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”…
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Focus On The Family Adds Podcasting
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Family News In Focus and all other Focus programs now offer podcasting. Grab the URL for FNIF here. Advocate OutQ needs to get with it already. Feel free to email The Advocate and tell them feedback@advocate.com.
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Review of “Fish Can’t Fly” By T Joe Murray
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(OK, so hot boys on the web page movie poster…. Ya not in the actual film. Fred Phelps isn’t mentioned either.) Whereas OutFest LA ignored our request to cover their event, T Joe Murray wants coverage of his film and…
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Bethany Christian Services is a national antigay adoption chain that advertised (via Google ads) at Ex-Gay Watch until I banned them a couple weeks ago. According to the Associated Press (via MSNBC), Bethany also allows a local Presbyterian-run office in…
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Thought Toddler Gay, Dad Kills Son
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This article at 365gay.com https://www.365gay.com/newscon05/07/071405childMurd.htm is an illustration of the damage that Reparative Therapy and the ex-gay movement does to children–particularly males. In Preventing Homosexuality by authors and RT’s Joseph Nicolosi and his wife they encourage restrictive gender roles for…
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Antigay Father Outs ‘Zach’
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“Zach” is real. His name is Zach Stark. A Google search finds that, until today, Zach had only been identified by full name in one obscure blog. However, in an interview for Pat Robertson’s national CBN TV network, father Joe…
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Exodus Cancels Tolerant Speaker
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According to his online calendar, Jay Bakker’s speech to the 2005 Exodus “Freedom” conference has been canceled. (Hat tip: XGW commenter Sarah.) Exodus has not acknowledged the cancellation on its own conference calendar, however. As I see the situation, Bakker’s…