I see below that Dan Gonzales disagrees strongly with one of Wayne Besen’s posts this week. I hadn’t noticed that post, but there are at least two other posts by Besen that are worth a look: The American Family Association…
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In his blog today, Wayne Besen attacks Brenna Simonds, leader of a small Boston exgay ministry, the name of which he does not give. That ministry’s name is is Alive In Christ and is unlucky enough to be based out…
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PFOX President Richard Cohen appears to have suffered a meltdown following a televised debate with Wayne Besen. Wayne is author of Anything But Straight which devotes an entire chapter to Cohen’s bizarre antics. Following the debate Cohen sent out “prayer…
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Wayne Besen: ‘The High Calling of the Low Road’
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From WayneBesen.com: It is the 21st Century and the cover of Time Magazine has pictures of a chimpanzee and God under the bold headline, “Evolution Wars”. I turn on the television and a non-descript talking head is promoting the bizarre…
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Wayne Besen: Capitulate Or Fight Back
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In his April 26 column, activist/author Wayne Besen says U.S. gays have a choice: Sequester themselves in their closets, or don boxing gloves. Besen sees corporate America, gays and Jews losing power and facing harassment from a minority of theocrats,…
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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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In correspondence published in January 2005 by Teach The Facts, the professional American Counseling Association said it found merit in six specific ethical-misconduct charges against ex-gay activist Richard Cohen. ACA said it approved the charges, which were sufficient for membership…
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Exgay Review of ‘Anything But Straight’
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"Unmasking the lies of Wayne Beeson [sic]" — that’s what more-or-less-anonymous exgay blogger Ben aspires to do. But then he doesn’t do it. He and other commenters complain that Besen’s anti-exgay expose, Anything But Straight, is at times rude, sarcastic,…
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Update: The American Counseling Association confirms that Richard Cohen’s expulsion occurred in May 2002. Press ReleaseFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASETuesday, Jan. 25, 2005 website: www.WayneBesen.com ANTI-GAY P-FOX PRESIDENT RICHARD COHEN EXPELLED FOR LIFE FROM THE AMERICAN COUNSELING ASSOCIATION Revealing, Never-Before Seen Document…
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In his column for Jan. 5, 2005, gay activist/author Wayne Besen examines the possible reasons why gay couples in nearly all of America remain afraid to hold hands or show affection in public. In Besen’s view, the rationalizations of the…