Shawn O’Donnell, whose picture was included for a long time on the home webpage of Exodus International, spoke at the University Christian Ministry at Northwestern University. As reported by the student newspaper, O’Donnell shared with the students how he entered…
Former Exgays
136 Articles
136
I
If Exodus Outsourced Their Call Center…
1 Min Read
5
1 Min Read
5
Since Exodus claims to be “contacted” over 400,000 times every year (that’s about once every 30 seconds during normal business hours) Peterson decided they will probably need to outsource to a call center in Bangalore to keep up. Petersons’s audio…
F
First Hand Reports From “Mr. Hetero”
1 Min Read
6
1 Min Read
6
A couple first-hand reports from Mr. Hetero yesterday have begun trickling in. Peterson Toscano’s “part I” is up and so is an account written by Mike Benedetti posted to Indymedia. Update: Peterson’s “Part II” is back up.
1 Min Read
1
Peterson Toscano, a performance artist and two-year survivor of the Love In Action exgay live-in “therapy” program, performed his sketch Queer 101 at the Lavender Languages and Linguistics conference Feb. 10 in Washington, D.C. The conference continues through Sunday at…
1 Min Read
46
I occasionally have inquiries about my own experience with ex-gay / reparative therapy. I was a client of Joseph Nicolosi for about a year between 1999 and 2000. What I’m most frequently asked about is not why I entered therapy…
1 Min Read
8
Christmas greetings from Ventura, my hometown as well as home of the only gay bar between Santa Barbara and LA County. That bar, Paddy’s, serves an important role as a sort of community gathering center during holidays when boys return…
W
Watch Interview Today of Former Exgay
1 Min Read
0
1 Min Read
0
Peterson Toscano will be interviewed live today for the Seattle public access TV program “Being in Seattle.” Toscano will be asked to speak about his exgay experience and the film Fish Can’t Fly. The one-hour program will be available via…
Q
Queer Quotable
1 Min Read
7
1 Min Read
7
“He may have gay friends but he doesn’t want me as one of them.” -Peterson Toscano Peterson has tried unsuccessfully for the last five weeks to get fellow Connecticut resident Stephen Bennett to simply meet up and share testimonies. (There…
1 Min Read
18
Peterson Toscano has three recent posts he describes as “awesome” he feels have gone unappreciated by Ex-Gay Watch. Said posts are based on principals Peterson was taught in the Love In Action program and include scans of select pages. Who…
1 Min Read
0
GayLife of Maryland profiles Peterson Toscano, a former Love In Action live-in client who now performs several spiritual and comedic one-man plays, including “Doin’ Time in the Homo No Mo’ Halfway House” — a personal look into the experiences of…