Advice for Tim Wilkins

The last we heard of Tim Wilkins of Cross Ministry fame he had agreed to take a polygraph test for gayasyou.org (I never heard how that come out).
But now Tim has a new program aimed at giving ministers tools in their efforts in “Walking People out of Homosexuality”. In his program More Than Words, […] Read more »

Bennett Opposes HIV Prevention

Stephen Bennett’s latest press release is so chock-full of bizarreness that I hardly know where to start. But here goes: Read more »

Open Forum: I Have One Hour Today. What to Do?

6 p.m. Read the new 300-page book “Ex-Gay Research” and write review.
6:17 p.m. Watch the 48-minute ex-gay video “I Do Exist” by Chad Thompson, and write review.
6:21 p.m. Fight Exodus attempts to shut down Ex-Gay Watch and other gay-tolerant or gay-affirming sources of news. Contact lawyers from coast to coast.
6:32 p.m. Divide Ex-Gay Watch into […] Read more »

Baptist Kids Reject Abstinence

Some conservative activists believe that if “abstinence only” is taught in schools it will eliminate the need for sex education and information on sexually transmitted diseases. After all, if teens aren’t having sex before marriage, then no problem, right?
One problem for gay teens is that it tells them that they can’t have sex before […] Read more »

Alan Chambers Trashes Gay Papers

A library trustee in Ohio doesn’t want the Upper Arlington Public Library to carry the local free gay newspaper, the Outlook Weekly. In a Focus on the Family article, Bryce Kurfees, the trustee said the following:
“What I want to do with them is toss them out. There’s no reason that we need to accept […] Read more »

Ohio Constitutional Amendment Promotes Domestic Violence; Antigay Activist Fuels Spread of AIDS

Brady at Some Guys Are Normal notes that Ohio’s antigay constitutional ban on nonmarital unions and any rights or services associated with such unions has resulted in court rulings that unmarried heterosexual partners enjoy no legal recourse under the state’s domestic-violence laws.
Meanwhile, Ohio antigay uber-activist Linda Harvey is using her “Mission America” nameplate to bury […] Read more »

Discredited Exgay Video Hits the Discount Bin

Activist/author Wayne Besen has picked up on the news, also noted on March 25 by XGW commenter Chalker Cross, that the antigay video “It’s Not Gay” is on sale for $10. Read more »

Exgay Supports Minnesota Rally to Ban Gay Unions

Eleventh Avenue South has a picture of the Minnesota “Family” Council using exgay activist Janet Boynes to decorate its booth at a March 21 antigay rally. Ex-Gay Watch is curious to know how, exactly, Boynes believes she is helping same-sex-attracted persons — or anyone else — by promoting discrimination. Read more »

Melissa Fryrear Says ‘Everyone Is Created Heterosexual’

As reported by the TimesLeader, in a speech to a Pentecostal church in Pennsylvania, Melissa Fryrear went beyond “no one is born gay”:
Fryrear said “everyone is created heterosexual” and said many women are gay because they’re searching for a mother figure or because they have been sexually abused by a man. She said some women […] Read more »

Origins of ‘Live Out Loud’

I was feeling snarky after Exodus dropped its recent copyright and trademark case against Ex-Gay Watch and blogger Justin Watt. And so I challenged Exodus’ recent use of the slogan Live Out Loud, which happens to be the name of a five-year-old New York organization that promotes safety for gay youths.
I should have known better. […] Read more »