In a frank and moving interview last week, the Episcopalian Bishop of New Hampshire talked about his attempts to overcome his homosexuality. The Right Reverend Gene Robinson was ordained bishop in 2004, precipitating a momentous controversy still raging strong today…
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In Brief: I Am What I Am And It’s Not a Choice
Ex-ex-gay activist Peterson Toscano writes about sexuality, choice and the ex-gay journey in the latest New Statesman (a broadly left-wing British political weekly). Peterson writes both humorously and powerfully: I chose to be authentic, to no longer demonise my sexuality,…
This is a recent, brief interview of Dr. Warren Throckmorton and Dr. Benjamin McCommon on CNN regarding their views on the APA’s current re-evaluation of their position on reparative therapy. Sean O’Donnell also appears via a brief file clip explaining…
Researcher Seeks British Ex-Ex-Gays
A researcher in the UK would like to speak to former ex-gays who have been through ex-gay therapy and/or ministry in Britain, or who received any sort of ministry in a UK church or religious group to help them change…
Wayne Besen is reporting: Truth Wins Out’s Executive Director Wayne Besen will appear live TONIGHT on CNN’s Paula Zahn Now. Besen will be debating the “ex-gay” former editor of YGA Magazine, Michael Glatze; and Charlene Cothran, “ex-gay” publisher of Venus…
The incomparable Box Turtle Bulletin has recorded exclusive video interviews with the three former ex-gay Exodus leaders who apologized for their past ex-gay/antigay advocacy at a press conference yesterday. The apologies were aired at a press conference and reported by…
CNN will be airing various segments today concerning GLBT issues, including the ex-gay angle. If you can only watch one thing, try to catch Paula Zahn Now at 8pm ET. Paula Zahn Now examining the complexities of gay and straight…
In a June 21 press release, ex-gay network Exodus International claimed that it “welcomes dialogue on homosexuality” when Exodus and a new network of former ex-gays hold rival conferences later this month in southern California. Exodus president Alan Chambers said:…
With years of “therapy,” Exodus president Alan Chambers says, he has mostly conquered his own attraction to men. And he will no doubt emphasize his “heterosexuality” at Exodus’ annual conference in southern California at the end of this month. (A…
Inspired by an LA Times article about an upcoming professional convention that will evaluate the safety and effectiveness of ex-gay “therapies,” CNN’s Situation Room aired an interview this afternoon with Alan Chambers, president of Exodus International, and Jack Drescher, distinguished…