The national leadership of ex-gay umbrella network Exodus International promises and fails to deliver heterosexual attraction to its Christian followers, even as it uses those followers in various campaigns of antigay political warfare. While Exodus’ national leaders focus on partisan…
Ex-Gay John Paulk Undergoes Personal Makeover
Before After Ex-Gay Watch congratulates John Paulk on his new look, which we trust matches his good cooking. We don’t know whether he learned to project long-haired, diet-conscious, post-metrosexual masculinity from Kyan and Carson or from Ex-Gay Eye for the…
When she turned the Atlanta-area black gay and lesbian magazine Venus into an ex-gay publication, Charlene Cothran offended loyal subscribers and advertisers with antigay and antiwhite rhetoric that was written with the help of spiritual mentor, Venus blog editor, and…
From Bill Berkowitz of Talk To Action: Within the space of 48 hours, Ave Maria University Provost JosephFessio was fired and then rehired. Ave Maria University was founded recently by Domino’s Pizza founder Tom Monaghan. Details of the original firing…
Writing for Bay Area Reporter about the purge of ex-gay leader Richard Cohen from the web sites of NARTH and PFOX, Bob Roehr says: Some articles were removed entirely, while others were selectively edited to remove references to Cohen. The…
Former ex-gay Shawn O’Donnell will be featured this week on CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360 as part of a two-part special titled, “What Is A Christian?” Tune to CNN for the specials on April 4 and 5 at 10 p.m. EDT….
From ex-gay program survivor Peterson Toscano: I went to Los Angeles to be a guest on the Tyra Banks Show. The show will air on Thursday April 12, 2007 and proves to be quite interesting. In the show Tyra (we…
The title of a press release issued yesterday by Focus on the Family was cause for joy: “Love Won Out Looking Forward to Dialogue About Homosexuality” That sounds most promising. But the press release makes it clear that no actual dialogue…
Truth Wins Out on The Daily Show
Updated: Truth Wins Out Executive Director Wayne Besen appeared on Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” tonight (March 19) at 11 p.m. Eastern time. Besen appears in a show segment titled “Diagnosis: Mystery” along with sexual reorientation coach…
In reaction to a video of former ex-gay Peterson Toscano’s appearance last week on the Montel Show, Gabriel Espinosa — webmaster for Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays — posted the following comment: User gespin3549: alicia is showing cleavage!!! montel is…