At the morning plenary session of the Ex-Gay Survivor Conference, former ex-gays and people with similar past experiences were presented with a blank white wall of paper.
On one side of the wall, participants were invited to share their ex-gay experiences.
On the other side of the wall, they were invited to share what good or harm … Read more »
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Peterson Toscano opened the Ex-Gay Survivor Conference tonight (June 29) in Irvine, Calif., with a performance of Toscano’s one-man play, “Doin’ Time in the HomoNomo Halfway House.”
The conference was co-organized by BeyondExGay.com, Soulforce, and the LGBT Resource Center at the University of California-Irvine.
Among the audience, Ex-Gay Watch sighted a mix of former and current Exodus … Read more »
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Focus on the Family has apparently gained the ability to travel into the future and, once there, report on events which have not happened yet for the rest of us. Early yesterday they reported the following via their political mouthpiece CitizenLink:
The meeting, which began Tuesday and wraps up Sunday, has drawn close to … Read more »
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The incomparable Box Turtle Bulletin has recorded exclusive video interviews with the three former ex-gay Exodus leaders who apologized for their past ex-gay/antigay advocacy at a press conference yesterday. The apologies were aired at a press conference and reported by the Los Angeles Times.
The interviews include:
Michael Bussee, co-founder of Exodus International
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQn8Pmilob4
Darlene Bogle, Paraklete Ministries, Hayward, […]
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Source: BeyondExGay.com
Leaders from Soulforce and BeyondExGay.com just completed a press conference at the Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Center. Three former ex-gay leaders issued public apologies for the roles they played in ex-gay ministries affiliated with Exodus International. They also shared portions of their personal stories. The event was covered by … Read more »
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On CNN this week, Tulsa Pentecostal pastor Carlton Pearson described how he had a change of heart about fundamentalism after his best friend came out gay. Bishop Pearson graduated from ORU, and was well-known for his association with such charismatic superstars as Carman and Oral Roberts.
At one time he headed up a 5,000-strong megachurch in … Read more »
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CNN will be airing various segments today concerning GLBT issues, including the ex-gay angle. If you can only watch one thing, try to catch Paula Zahn Now at 8pm ET.
Paula Zahn Now examining the complexities of gay and straight lifestyles, and whether a gay person can be “turned straight.” As part of her … Read more »
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Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays has joined forces yet again with Citizens for a Responsible Curriculum and Family Leader Network in opposition to the Montgomery County School Board in Maryland. PFOX and its allies were unsuccessful in their efforts to stop the piloting of what they deem a “controversial” sex and health curriculum last fall, … Read more »
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In a June 21 press release, ex-gay network Exodus International claimed that it “welcomes dialogue on homosexuality” when Exodus and a new network of former ex-gays hold rival conferences later this month in southern California.
Exodus president Alan Chambers said:
Dialogue on this issue only benefits the community and the culture at large. It is a topic … Read more »
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Charlene Cothran, the editor-in-chief of Venus Magazine who came out as an ex-gay earlier this year and proceeded to alienate her readers by turning her magazine into an ex-gay promotion piece and aligning herself with DL Foster and Peter LaBarbera, is back in the spotlight after an appearance on Pat Robertson’s CBN Network Thursday.
Some quotes […]
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