Over the past couple of days, The National Association for the Therapy of Homosexuals (NARTH), and Parents and Friends of Gays and Ex-Gays (PFOX), have quietly removed all traces of any affirmation of Richard Cohen. PFOX has removed all references to him entirely, while NARTH has left only historical events which included his name - … Read more »
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Filed under: NARTH, PFOX
PFOX has been at it again with the distribution of their fliers in schools. This time, the letters were passed out at Winston Churchill High School in Potomac, Maryland. The article in the school newspaper titled, PFOX letter stirs student emotions, details the quickly organized student protest that followed the PFOX letter campaign.
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The title of a press release issued yesterday by Focus on the Family was cause for joy:
“Love Won Out Looking Forward to Dialogue About Homosexuality”
That sounds most promising. But the press release makes it clear that no actual dialogue will occur:
Colorado Springs, Colo. – Focus on the Family welcomed news today that its April 14 Love … Read more »
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Filed under: Exgay Activists, Focus on the Family/FRC
After a decade of pursuing “change,” Eugene began to notice the holes and inconsistencies in ex-gay philosophy, and after taking Exodus’ advice to “question homosexuality” seriously, came to the conclusion that conservative evangelicals were the ones in error on this issue. For the last year and a half he has critically examined ex-gay claims … Read more »
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Filed under: About XGW, Authors
Perhaps taking his cue from Exodus’s increasing involvement in US politics, British ex-gay James Parker has weighed in on the UK’s new Sexual Orientation Regulations. The SORs are an attempt to apply the same anti-discrimination laws to gays and lesbians that already apply to race and gender because of the Equality Act 2006. Under these … Read more »
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Filed under: Change, Discrimination, Exgay Activists, Gay / Exgay / 'Identity', Gender Roles, Hate Crimes/Free Speech, Media, Parenting
Karen Booth is the leader of the Exodus member ministry Transforming Congregations who just recently led a charge to force eBay to remove the massage table “where it all happened” from auction. Today she has decided that, though she stands behind that campaign, she wishes to apologize for the way she personally treated Mike … Read more »
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Filed under: Change, Critics, Exgay Activists, Exodus
Whenever I discuss transgender medical or therapeutic treatments here at the Ex-Gay Watch, I always seem to go back to the Harry Benjamin Standards Of Care. Like or hate this document (and the GID diagnosis), what the document does is provide criteria for determining if one has a condition that falls under the document’s purview; … Read more »
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Filed under: Exodus, Gender Roles, NARTH, Therapy
We recently discovered that Alan Chambers had joined the board of PFOX late last year. In an email reply, Alan said he did so as he thought he could assist them in making positive changes. One of the conditions of this arrangement was that PFOX remove all ties with Richard Cohen, the unlicensed, … Read more »
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Filed under: Exodus, PFOX
Who says ex-gays don’t have a sense of humor?
Just a warning: the above clip will probably make you laugh even though it is at the expense of the “ex-gay” movement.
Randy Thomas, vice president of Exodus International, is rightly embarrassed by Richard Cohen’s appearance on the Daily Show:
The guy on the video announces Richard as the … Read more »
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Filed under: Exgay Activists, Exodus
The National Association for the Research and Therapy of Homosexuality, NARTH, is upset about changes made to an entry about them in Wikipedia. For those who are not familiar:
Wikipedia is a multilingual, web-based, free content encyclopedia project. Wikipedia is written collaboratively by volunteers from all around the world. With rare exceptions, its articles can … Read more »
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