Pro-gay groups have been mostly silent on Throckmorton’s reappointment to Magellan Healthcare’s board. [correct me if I’m wrong, I can only read so many sites] One group has finally spoken up, The Mautner Project, a national lesbian health organization. Coverage here at 365gay.com. Read more »
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Some of you might be interested in seeing this 30-year timeline of the anti-gay movement compiled by the Southern Poverty Law Center.
I consider myself pretty informed about the Religious Right’s war on gay people (and on civil liberties in general); even so, it’s jarring to see the details laid out like this. It also […] Read more »
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Reminder, Soulforce’s two-day rally at Focus On The Family’s Colorado Springs headquarters begins Sunday. (Previous XGW coverage)
Soulforce makes little mention of Focus in connection with ex-gays; Nonetheless Focus can’t simply expect people to push happy and healthy gays back in the closet, ergo Focus points to their token alternative "Love Won Out". Wayne Besen […] Read more »
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Christmas is eight months away — and so is Joe Kort’s new book,
10 Smart Things Gay Men Can Do to Find Real Love.
But you can pre-order it now through Amazon.com — or read about Joe’s other books and workshops here. Read more »
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In his April 26 column, activist/author Wayne Besen says U.S. gays have a choice:
Sequester themselves in their closets, or don boxing gloves.
Besen sees corporate America, gays and Jews losing power and facing harassment from a minority of theocrats, while a majority of Americans stands by and allows “our legal rights and our basic humanity” […] Read more »
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According to PrideSource.com, Chambers spoke April 6 — Pride Week — at Central Michigan University.
Taking a strategy from the playbook of [garble] Bar’s fundraiser/protest of Rev. Fred Phelps when he came to Ann Arbor in 2001, CMU’s Gay-Straight Alliance sent out emails asking LGBT community members and allies to make a monetary pledge for each […] Read more »
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Van Gower of Southern Voice reviews the new novel “Sex Camp” by Brian McNaught.
Of the many compelling characters, the writer struggled most to fairly flesh out the character of Peter O’Shea, a self-identified ex-gay Lutheran Church worker.
:I didn’t want him to be a caricature of what an ex-gay person is,” McNaught says. “It would have […] Read more »
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Guided by two unnamed exgay activists, Minnesota state senator Michele Bachmann vowed Apr. 8 to win a constitutional ban against gay unions.
Bachmann told them (opponents of a ban), as she has said before, that they can get married just like anyone else — but they have to marry someone of the opposite sex.
Evidently, some exgays […] Read more »
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The Journal, at Webster University near St. Louis, profiled exgay Dan Colombo on April 7 following his campus visit.
Dan Colombo used to be gay, but after choosing a Christian life, he decided to put all aspects of his life, including his sexuality, in the hands of God.
So do gay-tolerant Christians.
Colombo, who said he was […] Read more »
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This is an oldie, but worth bringing up, I think.
The December 2004 issue of Christianity Today published this exgay smear against Christians.
Hiding behind the name “Anonymous,” and safe from analysis and accountability to those whom he judges, the writer refers to all gay-tolerant churches as a single entity and says they all “cheated” him […] Read more »
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