Ex-Gay Research:Analyzing the Spitzer Study and Its Relation to Science, Religion, Politics and Culture By Jack Drescher and Kenneth J. Zucker
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Nominated As Best Single-Issue Blog
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Ex-Gay Watch has been nominated for the 2005 Koufax Awards in the category of Best Single Issue Blog. Daniel Gonzales and Timothy Kincaid deserve most of the credit for this accomplishment; they have greatly expanded the site’s activities in the…
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Open Forum: The ‘Me’ Generation
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At someone else’s suggestion, I thought that after 3 1/2 years at the helm, I’d take a moment to say just a little about myself. Not enough for readers to stereotype me, I hope, but something more than a blank…
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Congratulations to singer/songwriter Steve Schalchlin for posting the 11,000th reader comment at Ex-Gay Watch. Schalchlin and his partner Jim Brochu are the co-writers of the 1998 off-Broadway musical The Last Session and the musical comedy The Big Voice: God or…
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Peterson Toscano, a performance artist and two-year survivor of the Love In Action exgay live-in “therapy” program, performed his sketch Queer 101 at the Lavender Languages and Linguistics conference Feb. 10 in Washington, D.C. The conference continues through Sunday at…
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When antigay fundamentalists periodically spray-paint walls, break windows or commit arson at gay-tolerant churches, Focus on the Family does not leap on the air and blame “pro-family activists.” In fact, Focus often fails to report the crime. Yet when, in…
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Exgays Behaving Indecently
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Atlanta-area antigay activist D.L. Foster has been temporarily prohibited from commenting at XGW. His privileges will be restored when: he permits civil discussion at his own websites, he demonstrates a capacity for responsible, decent and mature conduct. he listens actively…
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Love In Action’s Day in Court
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Ben Popper of The Memphis Flyer reports on Love In Action’s day in court last week. The unlicensed exgay live-in therapy agency is suing to stop Tennessee from enforcing laws protecting the mentally ill from abuse, malpractice and neglect, when…
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Open Forum
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Liberalism: The theory and practice of: freedom of expression freedom of religion freedom of the press rule of law Democracy: Rule by vote. In its purest form absent a strong Bill of Rights, “democracy” and “freedom” can become euphemisms for…
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Survivor Protests ‘Love In Action’
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Three Memphis, Tenn., TV stations report on a hearing Feb. 3 between Love In Action and the State of Tennessee. A survivor of the inpatient youth program LIA/Refuge spoke outside the hearing. From WREG-TV in Memphis, Tenn.: A 17-year old…