The Ex-Gay Watch health section tracks exgay activists’ frequent criticisms of gay individuals’ health and longevity. Exgay literature frequently cites two statistics: 1. Homosexuality takes 20 years off an individual’s life. 2. The average lifespan of a homosexual is 42…
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Speaking at a conference of Exodus International, the largest religious group promoting the idea that gays can can change their sexual orientation, Rev. Jerry Falwell endorsed forcing gay kids into counseling designed to change their sexual orientation. Falwell compared allowing…
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Cruise Control: Gay Men And Sexual Addiction
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CRUISE CONTROL: A Book for Gay Menby Robert Weiss, MSW, CAS Review by Joe Kort, MSW July 25, 2005 No, this book isn’t about how to control Tom Cruise—although he needs some, given his ignorant advice that no one should…
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“Presbytarians Issue Draft Report On Gay Debate” from the Louisville Courier-Journal: The drafts released so far are heavy on advice on how Presbyterians could learn to live with each other despite deep differences over theology and sexuality — as the…
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Marvin Olasky’s World Magazine has taken to attacking the United Methodist Church for simply allowing the gay-friendly Methodist group, Reconciling Congregations, to use its facilities. Apparently because Reconciling Congregations holds a differing opinion on one spiritual matter WORLD Magazine deems…
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Alarmed by an exgay partial victory in Montgomery County, Md., public schools, Boston Bay Windows political cartoonist Mikhaela Reid illustrates perceived similarities between exgay educational themes, and hate groups’ efforts to recruit children into sexism, racism and anti-Semitism. Click here…
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GQ Profiles Kirk Talley
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Southern gospel weblog averyfineline.com reports that the August 2005 issue of GQ profiles southern gospel singer Kirk Talley. The article is not available online. Talley is attempting to resurrect his singing career after a gay-blackmail scandal. (Previous XGW coverage of…
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Metrosexuality Outpaces Exgay Resistance
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Metrosexuality may be gaining ground — against the wishes of one exgay activist and the leading antigay media organizations. Google finds several articles in the antigay media in which Exodus official Randy Thomas wags his fingers at modern men who…
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I was contacted by Penn & Teller last January, 2005, and asked if I conducted Reparative Therapy. I told them no and they asked if I knew of someone who did. Well I sent them to Richard Cohen of course…
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Salon.com Tackles the Ex-Gay Story
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I hope you’ve all been catching Salon’s four-part series on the work of ex-gay ministries. In Part I, they cover PFOX’ efforts to prevent anti-bullying measures in schools. In Part II, a straight reporter goes undercover into a “reparative therapy”…