The campy 1999 movie about a cheerleader who is sent off to ex-gay camp because she’s showing signs of lesbianism (she’s a vegetarian, doesn’t like kissing her boyfriend, and likes listening to Melissa Etheridge) has been made into a musical….
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From the Associated Press via 365gay.com: The Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities has ordered the closing of what it calls two unlicensed personal care facilities run by a Christian group that claims to counsel gays to give…
Actor Anne Heche’s mother, Nancy Heche, is a speaker for Focus on the Family’s antigay roadshow, Love Won Out. Queerty found an August statement attributed to Anne on a message board of AnneHeche.com. Part of the statement is excerpted below….
It’s come to my attention some XGW readers and contributors are displeased with Howard Stern’s Sept. 15 “interview” (I use the term loosely) of Richard Cohen. I was unable to listen to the original broadcast so instead I rely on…
Modern historians tend to couch the Civil War in terms of economic factors. However, I think they overlook the deeply felt religious war that preceded the fighting. The unifying “body of Christ” that could have held different geographic regions together…
Calling Former ‘Love In Action’ Participants
Peterson Toscano, Jeff Harwood and others are pulling together data on all participants who attended the Memphis-based live-in ex-gay program Love In Action from 1995 to present. The list includes first names of participants, how they left the program and…
Love In Action Stalls for Time
The Memphis-based Queer Action Coalition reports: A lawyer for Love In Action/Refuge contacted the State of Tennessee late yesterday [Wednesday?] claiming to have received their letter that day, and thereby requested to still receive the one-week time span in order…
CDC Survey Provides Percentages of Gays
The CDC has released a report today about sexuality in persons age 15 to 44. The information is based on a survey in 2002 of in-person, face-to-face interview with a national sample of 12,571 men and women. The process involved…
Yet another media request. Feel free to respond if you’re able to help this guy out. I’ll be writing a feature article for a British Christian magazine about homosexual (but not pro-gay) and ‘ex-gay’ ministries in the UK. I’d love…
Audio Of Richard Cohen On Howard Stern
From The Malcontent here’s an MP3 of Richard Cohen on the Howard Stern Show. I’ve got work so don’t expect any analysis out of me till tonight.