference will focus on the personal stories of “survivors”–people who feel they have experienced more harm than benefits from ex-gay programs.
This conference comes at a perfect time. Ex-Gay issues are reaching the public conscience like never before, and as I believe we are still a country of fundamentally good, decent and fair people, seeing and hearing these stories of pain and anguish will do much to present the case that seeking change does more harm than good.
If you have been through an ex-gay program, consider sharing your story. If not, come to support and or just listen. Either way, it’s coming up fast. More info on schedules here.
I’ll be there! Can’t wait to see everybody!
Same here…my actors are enthused about participating. They are straight allies as well as being talented actors.
One of them is going to take in the whole conference.
Jim, I have a big phat hug saved up for ya bro! You and Christine…love ya!
Hey, Jim! I’ll be there too. See you there! 😉
Regan, I am so glad that you are going tp do a reading of your play at the conference. That is going to be so powerful.
I am excited about getting to meet so many of you I have come to know only via these blogs. I am especially looking forward to seeing Mel White again after many years. God bless him. Mel stepped in at the very last moment and did my lover, Gary’s, funeral — when the minister from Calvary Chapel backed out suddenly when he learned that Gary had died of AIDS and the minister “didn’t want to give the impression that he endorsed the gay lifestyle”. Mel’s a hero in my book.
Your exgay agenda is a fraud. There is no sin here except your agenda.
A Christian sister
RBurke…there is no ex-gay agenda here, this is Ex-Gay Watch, an organization that keeps an eye on the ex-gay movement and a critical eye at that. So what exactly is your complaint?