Daniel Gonzales of Box Turtle Bulletin has been talking about growing up gay in a radically anti-gay church, namely Coastline Bible Church in Ventura, California. In a four-part series, Daniel describes how his fundamentalist church propelled him towards ex-gay therapy….
Checking in: Our Man in the North
After an absence of six years, I have returned to my native land. Your European correspondent is now officially Ex-Gay Watch’s man in Canada. When I’m not out hunting polar bears and eating poutine, I’ll be reporting on ex-gay news…
The American Psychological Association has said that there is insufficient evidence for so-called “sexual orientation change efforts,” and has instructed mental health practitioners to avoid offering reparative or “ex-gay” therapy. In a resolution adopted at its annual conference today, the…
The parents of Bryce Faulkner have spoken to Fox News to deny allegations that their 23-year-old son is being coerced into attending an ex-gay program. Friends of Bryce, a 23-year-old medical student who graduated this year, say he was happily…
Where Is Bryce?
Friends of a gay medical student from Arkansas are anxious amid claims that he has been forced into a Florida ex-gay program. Bryce Faulkner, 23, has not been in touch with boyfriend Travis Swanson since 15 July. Swanson says their…
Two ex-gay ministries from mainline US denominations announced this week that they will be merging with Exodus International. One by One, representing Presbyterian and Reformed Christians, and Transforming Congregations, from the United Methodist Church, will join together to “break the…
NARTH’s new peer-reviewed study is not new, is not peer-reviewed and is not a study – flaws even one of its authors admitted to Ex-Gay Watch. CitizenLink, the news arm of Focus on the Family, made much of the paper’s…
The pastor of a Connecticut Pentecostal church in the news for performing an exorcism on a gay teen told CNN that her church is not against homosexuality. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9oIuBNx-3A “We do not hate [homosexuals]. We do not come up against them….
Dr Gary Cass of the Christian Anti-Defamation Commission has defended a church that performed a gruelling exorcism on a 16-year-old boy. Manifested Glory Church in Bridgeport, CT, has been widely condemned after a video was released showing the boy writhing…
George Barna, the evangelical author popular with conservative Christians for his research into faith and culture, has said that common stereotypes of gay people and their relationship to Christianity are wrong. As his research company, The Barna Group, released the…