News and analysis of exgay politics and culture.
-Singer Marie Osmond endorses marriage equality. -A Mormon group launches a new ex-gay website. -Legislators in Uruguay and Colombia prepare to vote on marriage equality. -US Senators Bob Casey, Tom Carper and Mark Kirk announce their support for marriage equality. -The Uruguayan Senate passes a marriage equality bill. -A Florida Senate committee approves a domestic [...]
-NFL player Scott Fujita explains why he supports equality. -Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear vetoes an anti-gay “religious freedom” bill. -Senator Claire McCaskill endorses marriage equality. Four more Democratic senators follow suit. -Karl Rove admits that he could see a gay-supportive Republican presidential candidate emerge in 2016. -The US Supreme Court hears arguments in the Prop [...]
“As a former homosexual, I understand the gays’ dread and absolute fear of heterosexuality. It goes beyond trying to normalize sodomy by calling it “marriage.”” — PFOX stands for Parents and Friends of Ex-gays, a counter movement to the pro-LGBT support group, PFLAG, Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays. – On the PFOX blog, they’ve [...]
-Major Mike Almy reaches a settlement with the Department of Defense over his discharge under Don’t Ask Don’t Tell. -Anti-gay activists find dwindling support at CPAC. -Hillary Clinton formally endorses marriage equality. -Pastor and Christian author Rob Bell comes out in support of marriage equality. -Folk singer Michelle Shocked shocks her audience with an anti-gay [...]
-Queen Elizabeth II prepares to sign a new anti-discrimination charter. -Openly gay city council member Christine Quinn officially launches her campaign for mayor of New York City. -Newly released documents reveal that the Regnerus study was commissioned to influence the Supreme Court’s upcoming marriage cases. -The Colorado House formally passes civil unions. -A new study [...]
The National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality (NARTH) has lost their tax-exempt status, for failing to file form 990 three years in a row. Dr. Warren Throckmorton confirmed this with the Internal Revenue Service and reported it on his site on March 12. “Even though the full name of the organization is not [...]
-Former Polish president Lech Walesa makes some harshly anti-gay remarks. -Music acts Train and Carly Rae Jepsen cancel their appearances at the Boy Scouts Jamboree in response the Scouts’ anti-gay policies. -Bill O’Reilly accuses Colorado House speaker Mark Ferrandino of protecting child molesters. -The US Senate confirms openly gay judge Pamela Chen to the federal [...]
And then goes on to bash gay activists as scheming thugs. – Anti-gay/exgay therapist, Christopher Doyle of The International Healing Foundation, recently penned an op-ed in the Christian post. These feelings [same-sex attractions (SSA)] are the result of many factors, mostly environmental and familial, mixed-in with one genetic factor, a sensitive temperament. [emphasis added] Anti-gay/ex-gay activists often claim [...]
-The Kansas Supreme Court upholds a lesbian mother’s parental rights. -The Obama Administration files a brief calling for the repeal of Prop 8. -British Cardinal Keith O’Brien resigns in the wake of allegations of inappropriate behavior. -The New York Legislature considers a transgender rights bill. -Germany’s ruling party reconsiders its opposition to rights for same-sex [...]
-Another researcher accuses Joseph Nicolosi of NARTH of misusing his research. -Minnesota State Senator Scott Dibble announces introduction of a marriage equality bill. -Alaska Republicans make their feelings about civil unions clear. -The Mexican Supreme Court rules against an Oaxaca state marriage ban. -Music producer Clive Davis comes out as bisexual. -The German Federal Constitutional [...]
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