“LONDON, England (Reuters) — Genetic factors, along with cultural and early experiences, influence male homosexuality, Italian scientists said on Wednesday.” One study is by no means conclusive proof. This particular study evaluated 198 men and 4,600 relatives. Few exgays, even…
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Southern gospel singer Kirk Talley has the backing of his “restoration team” to resume a concert/ministry, according to an e-mail newsletter from the singer dated Oct. 6. The restoration team’s announcement is vague about both the team’s goals and requirements…
Ex-Gay Watch Begins Discussion Group
On an experimental basis, I am opening a Yahoo group to discuss exgay and ex-exgay news, politics and science. Join the XGW e-mail discussion group at Yahoo here. Like the exexgayministry discussion at Yahoo, the Ex-Gay Watch discussion is for…
Exgay activist Stephen Bennett lent his support Sept. 26 to an Oak Park, Ill., antigay church’s rally against marriage and civil unions for gay couples. He claimed to “love” gay people because he “was once gay,” but he nevertheless supported…
Exodus Confuses the Sex-ed Debate
Speaking for Exodus on Oct. 1, exgay activist Nancy Brown collects unrelated factoids from the ideologically antiliberal publication Human Events and assembles an illogical case: That sex education promotes depression, confusion, anger, homosexuality, pregnancy, and pornography. Brown draws no logical…
PFOX Sees ‘red’ Over Vandalized Exgay Billboard
Aggrieved-relatives group PFOX complains to the religious-right media that its exgay billboard in Richmond, Va., has been vandalized. But a closer look at the billboard finds faded streaks of red ink. The billboard is mostly unharmed. (Hat tip: John Aravosis.)…
Exgay Leader Comments on Swaggart Death Threat
After 12 days of silence about the subject, Exodus president Alan Chambers on Sept. 24 criticized Jimmy Swaggart’s Sept. 12 death threat against gay people. The emphatically antifeminist Chambers borrows (strangely enough) from the same line of thought as profeminist…
Open Thread: Does Kerry Hope to Lose?
Does anyone else wonder whether the Democratic Party leadership might — through intent or apathy — be forfeiting the presidential election? Kerry/Edwards have offered no details about his plans to: repair the Bush foreign-policy catastrophe; wage the war in Iraq…
I Read You Loud And Queer!
I Read You Loud and Queer! by Joe Kort, MSW Coming out is a very hard thing to do. National Coming Out Day is October 11, 2005. When you come out, or when you did, are you are turtle or…
Speaking for Exodus, exgay activist Nancy Brown scolds gay people today for wanting the same things that heterosexuals take for granted: marriages, kids, trustworthiness, jobs, scholarships, and notoriety on TV. And she wags her finger at Atlanta activists for announcing…