Apple has confirmed that it pulled an iPhone app by the ex-gay organization Exodus International. Speaking to New York’s Daily News, Apple spokesman Tom Neumayr said, “We removed the Exodus International app from the Apple Store because it violates our…
Exodus International
Ex-Gay Organization Now on Your iPhone
Exodus International, the organization that claims to bring “healing to homosexuals,” has released a free iPhone application. Users can receive blog posts and podcasts to their smartphone, as well as updates about Exodus International events. According to the iPhone app…
Dr. Joseph Nicolosi of the National Association for the Research and Therapy of Homosexuality (NARTH) has posted a recent interview with Michael Glatze. Glatze is the troubled former editor of XY Magazine who made an ex-gay splash in a 2007…
Synchroblog, and Why I Just Can’t
Like many, I accepted the invitation to participate in a blogging experiment started by Wendy Gritter and New Direction, a ministry in Canada and a former member of the Exodus network. The idea, as I understand it, is to elevate…
Another major ministry has left the network of Exodus International. New Direction, an Exodus member ministry led by Wendy Gritter in Canada, has just announced on their blog that they will not be renewing their membership. At the same time,…
Gay bloggers recently had a field day with ex-gay counsellor David Pickup’s “Increasing Manhood” video, one even speculating whether it was a spoof, in the vein of Donnie Davies. Unfortunately, Pickup (right) and his campaign to undermine the masculinity of…
Recently we became aware of Wendy Gritter’s keynote talk (mp3) at the Exodus leadership conference in January. Wendy is the executive director of an Exodus member ministry in Canada called New Direction. While it is what most here would describe…
When I learned of the following ad from Right Wing Watch, I was immediately disgusted at the advertisers. And so were two ex-gay activists. The ad, for a San Francisco S&M fair for glbt and heterosexual people, did not target…
Self-proclaimed ex-gay Stephen Bennett has a habit of issuing questionable statements, apparently to gain news coverage. As he fades from his minor moment in the spotlight – even mainstream ex-gay organizations don’t seem to care for him – he makes…