A survey has found that 17 percent of therapists in the UK have offered a client therapy to “reduce” same-sex attractions. Four percent said they would try to “change” a patient’s sexuality if asked. The findings are from a study…
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This Is What Love in Action Looks Like
A documentary about the controversial ex-gay program Love in Action will be released on DVD on June 6 2009. Love in Action revisits the furore of summer 2005, when then-16-year-old Zach Stark gained the attention of activists worldwide after his…
Exodus Loves Bobby, Too
At the end of this past January XGW noted the deafening silence made by Exodus while the movie “Prayers for Bobby” was being prominently featured in both mainstream and gay-specific news outlets. It was critically acclaimed and drew in millions…
Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays (PFOX) has emailed an “action alert” from Mission America to their subscriber list. Recipients are asked to “help keep the activists accountable” by reporting the web site “Prop 8 Maps” to the Southern Poverty Law…
XGW Digest: March 21, 2009
-The Nigerian government considers a bill to further toughen its anti-gay laws. -Former senator Rick Santorum refuses to debate with Andrew Sullivan on the issue of gay marriage. -The Minnesota Family Council tries to get an amendment banning all forms…
Correction: Video From Saddam Era Iraq
Original Headline: Video: Iran’s Punishment for Gays https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-simxDbjU4 See Box Turtle Bulletin for explanation on how this ended up at Gays Without Boarders. Posting this without checking further was lazy and out of character for XGW. We apologize for inadvertently…
Breaking: US to Sign UN Gay Rights Declaration
Source: AP An anonymous official has told the Associated Press that the Obama administration will sign a U.N. declaration calling for the world-wide decriminalization of homosexuality. “The United States is an outspoken defender of human rights and critic of human…
The Irony of Exodus And Holocaust Revisionism
Ex-Gay Watch readers have probably read of the frightening anti-gay conference held in Kampala, Uganda earlier this month. Exodus International board member Don Schmierer, Holocaust revisionist Scott Lively and the International Healing Foundation’s Caleb Lee Brundidge were center stage. Scott…
XGW Digest: March 14, 2009
-The 2010 US census will count legally married gay couples as “unmarried partners.” -Two heterosexual college students in California propose a constitutional amendment to reclassify all marriages in the state as “domestic partnerships.” Jason Kuznicki questions the amendment’s practicality. -John…
Exodus Executive Vice President Randy Thomas has posted his first open comments concerning the conference mess in Uganda. Most of the post is nothing new but there are a couple of sentences that have truly left me speechless. It isn’t…