Note: In fairness to Exodus, I have changed my references to “abuse” to “misconduct.” Peterson Toscano, a survivor of the ex-gay live-in ministry Love In Action, announced today that Exodus International president Alan Chambers has failed to act publicly to…
Phoenix “Love Won Out” Billboard Goes Up
I really love how Focus always says “we hope the protesters will come inside and hear our message” when every Love Won Out conference follows the exact same script in every city it goes to, presenting the same stale old…
In 2004, Dr. Warren Throckmorton produced I Do Exist, a video that profiled five individuals who identified themselves as ex-gay. One of these, Noe Gutierrez, was given particular attention because he had previously been included in a supportive video about…
Good As You comments on an endorsement by antigay relatives’ group PFOX of author Dawn Eden, whose recent book The Thrill of the Chaste discusses a heterosexual woman’s journey away from promiscuity. PFOX distorts the author’s thesis when it conflates…
XGW Blogroll Goes on a Diet
When I founded Ex-Gay Watch in 2002, it was a personal experiment — one of the few web sites to document the “ex-gay” political movement’s growing lust for power over others, its financial and logistical support from wealthy and politically…
For What Purpose Exodus
Focus on the Family gave a loving interview with Alan Chambers relating to his book God’s Grace and the Homosexual Next Door. We’ve discussed the book before here, and I don’t wish to linger there. But in the question and…
Mike Ensley On Gender Fluidity
Mike Ensley is in his mid-twenties, and is listed as the assistant for the Exodus International’s Exodus Youth department. Ensley, like many working for Exodus International, has a habit of writing or talking about things which are outside of his…
If anyone saw the play Twilight of the Golds by Jonathon Tolins, they saw a play about what would happen if parents had an in utero test to determine if a child were gay. In the play, it was just…
The headline pretty much says it all, here’s a link to the story.
On December 31st, the student newspaper of Blair High School (Montgomery County, MD) posted an article about the PFOX Handout entitled Flier Sparks Controversy. (Previous XGW article: The PFOX Handout.) It’s pretty clear from the Silver Chips Online article that…