On Nov. 21, the conservative Illinois Leader published a review criticizing gay-affirming Hollywood celebrities and alleging inequity in media coverage of antigay hate crimes and crimes committed by people who happen to be gay. On Nov. 26, Todd DuFresne of…
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Dr. Throckmorton’s Web Site
Warren Throckmorton, outspoken pro-ex-gay associate professor at a small Christian college, has launched his own independent web site, DrThrockmorton.com. The site is useful for its demonstration of reparative therapy advocates’ (re)interpretation of scientific data. Throckmorton has been discussed before by…
PlanetOut reports that “a 7-year-old Louisiana boy was scolded by his teacher, sent to the principal’s office and required to attend a discipline session after he told a classmate his mother was gay.” How is this relevant to Ex-Gay Watch?…
New Zealand Ex-Gays At High Risk of HIV/AIDS?
A New Zealand news site reports on a survey finding that men resembling the ex-gay profile — “men who were isolated [from other gays] or too scared to come out and identify as gay” — were highly likely to practice…
Melvin W. Wong was the lead speaker at a group of ex-gay seminars organized by Focus on the Family in Singapore last week. Wong is affiliated with the Exodus International referral network. A blogspot blogger, Rabelaisian Rebel, uncovers professional criticism…
Focus Expands Ex-Gay Campaign to Asia
Focus on the Family extended its ex-gay political campaign to Singapore late last week with seminars marketing “recovery therapy.” And already the lead speaker faces professional criticism for misstating his training and credentials. The Focus on the Family campaign consisted…
Judgment And Unbelief From Exodus
On Oct. 31, Exodus spokesman Randy Thomas accused people who disagree with his opinion on homosexuality of worshiping “personal interest” and having “compromised the integrity of the scriptures to condone homosexuality.” Unfortunately the eternal souls of those dealing with homosexuality…
Exodus International launched a campaign last week against ‘Law & Order:SVU’ over an episode that it apparently didn’t watch, or only saw parts of. Conservative writer and activist Brent Bozell apparently didn’t watch the full episode, either, but that didn’t…
Meryl Cohn, a.k.a. Ms. Behavior, today advises an ex-gay man on his lack of honesty with his (female) fiance about his gay past, about their “not-so-exciting sex life,” and whether acting straight really makes one straight. Instead of telling the…
Ex-Gays And the Sin of Gluttony
Further to our ongoing discussion of selective morality among antigay activists, the Dallas Morning News reports today on the complete failure of America’s clergy to confront the nation’s most obvious and pressing health-related sin: Gluttony. (The link requires a free…