The Rev. Irene Monroe (email) writes a regular online column, “Queer Take.” Last month, Monroe commented at length on Focus on the Family’s October exgay road show in Boston:
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Soulforce responds to the arrest of Southern Baptist Convention pastor Rev. Lonnie Latham: Robyn Murphy, Director of Public Relations and Media, for Soulforce: “Many people are attacking Rev. Latham for his hypocrisy, but instead we should be asking ‘what informs…
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In a recent radio broadcast and article coordinated with Focus on the Family, Exodus exgay lobbyist Randy Thomas falsely accused the “gay community” of failing to take action against the abuse of an anti-HIV medication called tenofovir among the “many…
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There is much that one might find wrong with the fashion industry — superficiality, materialism, runaway consumption, impractical and overpriced designs, and overrepresentation of New York and LA cultural influences. A sensible critique of the industry’s ethics by a social…
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Are You Ex-Gay? How Did You Break Free?
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In response to some advice that I posted for an exgay reader, another reader recently wrote to ask whether I am exgay, and if so, how did I break free of homosexual desires. Here’s my response (slightly edited). I’m not…
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Locations for XGW Local Meetings
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If you are interested in meeting other Ex-Gay Watch readers in Southern California or the Northeast Corridor (Washington-Boston), please sign up here. No dates for local casual get-togethers have been chosen, but we’d like to know who’s where and how…
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On Dec. 27, Exodus lobbyist Randy Thomas prided himself on his rejection of “false prophet Fred Phelps.” Phelps is the patriarch of a Kansas fundamentalist cult that travels the country, threatening families with young children, in public settings, with foul…
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The Moral Lessons of Brokeback Mountain
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Even before they had seen the movie, exgay network Exodus and its prime benefactor Focus on the Family feared that Brokeback Mountain might prompt conservative Christians to rethink how they treat homosexual family members. And upon rethinking their own role…
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Mobile Access to Ex-Gay Watch
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If you own a mobile phone or handheld computer with a JavaScript-enabled web browser, you may now visit the most recent entries at Ex-Gay Watch here: https://exgaywatch.com/blog/mobile.html This page is condensed and simplified for easy mobile viewing. Here are some…
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Exgay Blog Nominations
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Quite some time ago, I withdrew exgay personal web sites from the XGW indexes of worthwhile web sites (located in the column to your right) because: 1. Permanent links that lack any explanation might send unsuspecting visitors to sites that…