This is the phrase the president of Exodus International used in a recent WORLD magazine article to describe his opinion of the recent cluster of victories for marriage equality. Who is being trapped? The gay men and women advocating for…
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A 12-year-old boy on YouTube is being hailed by some Christians as a martyr for enduring insults, although a better description would be “disturbed.” Scott, whose screenname is ChristianU2uber, has received thousands of views for his videos, in which he…
Six gay men have been killed over a period of 10 days, according to an Iraqi official. In two separate incidents, the men were disowned by their families before their tribes pursued and executed them. The report comes in the…
A survey has found that 17 percent of therapists in the UK have offered a client therapy to “reduce” same-sex attractions. Four percent said they would try to “change” a patient’s sexuality if asked. The findings are from a study…
This Is What Love in Action Looks Like
A documentary about the controversial ex-gay program Love in Action will be released on DVD on June 6 2009. Love in Action revisits the furore of summer 2005, when then-16-year-old Zach Stark gained the attention of activists worldwide after his…
“When I turn 30, I plan to be straight … I’m hoping it’s just going to be a phase, because I never chose to be gay. I never wanted to be gay.” So said 19-year old Shane on Wednesday’s Tyra…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siO9m1XR5uU It appears that New Life Assembly paid the young man $180K in what can only be described as hush money. He comes forward in this report by TV station KDRO. The references to the life that Ted Haggard was…
Open Thread: Prayers for Bobby
I just finished watching the Lifetime special Prayers for Bobby. It came across true and accurate to what I know about the matter, and may have even been somewhat reserved considering the time frame (circa 1980). The mother’s reaction and…
Gay columnist Dan Savage has examined a recent event involving the receipt of ricin-laced letters by several gay bars. He theorizes that an embittered gay man must be the perpetrator. The letters strike me as having been written by a…
Ted Haggard, the megachurch pastor who abandoned his ministry after the revelation that he had sexual relations with a male prostitute, admits in a new documentary that he “still struggles” with his sexuality. The married father of five stepped down…