Although the National Association for the Research and Therapy of Homosexuality promotes itself as a professional organization, mental health professionals make up a mere quarter of its 1,000-strong membership. Dr Warren Throckmorton, a conservative Christian and psychology professor who has…
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XGW Digest: October 22, 2011
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-Actor Zachary Quinto comes out of the closet. -Another gay teen commits suicide following years of bullying. -Inspired by Zachary Quinto, ABC news anchor Dan Kloeffler comes out of the closet. -Paul Cameron looks for a new audience for his…
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Exodus’ New $1M Headquarters, Incognito
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In 2008, Exodus moved from a modest office that they leased for $2000+ a month to the building above at 190 N Westmonte Dr, Altamonte Springs, Florida, which they purchased at the height of the real estate market bubble for…
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XGW Digest: October 15, 2011
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-Two gay Republicans enter the race for San Diego Mayor. -Rev. Scott Anderson becomes the Presbyterian Church’s first officially sanctioned gay minister. -Legendary gay rights activist Frank Kameny dies at the age of 86. -Bank of America will begin reimbursing…
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Exodus International President Alan Chambers has decided, over a year after the launch of the It Gets Better project, that he should support the campaign instead of condemning it. In May, the ex-gay leader was livid that Toy Story character Woody…
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The former leader of Exodus International’s oldest ministry says you can’t repent of homosexuality — and he now publicly admits he is homosexual himself. John Smid, who resigned as Executive Director of Love in Action in 2008, has made his…
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XGW Digest: October 8, 2011
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-A Tennessee pastor and his deacons attack a gay couple to stop them from entering his church. -New York City gets its first transgender firefighter. -Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain proclaims that being gay is a choice. -The Presbyterian Church…
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Gay Christian? New Direction Has Your Back
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The Toronto-based ministry New Direction is controversial. As a former Exodus organization that now aspires to “bridge the gap” between Christians and LGBT people, both Christian and non-Christian, it invites suspicion from both sides. On Saturday, I was honoured to…
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XGW Digest: October 1, 2011
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-Actor Sean Maher comes out of the closet. -A Seattle couple is subjected to anti-gay threats. -The US Census Bureau releases its first-ever count of married same-sex couples. -Southwest Airlines defends its decision to kick a lesbian couple off of…
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Ex-Gay Study Nothing New, Same Flawed Data
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A 2007 study of sexual orientation change is back in the news following its publication in a scientific journal. But despite conservative Christians’ championing of the research as proof that gays can change, the article presents nothing new. Stanton L…