Truth Wins Out’s Wayne Besen has challenged Alan Downing to take a lie detector test following claims that he engaged in sexual misconduct with two male clients: In light of his public denial, Truth Wins Out offered to pay for…
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Two men have accused Alan Downing, a life coach with Richard Cohen’s ex-gay International Healing Foundation, of using sexually inappropriate therapy techniques, according to Truth Wins Out. On separate occasions, Downing allegedly asked Ben Unger and Chaim Levin to undress in…
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XGW Digest: July 24, 2010
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-The National Organization for Marriage’s summer marriage tour continues to draw embarrassingly small turnouts in Albany, Providence, Trenton, Annapolis and Columbus. -Warsaw, Poland hosts the 2010 EuroPride festival. -President Mary McAleese signs Ireland’s civil partnership bill into law. -Gay teen…
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XGW Digest: July 17, 2010
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-Manhattan borough president Scott Stringer announces plans to marry in Connecticut to protest New York’s lack of marriage equality. -The University of Illinois decides not to renew the contract of a professor who spoke negatively of gays and lesbians. -The…
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Video: Anti-Marriage Equality in Crisis
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An article from the UK’s Daily Mail bears this title: How I went from committed lesbian to a happily married mother of four. It describes British comedienne Jackie Clune’s winding testimonial as a woman who, once “committed” to her lesbian…
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XGW Digest: July 10, 2010
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-London mayor Boris Johnson comes out in support of marriage equality. -Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle vetoes the state’s civil unions bill. -Britain’s Supreme Court rules that gay immigrants who fear violent retribution in their home countries have a right to…
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XGW Digest: July 3, 2010
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-The Montana Republican Party joins its Texas counterpart in calling for the reinstatement of sodomy laws. -The National Organization for Marriage aligns itself with anti-gay activist Louis Marinelli. -The US Supreme Court refuses to grant legal immunity to the Vatican…
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Former Exodus Leader Alan Medinger Has Died
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Exodus president Alan Chambers has just notified members that Alan Medinger has passed away. Medinger was once himself executive director of Exodus International, and president of ex-gay ministry Regeneration. Medinger was an established figure in ex-gay circles. He authored the…
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XGW Digest: June 26, 2010
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-The Texas Republican Party calls for the criminalization of same-sex marriage and the reinstatement of sodomy laws. -Massachusetts Republican gubernatorial candidate Charlie Baker marches in Boston’s gay pride parade. -The Obama Administration announces plans to extend family and medical leave…