…program, BBC Radio interviewed Akinsanya and Jason Pollock, director of pride London. Here’s a RealAudio broadcast of the interview. XGW’s Timothy Kincaid discusses Akinsanya’s struggle here. Former exgay Peterson Toscano…
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…of exgay groups. Rather it is a specific charge directed at LIA alone. No other exgay group has anything like it attached to its reputation. I can recall reading years…
The Alliance Defense Fund and “Love In Action,” an exgay live-in facility in Memphis, are suing the state of Tennessee. Until recently, LIA claimed to offer therapeutic services. When the…
Out And Cowed? Ex-Gay in the UK
…can make you straight”. Meet the ex-gay movement. IN THE BEGINNING The ex-gay movement began in the early 1970s in California when a straight pastor, Kent Philpott, formed Love in…
John Smid was the director of Exodus member ministry Love in Action (LIA), a residential ex-gay program in Memphis, Tennessee, for 22 years. This included the Refuge youth program which…
‘Love In Action’ Hangs On
The Memphis, Tenn.-based Queer Action Coalition reported Sept. 22 that the exgay live-in “ministry” Love In Action had recruited unnamed antigay lawmakers to assist in its battle to stay open…
…American Psychiatric Association (APA) and other medical professionals. PFLAG applauds greater scrutiny of “reparative therapy”, “conversion therapy” or “ex-gay” programs. Because of the attention surrounding Zach’s story, the Tennessee Department…
Ex-Gay News Roundup
Former ex-gay Peterson Toscano sums up the week in ex-gay news. Toscano has also posted new video from the Survivor Initiative press conference outside Love In Action in Memphis, Tenn….
…Exgaywatch – keep on watching Alaine’s Newsletter. If you do, you will have MORE and MORE exgays to watch. The Truth is coming out, you do not HAVE to be…
‘How an Ex-gay Ministry Set Me Free’ to Be Gay
Credibility suffers a bit whenever identity can’t be verified, but this person’s anonymous testimony at GayHealth.com is still worth reading, because it exemplifies a common ex-exgay observation: Ex-gay ministries often…