Posted on July 31st, 2008 by David Roberts
As our readers may be aware, it was recently reported that the popular online insurance portal Insure.com has posted disturbing and completely inaccurate information about the lifespan of gay people. Worse, the source for their claims is the discredited and largely avoided Dr. Paul Cameron and his Family Research Institute.
Insure.com CEO Robert Bland defended the … Read more »
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Filed under: Discrimination
Posted on July 31st, 2008 by Dave Rattigan
Story here. Updates here and here.
I’ve been fortunate. I don’t live in the most gay-friendly community in the world, but I’ve never personally been subject to a homophobic assault in my area. My family is well-known round here, and it’s no secret that I’m gay. I’ve had schoolkids ask me about my partner, and for … Read more »
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Filed under: Education/Youth, Hate Crimes/Free Speech
Posted on July 30th, 2008 by Dave Rattigan
Two ex-gay ministries have complained that gay groups are being given preferential treatment at the Lambeth Conference, the 10-yearly gathering of Anglican bishops.
The Lambeth Marketplace makes room for booths representing dozens of Anglican organizations during the three-week-long gathering, but representatives of Zaccheus and Redeemed Lives say they have been given “low visibility” compared to pro-gay … Read more »
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Filed under: Exgay Activists, Religion
Posted on July 29th, 2008 by Emily K
In his celebration of having “left the gay identity” sixteen years ago, Exodus International Vice President Randy Thomas attempts to define on his blog what that even means. In the comments section, he was challenged by a commenter known as “College Jay” to define what he called the “gay ideology,” which supposedly held him back … Read more »
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Filed under: Exgay Activists, Exodus, Gay / Exgay / 'Identity', Semantics
Posted on July 27th, 2008 by Emily K
Paige Schilt of Soulforce shares about her experiences on the American Family Outing.
The Asheville chapter of PFLAG hosts the Real Families Picnic in response to Exodus’ conference.
Cartoonist Jack T. Chick, known for his infamous “Chick Tracts,” has aligned himself with Nazi-admiring anti-gay “researcher” Paul Cameron.
Residents of the Greek island of Lesbos have unsuccessfully tried to … Read more »
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Posted on July 26th, 2008 by Dave Rattigan
Gay actor John Barrowman met with an ex-gay during the filming of a BBC documentary about the origins of homosexuality.
The British-American entertainer, best-known to international audiences as Captain Jack Harkness in the the sci-fi serial Doctor Who (and its spin-off, Torchwood), met with Ron Woolsey, aka Victor J Adamson, a Seventh Day Adventist pastor from … Read more »
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Filed under: Change, Gay / Exgay / 'Identity', Gender Roles, Media, Television, Therapy
Posted on July 24th, 2008 by David Roberts
We recently noticed that David Kyle Foster’s Mastering Life Ministries no longer appears on the Exodus affiliate page for Tennessee. When asked, Exodus President Alan Chambers confirmed to XGW that Foster chose not to renew his membership for 2008, and “left the Exodus Network late last year.” Interestingly, Myra Noyes is no longer listed as … Read more »
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Filed under: Exodus
Posted on July 23rd, 2008 by Dave Rattigan
A scientist has accused Parents and Friends of ExGays and Gays (PFOX) of distorting his research by claiming that high school gay-straight alliances increase risk of suicide for teens.
PFOX President Regina Griggs said that “the risk of suicide decreases by 20% each year that a person delays homosexual or bisexual self-labeling,” and criticized schools for … Read more »
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Filed under: Education/Youth, Exgay Activists, Focus on the Family/FRC, Gay / Exgay / 'Identity', Key Studies, PFOX, Science
Posted on July 22nd, 2008 by Eugene Wagner
The late Mike Yaconelli spent much of his life worried that he wasn’t spiritual enough. Despite his many efforts to be a better Christian, the best he ever seemed to manage was “a stumbling, bumbling, clumsy kind of following.” Spirituality remained an eternally elusive state of being that was always just out of grasp.
Most churches … Read more »
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Filed under: Books, Religion
Posted on July 22nd, 2008 by Dave Rattigan
Northern Irish MP Iris Robinson is in trouble again after comparing homosexuality to child sex abuse.
The Member of UK Parliament, who stood by a slew of homophobic remarks last month, told the House of Commons on June 18 that there could be “no viler act, apart from homosexuality and sodomy, than sexually … Read more »
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Filed under: Discrimination, Hate Crimes/Free Speech, Media, Morality, Religion, Tolerance
