In July 2005, Jerry Falwell was the keynote speaker at an Exodus conference. During his appearance, he approved of parents jailing their children at exgay boot camps such as Love In Action. It was shocking enough at the time, that…
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The Pew Research Center has released a new poll that seems to show a favorable shift in attitudes relating to the rights of gay people.
Exodus Offices: Small Space, Big Reach
In a suburb of Orlando, Florida, there is a small office building near the airport where six offices share 6,000 square feet of office space. As of mid-2005, Exodus International was headquartered in one of the six offices, occupying perhaps…
Exgay Group Drops Case Against Parody Blogger
According to USA Today, Exodus has dropped its complaint against blogger Justin Watt, after Watt removed the Exodus logo watermark from his parody of Exodus’ antigay billboard that was titled, “Gay? Unhappy?”: I think Exodus’ decision is sensible; even its…
Parody: The Exodus Self-Contradiction
Some friendly exgay advice from the desk reference that you’ve been using since you were eight years old. From Justinsomnia, inspired by Zortnac.
In September 2005, blogger Justin Watt published a parody of an Exodus exgay billboard and encouraged other web sites to republish it. On Feb. 27, 2006 — after learning of the parody from blogger Mike Tidmus — Ex-Gay Watch republished…
The ACLU announced its assistance today to blogger Justin Watt, who received a cease-and-desist letter this month after Exodus became aware of his parody of an exgay billboard. SAN FRANCISCO — Citing First Amendment protection for parodies, the American Civil…
Today (03/21/06) Alan Chambers, President of Exodus International, was the guest on Stephen Bennett’s Straight Talk Radio. Alan had something very interesting to share with Stephen: Stephen: You know a message that seems to be a common thread in so…
The website for this year’s Exodus conference touts discounted rates offered with American Airlines. HRC gives American a perfect score in their index of corporate equality.
Two days ago I posted a comment to a post by straight white male Alan Chambers on the Exodus Live Out Loud blog where he accuses gay rights groups of “hijacking” the civil rights movement. My response consisted of a…