Beyond Ex-Gay has posted apology letters from Vonnie Pitts, Wendy Lawson and Kim Brett, former leaders of ex-gay ministries in Australia. According to the press release, Pitts, Lawson and Brett were inspired by the public apology issued in June by…
Media
163 Articles
163
G
Gay Bishop Describes Battle to Become Straight
2 Min Read
11
2 Min Read
11
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…
I
In Brief: I Am What I Am And It’s Not a Choice
1 Min Read
57
1 Min Read
57
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,…
1 Min Read
12
In her final TV interview, taped Wednesday and aired Thursday on CNN, Tammy Faye Messner didn’t declare that she knew God’s will. She didn’t excuse her own fallibility or pass selective judgment against others. And she didn’t order up a…
1 Min Read
0
The gay author Armistead Maupin slammed Scientology at a book-signing in London last week: [The] Church of Scientology comes in very handy. It’s the biggest ex-gay movement in America. They catch you when you’re young and confused, tell you they’ll…
1 Min Read
57
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…
1 Min Read
14
In a recent post we called attention to an odd article at CitizenLink from June 28. The author claimed to know the attendance figures of the Ex-Gay Survivors conference held last weekend in Irvine, California. Strangely enough, the article was…
1 Min Read
11
Focus on the Family has apparently gained the ability to travel into the future and, once there, report on events which have not happened yet for the rest of us. Early yesterday they reported the following via their political mouthpiece…
J
Just In: Former Ex-Gay Leaders Apologize
1 Min Read
3
1 Min Read
3
Source: BeyondExGay.com Leaders from Soulforce and BeyondExGay.com just completed a press conference at the Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Center. Three former ex-gay leaders issued public apologies for the roles they played in ex-gay ministries affiliated with Exodus International. They…
T
Tulsa Preacher Changes Mind on Gays, Ex-Gays
1 Min Read
60
1 Min Read
60
On CNN this week, Tulsa Pentecostal pastor Carlton Pearson described how he had a change of heart about fundamentalism after his best friend came out gay. Bishop Pearson graduated from ORU, and was well-known for his association with such charismatic…