News and analysis of exgay politics and culture.
Almost two years after beginning my work at XGW I’m now leaving in my official capacity. In those two years my work has changed from being a dutiful author to today where I find the majority of my work is spent behind the scenes; collaborating with gay activists, making films, and talking to the media. […]
Just a reminder today’s episode of the Montel Williams Show deals entirely with ex-gays and features Alan Chambers, Peterson Toscano, Lance Carroll, Richard Cohen and others. Evidently the taping was a real circus but I’ve been reserving comment until I see how the show is actually edited.
[youtube]PLvHA18stY8[/youtube] The anti-gay website WeAreThinking.com has posted a number of “future television spots” including the one seen above. These same spots appear on YouTube with “PFOX” in the title of every video. One of those videos features Dr. Robert Spitzer which recently appeared on PFOX’s newly designed homepage. Consistent with pretty everything done by WeAreThinking, […]
XGW reader Noa brought my attention to (and translated) Swedish gay news/entertainment site homOnline.se: Evangelical group in Denmark loses governmental funding while allegations of conversion counseling are being investigated. The Danish Evangelical group Agape has received governmental funding to preform sex education and crisis counseling, but after reports that a lesbian woman that had contact […]
I just had a long conversation with Christopher Eberz from the Queer Student Union at the University of California at Santa Barbara where ex-gay Chad Thompson spoke in February. I know it’s a bit late to be posting on this but Chris sent me to his blog where he wrote a very perceptive first person […]
From the New York Blade: What Cothran isn’t telling us is that not only is she getting financial support from black churches, but they have also helped her land ads from big pharmaceutical companies such as Bristol-Myers Squibb and Abbott Laboratories that pay for half the cost of the magazine, with the other half paid […]
On Thursday the 2007 Soulforce Equality Rides will arrive at their first destinations. Yes, you heard me right, there are two buses this year, one headed east, one headed west. On last year’s Equality Ride participants found themselves unprepared when the dialogues they engaged in turned to the subject of exgays. Ex-gay survivor Peterson Toscano […]
Just a quick reminder, if this video gets enough votes it’ll air on Current.tv’s actual TV station. A while back Mike Ensley of Exodus had an interview posted to Current.tv.
From Peterson Toscano: In speaking with some ex-gay leaders recently, I see the desperate need they have to hear some of our stories. Never once has an ex-gay program I attended ever done any sort of follow-up. I mean I can’t buy a soy latte these days without having to fill out a survey about […]
Peterson Toscano and Jack Drescher will be guests on Thursday’s broadcast of “To The Point” which comes from my local NPR station KCRW. Catch it streaming live on KCRW’s website from noon to 1 PM pacific time. If you miss the live broadcast you can click here to podcast it and full archived episodes can be found […]
Regan Talley DuCasse says:
NO!!! NO NO NO NO!!!! Oh no....
Paul Douglas says:
Yep. All they need is one book, hodge-podge/ mish-mash of nonsense...
William Cohen says:
Religious academics apparently cite one version of the Bible as if...
Mike Airhart says:
In my opinion: To claim to know God's will, and to...
Brian says:
As to the "Transgender people are rejecting God’s will" point. How...