From Fridae of Singapore, Jan. 17: The government of Singapore has granted US$61,500 to an Exodus-affiliated exgay ministry. The so-called Liberty League breaks with mainstream psychiatry, teaching Singapore teen-agers that in order to “understand” homosexuality, one must believe it is…
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Open Forum: From Meep Meep to Mahna Mahna
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Talk about anything. About television: I really dislike Santino — what greater vice is there than arrogance? Nick’s designs are gorgeous — so where’s his spine? About the headline: Watch and hear Mahna Mahna in a QuickTime video stream.
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Exgay activist D.L. Foster is challenging remarks made here at XGW by Regan DuCasse (e-mail). But Foster is denying DuCasse the opportunity to respond to his criticisms. DuCasse wrote this response:
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In 2005, the parents of a teen-aged blogger named Zach forced him to attend more than a month of live-in exgay conditioning at Memphis, Tenn.-based Love In Action. Zach’s father also announced the family’s identity and made an antigay political…
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Updated An online religious webcam station, 24/7 WWJD, is hosting a free video stream of “It’s Not Gay,” a 28-minute video that has been sold for several years by the American Family Association for $15. The video stars now-disgraced exgay…
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Exgay Billboards in Spartanburg, S.C.
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From the Spartanburg Herald-Journal via an XGW reader and also blogger Pam Spaulding: Spartanburg, S.C.-based Truth Ministry (an Exodus affiliate) has posted three antigay billboards in the Greenville-Spartanburg region. Spaulding points to a father’s testimonial by Bill Creech, co-director of…
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If an exgay activist posts a profile on the youth-oriented Myspace web site, this is euphemistically called “evangelism.” If a gay Christian posts a profile at the same site, it’s likely to be called “homosexual recruitment.” But isn’t exgay activism…
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Upon the death of psychiatrist Charles W. Socarides two weeks ago, Van of Head of the KweerWolf wrote a thoughtful and personal analysis. Van encountered Socarides’ book, The Overt Homosexual, at a time in the 1970s when Van was first coming to…
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Good As You comments on the ongoing war of words by antigay aggrieved-parents group PFOX against a decision made half a year ago by National Parent Teacher Association. The PTA gave preference at its national convention to a rival group of parents, PFLAG, that…
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Last autumn (yes, I’m that far behind in my e-mail), Colleen Keating interviewed “Ben” of the Scattered Words blog. Read her article in The Vital Voice.