Rev. Kent Philpott was a key player in the birth of the ex-gay movement. In the mid 70’s, there was a growing movement to recognize the civil rights of gay men and women. There were challenges to sodomy laws, pride…
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Values V. Change
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In an article in Crosswalk magazine, Dr. Warren Throckmorton has further demonstrated his shift in focus away from reorientation efforts and towards a values determination for those who find a conflict between their sexual orientation and their religious convictions. In…
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XGW, Youtube, And You (The Serious Reader)
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If you’re seeing this post over the weekend you must be a serious XGW reader. As a serious reader you should definitely subscribe to our new Youtube channel which has been made possible in part by the site which recently…
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Dr. Laura on Ex-gay Therapy
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Dr. Laura Schlessinger has a syndicated daily radio show with 8.5 million daily listeners. She doles out advice on marriages, family and other personal relationships from a conservative perspective. She unabashedly confronts her callers with what she perceives to be…
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On Jan. 16, the national ex-gay umbrella network Exodus International declared its opposition to the inclusion of sexual orientation in federal hate-crime laws. Exodus President Alan Chambers cited the Philadelphia-based antigay protest group Repent America as an example of Christians…
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Cohen No Longer President of PFOX
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While recently investigating two articles about or by PFOX, Ex-Gay Watch sought to determine if Richard Cohen remained president of the organization. Cohen is most well known for touch or “holding” therapy as well as having patients emotionally strike pillows…
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Ex-Gay Movie “Save Me” Gets Favorable Reviews
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Chad Allen (Dr Quinn, End of the Spear), Robert Gant (Queer as Folk), and Judith Light (Who’s the Boss, Ugly Betty) star in Save Me, an indie film about a young man in an ex-gay ministry. The film premiered yesterday…
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Dr. Dea reports her four or five child-patients, all under the age of 15 living as the opposite sex, as being ‘much happier’ and having better grades. She also stated she was ‘waiting for the study that says supporting these…
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A well written article in Christianity Today begins: American evangelicals, who profess to be committed to Truth, are among the worst abusers of simple descriptive statistics, which claim to represent the truth about reality, of any group I have ever…
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Transgender Religious Summit
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This weekend marks the first ever Transgender Religious Summit. The press release states the following about the event: Religious communities struggle with full acceptance of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people, causing discrimination not just in churches, temples, and…