Exodus and Focus on the Family made prominent use of ex-gay advertising at the so-called Values Voter Summit today. Courtesy of People for the American Way Foundation and Flickr, here are some snapshots: (Ex-Gay Watch reviewed the above ad here…
NY Premiere for “Abomination” Documentary
A documentary short in which a psychiatrist lays out the case against ex-gay therapy will have its New York premiere next week. Montel Williams Show regular Dr Alicia Salzer produced the film, which according to the latest press release has…
Former Ex-Gays Outline Harm of Ex-Gay Programs
During the past four years, former ex-gay Peterson Toscano has been in contact with more than 1,000 “ex-gay survivors” — people who pursued ex-gay experiences, often assisted by a therapist, minister, ex-gay program. At his blog, Toscano and his commenters…
Jews who want to rid themselves of same-sex attractions will often turn to “secular” organizations like NARTH, because aside from Jews Offering New Alternatives to Homosexuality (JONAH), every religious ex-gay ministry in the United States is targeted to some type…
James Dobson: The End of the World Is Near
Faced with an increasingly negative public image and declining support for his holy war against GLBT individuals and every other sort of infidel, James Dobson is pulling out all the stops to rally his remaining troops. “It’s not just marriage…
Warren Throckmorton reports that Fred Hutchison reports that Paul Cameron reports that Exodus President Alan Chambers has returned to “sodomy”. At the root of this bizarre claim is last June’s LA Times article in which Chambers was said to “resent…
The UK evangelical ministry Courage lent its support to a new anti-discrimination campaign this past weekend. Courage began in 1988 as an ex-gay ministry, but announced it was gay-affirming in 2001. Now the pioneering organisation is among the supporters of…
Open Forum: The Ninety-Nine And the One
“What do you think? If a man owns a hundred sheep, and one of them wanders away, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go to look for the one that wandered off? And if he finds…
Dr. Warren Throckmorton is alleging that the ties between Richard Cohen’s organization, International Healing Foundation (IHF), and the Unification Church may be alive and well, despite Cohen’s statements to the contrary. A brief review [of the IHF website] finds professionals…
A recent study conducted by Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health has found, among other things, that younger (age 18-44) gay, lesbian and bisexual men and women experience fewer mental disorders and are less likely to have attempted suicide…