NGLTF today demanded that (unnamed) people stop extending sympathy to Spokane, Wash., mayor Jim West (because he’s an antigay conservative?), and insisted that West resign and face up to accusations relating to pedophilia. Tough talk — but kinda half-baked, I…
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‘Family’: Remembering Akili Tyson
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I pause for a moment to remember my former housemate, Akili Tyson, who died nine years ago today. What follows is a transcript from NPR’s All Things Considered, remembering Akili and acknowledging the family at NPR that cared for him…
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In The Exodus Impact (April 2005, not available online), a front-page article by Exodus president Alan Chambers: defends his use of the Exodus presidency to support President Bush recalls his testimony to state and federal “judiciaries” about his journey out…
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In the April 2005 issue of Exodus’ monthly Impact newsletter (not available online), exgay author and Exodus speaker Joe Dallas joins president Alan Chambers in pressuring Exodus ministries “to become involved in the battle over gay rights.” Following Chambers’ front-page…
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Antigay Mother’s Day
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It’s Mother’s Day… a day for phone calls, greeting cards, flowers and chocolates. But what can you do for your mother, when an antigay denomination has convinced her to cut you off? Joe Riddle ponders this from a very personal…
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Ex-Gay Watch’s Joe Riddle also has his own blog, Purple America. Over at Purple America, Joe observes that the importance that he assigns to his sexuality has changed as he gets older. He and his friends sometimes “forget” he’s gay,…
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Exgay… Or Ex-sexual?
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Maria at Daily Dose of Queer has been reading some exgay blogs, and now she, too, is getting the impression that some exgays turn not to heterosexuality, but to asexuality.
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Report: Spitzer Regrets Role in ‘I Do Exist’
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Last fall, Gareth Fenley, a licensed psychiatric social worker, attended the Atlanta premiere of Warren Throckmorton’s exgay video, “I Do Exist.” The premiere was emceed by exgay activist D.L. Foster. Fenley wrote about the event in Southern Voice, and I…
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In the April 2005 issue of Exodus’ Impact political newsletter, organization president Alan Chambers defends his involvement of Exodus in political extremism by claiming that “the enemy” — homosexuals? Satan? — is encroaching upon “our freedom to minister.” That may…
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Jeff Postelwait is the author of a light-hearted op-ed titled If gay were straight, could you change yourself?, posted April 8 at the Daily O’Collegian. In his opinion piece, Postelwait challenged some antigay activists’ assumption that it is only gays…