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…
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The death of Charles W. Socarides reminded libertarian lawyer Jonathan Rowe of opposing social factions’ efforts, over the decades, to misuse the concept of “mental illness” to enforce the factions’ preferred moral or social norms. Rowe says: [P]roperly understood, categorizing…
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Charles W. Socarides, a grandfather of the reparative therapy movement and co-founder of the antigay National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality, died Dec. 25 in New York. He was 83 years old.
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Exodus financial results for 2004 are now available, courtesy of MinistryWatch: Contributions to Exodus rose 36 percent, from $454,000 in 2003 to $617,000 in 2004. In the prior year, contributions rose 40 percent, from $324,500 to $454,000. Other revenue sources…