-A Tennessee pastor and his deacons attack a gay couple to stop them from entering his church. -New York City gets its first transgender firefighter. -Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain proclaims that being gay is a choice. -The Presbyterian Church…
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Gay Christian? New Direction Has Your Back
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The Toronto-based ministry New Direction is controversial. As a former Exodus organization that now aspires to “bridge the gap” between Christians and LGBT people, both Christian and non-Christian, it invites suspicion from both sides. On Saturday, I was honoured to…
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XGW Digest: October 1, 2011
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-Actor Sean Maher comes out of the closet. -A Seattle couple is subjected to anti-gay threats. -The US Census Bureau releases its first-ever count of married same-sex couples. -Southwest Airlines defends its decision to kick a lesbian couple off of…
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Ex-Gay Study Nothing New, Same Flawed Data
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A 2007 study of sexual orientation change is back in the news following its publication in a scientific journal. But despite conservative Christians’ championing of the research as proof that gays can change, the article presents nothing new. Stanton L…
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NARTH Absent from Relaunched Exodus Bookstore
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Exodus International has relaunched its online bookstore at Exodusbooks.org, but some key titles are missing from the shelves. In particular, there appear to be no books by the notorious Dr Joseph Nicolosi, the father of ex-gay reparative therapy and former…
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XGW Digest: September 24, 2011
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-Focus on the Family announces another round of layoffs. -Klaus Wowereit, openly gay mayor of Berlin, is reelected to a third term. -“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” officially ends. -Anti-gay vandals target a Colorado family farm. -Another teen commits suicide in…
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Anti-gay activist Dr Michael L Brown will be a guest speaker at NARTH’s conference in Arizona this fall. Brown, who recently self-published a massive diatribe against the “gay agenda” titled A Queer Thing Happened to America, will appear at a…
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During the years from 2005 to 2007, IRS records show Exodus designated over $1 million for “various education programs and publications that explain how to change sexual orientation…” This period begins several years into Alan Chambers’ tenure as Exodus President,…
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I’m not a soldier, and I never have been. But I’m guessing if you have the mental and physical strength to protect lives and take lives while preserving your own life in the face of constant deadly danger most of…
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XGW Digest: September 17, 2011
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-Authorities in Ecuador shut down thirty ex-gay clinics. -Gay MP David Norris re-enters the Irish presidential race at the encouragement of his supporters. -The Oregon Republican party announces that it will remove anti-gay statements from its official platform. -The North…