The conservative Roman Catholic media agency Zenit published a lengthy interview Jan. 24 on the alleged parental and social origins of homosexuality. The sole subject of the article is John Harvey, founder of the pro-celibacy group Courage, who offers no…
Chambers Vs. Signorile: Ex-Gay on Gay Radio
Exodus executive director Alan Chambers was a guest on gay author and activist Michelangelo Signorile’s radio show Jan. 27. Chambers’ blog entry about the show If anyone has a link to transcripts, media coverage, or comments by Signorile, please share.
Courage: Ron Belgau on Catholicism And Chastity
Ron Belgau of Courage Seattle gave a talk at Georgetown University last week: “The Love That Does Not Count the Cost: A Biblical Reflection on Same Sex Attraction and Christian Love” Belgau is a vocal advocate for chastity outside of…
Morons.org on Taxpayer Handouts to Ex-Gays
Nick of Morons.org doesn’t appreciate Focus on the Family’s effort last week to steer federal funding of faith-based initiatives.
Ex-Gay Watch: Overlawyered
Overlawyered.com is a blog that tracks the high cost and the threat to liberty posed by Americans’ habit of suing one another instead of discussing disagreements and respecting differences of opinion. According to Overlawyered, XGW is just one of many…
Ex-Ex-Gay Takes Comedy on the Road
Performer Peterson Toscano takes his one-man show, “Doin’ Time in the Homo No Mo Halfway House — How I Survived the Ex-Gay Movement!”, to Washington, D.C., this week. The show is being hosted locally by Westminster Presbyterian Church. The Washington…
Wayne Besen on Faith-Based Prisons
In an op-ed column for The Tallahassee Democrat, anti-ex-gay activist Wayne Besen warns that Florida’s plan for a faith-based prison may lead to favoritism for fundamentalists. Gay activists such as myself will be watching closely to make sure our tax…
Private Ad Firm Rejects Ex-Gay Ad
Stephen Bennett Ministries says it merely wanted to post an ex-gay billboard in Albany, the capital of New York state: The Stephen Bennett Ministries billboard Bennett had little difficulty finding a privately owned ad firm to reject the ad (for…
Focus/Family: How to Treat Gay Loved Ones?
Blogger Jayelle Wiggins attended Love Won Out in Orlando in November 2001, then wrote up her experience. Recently, Focus on the Family surveyed her on the long-term impact of LWO in her life — and enclosed a tract advising how…
Taxpayer Handouts to Ex-Gays — Yes Or No?
The following media outlets cover an uproar over Focus on the Family ex-gay activists’ appearance at a Congressional hearing on funding of faith-based initiatives: The Advocate The Denver Post Rocky Mountain News PlanetOut 365gay.com The following activists issued press releases…