In late 1989, I wrote the following article about hate crimes statistics. The article was published by Sojourners, a progressive Christian evangelical magazine that publishes economically liberal and socially conservative views consistent with the late Cardinal Joseph Bernardin’s "seamless garment"…
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First They Came For Bert And Ernie
By Joe Kort(Corrected Edition) As the years go by, a growing number of cartoon characters have been forcibly "outed." I am amazed that anyone would be concerned about the sexual and romantic orientation of any imaginary two-dimensional figure? First it…
Protecting Maryland Marriage, Pastor Says
Alas, A Blog comments today on DefendMarylandMarriage.com — another one of those antigay web sites that names none of its authors, but lobbies for discrimination against people who happen to have real names and real families. As blogger Ampersand (Barry)…
What Did Dobson And SpongeBob Have in Common?
Religious-right organizations, including the American Family Association and Focus on the Family, launched a media frenzy last week when they criticized a pro-tolerance video starring SpongeBob and numerous other children’s TV cartoon characters. From CNN: "A short step beneath the…
Ex-ex-gay Profiles
Sept. 26, 2000, The Advocate: Wade Richards, associate of Peter LaBarbera Nov. 24, 1998, The Advocate: Clint Trout Chris Ponticelli Mark SatterleeSame article with pictures
ExGayWatch Profile: Jeremy Marks
Jeremy Marks Leader of the British evangelical Christian group Courage This organization was formerly Britain’s leading ex-gay organization, but Marks has since declared ex-gay ideologies a failure and steered the organization to aid gay Christians in reconciling their faith and…
ExGayWatch Profile: Wade Richards
Wade Richards Advocate story Worked with Peter LaBarbera Now ex-ex-gay. Featured prominently in Wayne Besen’s book, Anything But Straight To be continued…
ExGayWatch Profile: Anne Paulk
Anne Paulk Husband: John PaulkLocation: Portland, Ore. Author: In a 1998 New York Times full-page ad, Paulk proclaimed, "I’m living proof that Truth can set you free." In the ad she says, "… Even though I had a lot of…
Exgay pundit and PFOX ally Prof. Warren Throckmorton launched Identity Radio on Jan. 24. By "identity," Prof. Throckmorton means the exgay political "identity" that defines what one supposedly is not, rather than constructively describing one aspect of what a person…
PlanetOut Reports on Exgay Richard Cohen
In a Jan. 26 report on the professional decline of PFOX president Richard Cohen, Tom Musbach of PlanetOut interviews Ex-Gay Watch participant "Rick from Fredonia, N.Y." Rick commented Jan. 25 on his experience with Cohen’s therapy here at Ex-Gay Watch.