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…
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Focus/Family: Liberals=Nazis. Fascists=OK?
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In an interview plagued by mediocre English, selective memory, and confused politics, Hilmar von Kampe — who was a youth in Nazi Germany — tells Focus on the Family: Conservative Christians were somehow distinct, more moral, than other German conservatives…
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A press release follows from Queer Action Coalition, Memphis, Tennessee. The unidentified teenager will appear at 3 p.m. today outside a hearing between the unlicensed exgay live-in treatment facility Love In Action and the State of Tennessee.
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With Season Two of the Bravo network program entering its final phase, two semifinalists talk on video about their struggle with sexual orientation and self-disclosure. For designer Daniel Vosovic, orientation is partly a numbers game: “80-20.” Designer Nick Verreos, who…