1. Terri Schiavo. She killed herself when her bulimic behavior led to a persistent and, in time, irreversible persistent vegetative state. 2. Michael Schiavo. He removed the artificial feeding system that either kept Ms. Schiavo’s body alive, or prolonged her…
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About Joe Riddle
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Greetings, Everyone! Thanks very much to Mike for giving me the chance to guest-blog on his site. XGW is a great resource, and I’m excited by the challenge of being part of it. I was hoping to get a post…
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Researchers: Don’t Trouble Us with Exgay Facts
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"Atheist psychiatrist argues that gays can change," reports Christianity Today. That subheadline, a misquote, is refuted by the story’s first paragraph — which acknowledges that only "some" people can sustain significant change in sexual attraction after undergoing various exgay programs….
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Please welcome Joe Riddle as an author for Ex-Gay Watch. Joe has first-hand experience with the exgay movement, as a former participant in the Mormon exgay organization Evergreen. Joe will be writing on a variety of topics, including the healthy…
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TO: Ex-Gay Watch (via e-mail) CC: Focus on the Family (via e-mail) RE: Focus on the Family broadcast, 3/22/05 It’s somewhat odd that today on FNIF, Alan Chambers is whining about discrimination by a private corporation, Magellan Health Services, saying…
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Most bloggers and pundits have taken sides in the Terri Schiavo debacle, and a few have actually contributed constructively to the debate. Among them: Charles Krauthammer. You may count Exodus official and part-time FRC pundit Randy Thomas among the "most"…
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Reacting to Scandal, PFOX Changes the Subject
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In a March 18 op-ed in The Washington Blade, aggrieved-parents group PFOX responds publicly to the disclosure (months ago) that its president, Richard Cohen, had been expelled from the American Counseling Association for ethical violations in 2002. Speaking for PFOX,…
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Are Exgay Groups Ever Worthy of Support?
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Jackie asked: Suppose Exodus changed their beliefs to be in line with what you described. But suppose that they continue to assert that "SOME people can and do change their orientation to certain degrees, and we would like to help…
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American Medical Association position on reparative therapy and health care for the homosexual The AMA: opposes, the use of "reparative" or "conversion" therapy that is based upon the assumption that homosexuality per se is a mental disorder or based upon…
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PRESS CONFERENCE A statement to the press on August 15, 1997 at the Gay and Lesbian PrideCenter, 125 N. Parkside Drive Colorado Springs, Colo., Offices of Ground Zero Colorado Springs A Public Apology and Appeal by Gil Alexander-Moegerle Co-Founder of…