PFOX’s New Gender Musing

Parents And Friends Of Ex-Gays And Gays (PFOX) recently published an article by an unknown Erica Heny* about Gender Identity Disorder (GID) from an African-American perspective. The article “The Emperor’s New Gender” likens people living with GID to the foolish emperor in the well-known Hans Christian Andersen tale. Ms. Heny goes on to compare trans … Read more »

Ex-Gay: The Musical!

Check out this ex-gay musical from the Gay Christian Network (GCN) 2007 conference. It opens with a hilarious parody of the famous Gilbert and Sullivan number The Major-General’s Song:
I am the very model of an ex-gay individual,
I’ve no more gay attractions (okay, maybe a residual)
My favorite line has to be this one:
I think of God, […]
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XGW Digest: April 26, 2008

Exodus Vice-President Randy Thomas is laying low in the blogosphere again

Ex-gay woman finds true freedom in gay-affirming church (hat-tip: TWO)

Jim Burroway and Timothy Kincaid of Box Turtle Bulletin voice their opinions on Throckmorton’s Golden Rule Initiative

Pastor Ken Hutcherson noisily protests the Day of Silence Read more »

Tonight: ABC’s 20/20 Explores Gay Public Affection

ABC’s 20/20 will be showing an updated version of an old theme; gaging how people view public displays of affection. This time the couples are gay and the reactions range from reasonable to overbearing.
The setting is NJ for lesbian wives and Alabama for a gay couple. Guess where the 911 call happens.
Tonight at … Read more »

‘Where Grace Abounds’ Latest to Leave Exodus International

Since its inception, Exodus International has been an umbrella organization for a coalition of local ministries focused on the issue of homosexuality.  In most cases these organizations are founded by churches or individuals acting independently of Exodus, with varying degrees of input from existing ministries.
As a result of this, Exodus’ coalition is a diverse collection … Read more »

Liberty Counsel’s Mat Staver Latest to Be ‘Truth Challenged’

In a recent article from the AFA’s pseudo-news outlet One News Now, attorney Mat Staver of the anti-gay Liberty Counsel claims that students today, during the Day of Silence (DoS), will refuse to answer questions from teachers in class and otherwise disrupt the operation of the school day.
‘Number one, if students will not speak … Read more »

LaBarbera’s Shameless Self-Promotion May Damage a Real Ministry

Yesterday, I noticed a post from Peter LaBarbera concerning The Marin Foundation. I remembered hearing Andrew Marin’s story on a podcast from The Gay Christian Network (GCN) and something didn’t click. Marin was a self-confessed “bible-banging homophobe” brought up in the Assemblies of God. His life was changed by the coming out … Read more »

In Brief: Peterson Toscano on LOGO TV

Performance artist Peterson Toscano will be the subject of an episode of LOGO TV’s documentary program Be Real: Stories from Queer America, when it returns for another season beginning May 5.
Also interviewed for the segment were Peterson’s father, Pete Toscano, Beyond Ex-Gay co-founder Christine Bakke, and ex-gay survivors John Holm and Scott Tucker. Read more »

Video: Day of Truth 2008 - Controversy, Criticism & Opposition

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvhd4pv062o

BTB’s Daniel Gonzales has produced an excellent video which exposes several basic untruths about the Day of Truth, the Alliance Defense Fund’s counter to the Day of Silence.

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Audio: Anti-Gay Activist Stacy Harp Reveals Her Passions

At XGW we generally don’t give much space to fringe figures, but Stacy Harp is someone who might just end up as another Matt Barber one day, so we think it’s important to share this glimpse into her “heart and mind” for the record.
Harp and Joe Brummer have apparently had blog and email exchanges over … Read more »