This is the first of a multiple part series about the term gender. Conservative religious organizations and ex-gay organizations use the term gender — and variants on the term gender — to group together GLB & T people in a…
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The Politicized Vs. The Personal
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From Focus on the Family’s ‘Love Won Out’ Conference Comes to Woodstock; Message That ‘Change is Possible’” to Be Shared in Georgia on Nov. 4: “The issues surrounding homosexuality have become so politicized in recent years, that it is easy…
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I loathe the idea of commenting on the Foley scandal here in the XGW; however; Peter LaBarbera of Americans for Truth commented on the scandal, and his comments apply to this forum.
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Wayne Besen assesses a speech by exgay activist Tim Wilkins to 200 2,000 conservative Christians in North Carolina earlier this month: In his sermon, Wilkins repeatedly made the stunning acknowledgement that people do not choose to be gay. Instead, he…
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NYC Study: “Straight Men” Not So Straight
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In the category of “What Does This Mean” comes a new report out of New York City that highlights the difficulties of self-identification. Just as it seems that some persons that call themselves “ex-gay” may be attracted only to the…
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Exgay Terms Added to UrbanDictionary.com
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ex-ex-gay exgay / ex-gay ex-gay for pay Phallic Fruit Fetish Sadly “Porno Pete” was not approved the first time I submitted it so I’ve made a few revisions and resubmission is pending.
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A continuation of off-topic discussions from this page. Are exgay/postgay ideologues true champions of “sexual fluidity,” or does that title belong to honest bisexuals, or can both groups amicably share the trophy? And what is the difference between exgay, postgay,…
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Diagram: What Is An Ex-Gay?
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There’s been a great deal of discussion recently at Warren Throckmorton’s site regarding Alan Chambers’ possible retirement of the term “ex-gay.” Although I didn’t join the discussion, I did start thinking about what the term “ex-gay” entails. Needless to say,…
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From Jim Brown over at the Agape today: Transgenders are individuals who have changed their sex through surgery, or at least have tried to. Hmm… Let’s surf on over to the dictionary at the National Library of Medicine which offers…
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AgapePress / Bob Knight Confuse Sex And Gender
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The AgapePress begins with apples: Students looking to enter the Harvard Business School MBA program are asked to fill out an online profile that offers three choices of gender: female, male, or transgender. And then talks to Bob Knight about…