The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force has released a report entitled Youth in the Crosshairs: The Third Wave of Ex-Gay Activism A key finding of the report shows that, in this third wave of ex-gay activism, ex-gay programs and…
Ex-Gay Watch this morning received a letter from Mathew D. Staver of the Liberty Counsel, a religious-right legal assault team based at Jerry Falwell’s fundamentalist Liberty University. The letter warns web sites to remove this parody by Justinsomnia of this…
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The San Diego Union-Tribune has a story about Michelle Williams, an Academy Award nominee for Brokeback Mountain. The principle of her childhood school decided Michelle needed some tough love: Not so proud is Santa Fe Christian headmaster Jim Hopson. “We…
Dan Being A Dork
Woo! Focus just announced a Politics Won Out conference for September in beautiful Palm Springs. It’s been years since I was there and fall is such a nice time to visit. Anyone know any nice gay resorts? Oh and look…
The effort by Peter LaBarbera and the Family Research Council to lock HIV-positive gay travelers out of the United States reminds me of a Christian song. In 1985, conservative Christian contemporary singer Steve Taylor released a song called Lifeboat (lyrics)….
A UCLA study recently suggested that a mother’s genes may play a contributing role in their sons’ sexual orientation. (Previous XGW coverage.) Exgay movement pundit Prof. Warren Throckmorton responds to the study here. Teach The Facts critiques Prof. Throckmorton’s analysis…
As Ex-Gay Watch has frequently noted, since late 2004 Exodus has periodically praised antigay activists who are euphemistically labeled the “Philadelphia 11.” The Philadelphia group was the subject of a recent exgay ad campaign. The group’s real name is Repent…
On his web site, African-American exgay activist D.L. Foster acknowledged yesterday that he is an active supporter of the Constitution Party. Foster says he spoke at the Party’s 2004 Georgia convention. Foster appears to be correct that no professed racists…
Focus on the Family Compliments LWO Protesters
Focus on the Family tonight acknowledged its host church’s observations that the gay-affirming protesters at “Love Won Out” in St. Louis were friendly, well-behaved and gracious. Focus does not offer a demographic breakdown of LWO attendees, nor does Focus quote…