Increasingly irrelevant in the US, the National Association for the Research and Therapy of Homosexuality (NARTH) has created a new division to spread their views abroad. The International Federation for Therapeutic Choice (IFTC), while it sounds formidable, appears only to…
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Speaking on Chris Fabry Live! last month, Exodus President Alan Chambers made this astonishing declaration: The truth is, when we look at the issue of homosexuality, the only thing that we do know at this point in time is that…
XGW Digest: June 17, 2008
September 5 has been set as the theatrical release date for “Save Me,” the ex-gay drama starring Chad Allen and Judith Light. TWO: A panel on “gender issues” organized by the Southern Baptist Church is overrun by ex-gays, is all…
By now, regular readers of Ex-Gay Watch will know of the controversy surrounding homophobic remarks made by Iris Robinson, a Member of UK Parliament. Robinson, a health spokesperson and wife of Northern Ireland’s First Minister, said that homosexuality was “vile,”…
The psychiatrist Northern Ireland MP Iris Robinson claimed could turn homosexuals straight has been named as Dr Paul Miller, who trained under the notorious Richard Cohen. Exodus International cut its ties with Cohen following a series of embarrassing TV appearances…
XGW Digest: June 10, 2008
Peter LaBarbera declares a Boycott of Chicago’s Hyatt Regency and Palmer House Hilton hotels after attending International Mr. Leather there. Southern Poverty Law Center reports that the AFA opposes hate crimes legislation because they claim it will negate your right…
Bishop Gene Gets His Wish to Be a June Bride
The Episcopal Church’s first openly gay bishop has married his long-term partner. Vicki Gene Robinson, whose ordination as Bishop of New Hampshire in 2003 hailed a still-continuing worldwide division in the Anglican Church, entered into a civil union with Mark…
XGW Digest: June 5, 2008
The Bloomington, IL Pantagraph examines the spectrum of opinion within Christianity on the issue of homosexuality. At the blog “The Unseen Disciple,” Christian ex-gay ministries are examined to see not only if they could be called Christian, but if they…
XGW Digest: June 2, 2008
Peter Lane, director of Exodus Asia-Pacific, states that criticism from former ex-gays “has hurt his organization,” but declares that it “doesn’t minimize the message” of Exodus. PFOX claims attacks against ex-gays are “rising,” even though most of the events they…
XGW Digest: May 29, 2008
Despite Exodus’s supposed retreat from politics, Randy Thomas speaks out on the Exodus website against gay marriage (specifically, the recent California gay marriage victory) and legislation that protects the LGBT community from hate crimes. He also speaks on behalf of…