From the Cleveland Plain Dealer, July 30, via 365gay.com: The Rev. James Jones is one of two organizers of a July 31 prayer and healing service for people with HIV/AIDS. But in Jones’ mind, the “healing” may have been targeted…
by Wayne Besen FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Saturday, July 30, 2005 CO-FOUNDER OF MINISTRY THAT RUNS TEEN ‘EX-GAY’ BOOT CAMP SAYS GROUP SHATTERS LIVES AND CAN CAUSE SUICIDE Love In Action Co-Founder John Evans Unveils Powerful Letter Rebuking ‘Ex-Gay’ Ministries NEW…
Radio Show Discussion’s 3-to-2 Exgay-Gay Ratio
The NPR radio program On Point aired a one-hour discussion of exgay “therapy” on July 29. According to the Making Gays Straight program description, the discussion participants were three exgay advocates, two critics of exgay therapies’ safety and effectiveness, and…
The Houston Voice and New York Blade follow up earlier reporting with a new story today on Jerry Falwell’s July 21 appearance at the week-long Exodus International conference in Asheville, N.C. Worthy of note: 1. During worship, Falwell summoned an…
Received from Exodus International via e-mail just now: Scott Davis, director of Exodus Youth, is scheduled to appear on ABC’s daytime talk show, The View, on Monday, August 1. Exodus says Davis will be joined by Mike Ensley, a “graduate”…
The August issue of GQ still is not at my local newsstand, so I turn over the mike to southern gospel music blogger averyfineline.com for analysis of the magazine’s story about Kirk Talley: Some of AVFL’s key points: Talley seems…
Press release issued today by Evangelicals Concerned ABC-TV Debates Ex-gay Myth EC Member is Guest on ABC-TV This Thursday Morning Watch this Thursday morning’s Good Morning America (on ABC-TV, check your local listings or the Good Morning America website). Dr….
Gay libertarian blogger Jason Kuznicki presents a composite look at the exgay e-mail that he receives several times per year. Kuznicki concisely captures the trickle-down effect of exgay political activists’ mistaken and unflattering assertions about same-sex-attracted people, about diverse individuals’…
Demonstration July 29 Against Antigay Boot Camp
The Queer Action Council of Memphis, Tenn., has announced two vigils July 29 at antigay boot camp Love In Action: Please join us for what we anticipate will be the largest peaceful demonstration against the practices of “Love” in Action…
7/26/2005 1:44:00 PM Contact: Taylor Thompson of PFLAG, tthompson@pflag.org WASHINGTON, July 26 — As Zach Stark, the Tennessee teen who recently gained national attention after blogging his fears of being sent to Love in Action, is released from the program…