A story I came across today began thus: Former Lesbian Brings Ex-‘Gay’ Message to 2006 NEA Annual Meeting By Jim Brown June 26, 2006 (AgapePress) – A former lesbian who now runs a Christian ministry in Minnesota will be holding…
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Rhetoric And Reality of the Ex-gay Movement
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Eve Tushnet makes an interesting observation in her recent article in the National Review: During the entire nine hours of the conference, none of the speakers I heard discussed how to live chastely while experiencing same-sex attractions. The focus was…
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Professional heterosexual Randy Thomas was kind enough to define “homophobia” for us today over at the Exodus: Live Out Loud blog. Homophobia is not some off the cuff comment about Tinky Winky. Homophobia is what you see happening in Iran….
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Exgay Leadership Tip of The Day
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Beginning any sentence with the phrase “every homosexual I’ve ever met…” is just a bad idea. Example 1 Example 2 Readers are welcome to submit more examples.
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Alan Chambers, Semantics Dancer
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Alan Chambers is quite adept at the semantics-dance as evidenced by a recent Exodus press release: “While there are some who may not agree with our message, we ask for their consideration and welcome their presence at this event,” said…
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Dan’s Ex-Gay “Going In” Anniversary
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Superbowl Sunday 1999 is when I first told my mother “I am, but don’t want to be homosexual.” “I’m gay but don’t want to be,” which I’d heard used on 60 Minutes just didn’t work for me. I preferred to…
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If an exgay activist posts a profile on the youth-oriented Myspace web site, this is euphemistically called “evangelism.” If a gay Christian posts a profile at the same site, it’s likely to be called “homosexual recruitment.” But isn’t exgay activism…
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When You Just Can’t Say It
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Resource available for those people unable to bring themselves to purchase a book with “HOMOSEXUALITY” on the cover. Well I’m assuming the “H…” is for homosexuality, it could stand for any number of things, I mean for all I know…
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When Is Someone Exgay?
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How do you define “exgay”? More to the point, what characteristics describe ALL exgays? Multiple answers are permitted. Definition: An exgay is someone who: (pick one or more of the following) Supports legislation to reduce or withhold legal rights and…
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Toscano: How Sexual Abuse Made Me Ex-Gay
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Thoughts by former ex-gay Peterson Toscano: Lots of “ex-gay” proponents claim that one of the causes of same-sex attraction is childhood sexual abuse. I don’t think they are lying; they truly believe it. In fact, I imagine that the majority…