News and analysis of exgay politics and culture.
By Dave Rattigan on Aug 22nd, 2011
Randy Thomas believes change is possible, and to prove it, he changes his blog roughly once every six months. His latest blog is Confessions of an Ex-Gay Superstar, and here’s his personal video introduction to the new site: Amid dwindling support for Exodus International, Randy Thomas stepped down as its vice-president in April this year, taking […]
By Dave Rattigan on Jul 11th, 2011
In this video, Steve, a former member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, describes his experience of Mormon conversion therapy. He spent 12 of his 35 years in Mormonism receiving treatment from Evergreen International, the main ex-gay ministry serving the LDS church. He says: Of the 15 men that were with […]
By Dave Rattigan on Jul 5th, 2011
In this video, gay journalist Ashton Elijah talks about his experience at The Ramp, a church ministry run by Damon Thompson in Hamilton, Alabama: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-k7kkRvln3I[/youtube] The interview above was filmed as part of The David Pakman Show. It featured in his July 4 podcast, alongside a segment about the dubious Marcus Bachmann, husband of Republican […]
By Dave Rattigan on Jun 15th, 2011
Watch “The Sissy Boy Experiment: Uncovering the Truth,” the Anderson Cooper 360 series, which aired on CNN recently. Below, parts one, two, three and four: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-irAT0viF0[/youtube]
By Dave Rattigan on Jun 14th, 2011
British teenager Michael Causer died on August 2, 2008, aged 18, a week after being beaten and stabbed for being gay. Almost three years after this brutal, homophobic hate crime, Michael’s family, along with the LGBT community in Liverpool and across the UK, are asking why the story was largely ignored by the national media […]
By Dave Rattigan on May 3rd, 2011
A documentary about the ex-gay movement will have its premiere in June 2011, after six years in the making. The premiere of This Is What Love in Action Looks Like takes place at Frameline 35, the San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival, which takes place from June 16 to 26. The movie had its genesis in […]
By Dave Rattigan on Apr 12th, 2011
Alan Simpson, the former Republican senator for Wyoming, told Hardball‘s Chris Matthews how it is on homophobia in the GOP: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gSxCYlvbKs[/youtube] Tip of the hat to Towleroad.