Before Core Issues hit the publicity jackpot with its controversial ex-gay advertising campaign, its director, Mike Davidson, was still licking his wounds from a disastrous radio appearance. Not long after the tense interview on BBC Radio Ulster in January 2012,…
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XGW Digest: April 14, 2012
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-The Catholic Church threatens to cut off an immigrant rights group for supporting LGBT equality. -A French imam blesses the wedding of a gay Muslim couple. -Anti-gay violence continues to increase in Brazil. -A group of Colorado State University football…
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The British Psychodrama Association has revoked the membership of Mike Davidson, a key figure behind the London bus ads that would — if Mayor Boris Johnson hadn’t put a stop to them — have proclaimed to commuters: “Not gay! Ex-gay, post-gay…
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Ex-gays in the UK will go on the offensive later this month when they launch an ad campaign subverting a well-known pro-gay slogan. But its conservative Christian organizers come with a notorious reputation for promoting pseudoscience and extreme homophobia. The…
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Spitzer Retracts 2001 Landmark Ex-Gay Study
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For a decade, ex-gays have relied on the results of a 2001 study to prove their claim that “change is possible.” But if they continue to promote its flawed research, they will do so only in the knowledge that its author,…
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A gay man from Sydney, Australia, says six months of Christian programs to heal his homosexuality only confirmed his sexuality rather than curing it. According to an article in Sunday’s Sydney Morning Herald, “Shaun,” now 35, attended two three-month programs…
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XGW Digest: April 7, 2012
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-A Catholic Priest accidentally includes gay pornography in a PowerPoint presentation. -A conservative Christian mother is forced to rethink what she thought she knew. -The Miss Universe Organization agrees to allow a transgender woman join the competition in Canada. -Anti-gay…
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Former NARTH President Dean Byrd Has Died
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The National Association for the Research and Therapy of Homosexuality has announced the death of its former president, Dr A Dean Byrd. A member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Byrd was the foremost proponent of…
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XGW Digest: March 31, 2012
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-More than 200 gay couples exchange wedding vows at a rally in Cleveland. -The Department of Homeland Security announces that it will allow same-sex families to enter the US together. -India’s Supreme Court reserves its verdict on the decriminalization of…
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The “Day of Dialogue,” once dubbed “Day of Truth” by the Alliance Defense Fund before being handed off to Exodus International, is coming up this April. Now headed by anti-gay socially conservative powerhouse Focus on the Family, this year the…