Posted on July 26th, 2004 by Mike Airhart
In late June, web site and the Gay Spirituality blog, Michigan psychotherapist Joe Kort offered his own lengthy clinical and personal assessment of reparative therapies.
Kort disputes 10 “myths” generally promoted by reparative therapists. While ex-gay programs differ, I think each program is likely to promote at least some of these myths. Most glaringly, the programs […] Read more »
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Filed under: Science, Semantics, Weblogs
Posted on July 25th, 2004 by Mike Airhart
Press release: Wayne Besen, author of ANYTHING BUT STRAIGHT: Unmasking the Scandals and Lies Behind the Ex-Gay Myth, today condemned ex-gay group Exodus International for running a false and misleading $200,000 ad campaign saying that gay people can become heterosexual through prayer and therapy. Read more »
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Filed under: Critics, Exgay Ads, Exodus
Posted on July 25th, 2004 by Mike Airhart
Responding to an e-mail defending the subordination of women, Andrew Sullivan writes:
The strength to be subordinate! And this comes from a religious tradition that began with a man who defied almost every social convention of his time and treated women — even single women — as his equals; who never married and broke up the […] Read more »
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Filed under: Focus on the Family/FRC
Posted on July 23rd, 2004 by Mike Airhart
Exodus published its second recent ex-gay ad today in the L.A. Times. Exodus does not state who funded the $200,000 campaign, but most of the people appearing in the ads are affiliated with the partisan political organization Focus on the Family. Read more »
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Filed under: Exgay Ads, Focus on the Family/FRC
Posted on July 20th, 2004 by Mike Airhart
Dalai Banana discusses the allure of spiritual regression (OK, this is my own spin) — the temptation to limit oneself to an immature, beginner-level spirituality that sells trite answers to life’s questions. In time, some people discover the answers were inconsistent or factually, historically or scientifically erroneous, or they find that the wrong questions were […] Read more »
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Posted on July 20th, 2004 by Mike Airhart
Bit by bit, I’m updating old sections of the site.
Here are updated entries and their revision dates:
July 20, 2004
Exgay Darryl L. Foster on Exgay Politics Read more »
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Posted on July 10th, 2004 by Steve Boese
I figured I’d dig around for a little background info on Cincinnati Ohio, where Exodus published a full-page ad in the Cincinnati Enquirer on Thursday. Read more »
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Filed under: Exgay Ads, Exodus
Posted on July 8th, 2004 by Steve Boese
Exodus International has launched an ad campaign starting with a full page in the Cincinnati Enquirer. Headlined, “I Questioned Homosexuality,” its theme is also reflected in a new entry page to the Exodus website titled “Question Homosexuality… Change is possible. Discover how.”
To their credit, the graphic layout and copy are lean and […] Read more »
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Filed under: Exgay Ads, Exodus, Partnerships
Posted on July 8th, 2004 by Steve Boese
I really appreciate the depth and range of insights coming through the comments on the flexibility and fluidity post. For those who follow new posts via the RSS feed, or haven’t had a chance to follow the comments, here is a synopsis. Read more »
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Filed under: Semantics
Posted on July 6th, 2004 by Steve Boese
A good discussion has ensued under the Gay Story With an Ex-Gay Theme post. I want to continue that with my thoughts on the flexibility or fluidity of sexual orientation.
Kinsey may have put orientation on a single scale from gay to straight, but I’m more inclined to think there are at least two relevant […] Read more »
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Filed under: Semantics
