Ex-Ex-Gay Pride By Zoë Schlanger and Elijah Wolfson Filed: 5/1/14 at 11:36 AM | Updated: 5/2/14 at 11:34 AM From the August 17, 1998 issue of Newsweek. Photo at left by Chris Buck. Newsweek On a Tuesday evening nearly 14 years ago, John Paulk walked into a gay bar in Washington, D.C. At another time [...]
I was doing some research last night and visited an Australian ex-gay ministry site, Liberty Christian Ministries. After talking about their intentions for 2013 this little footnote below is very telling. *** Liberty would sincerely like to run a support group for those with unwanted same-sex attractions (Jacob’s Ladder), however numbers thus far have never [...]
EX-GAY AWAY Gay News Network 23 July 2012 Author // Anthony Venn-Brown Categories // National | Feature Slowly but surely, the ex-gay movement is losing its might, as evident by increasing admissions that therapies to change one’s sexual orientation does not work, writes Anthony Venn-Brown. Exodus International, the make-a-wish foundation for self-loathing homosexuals, is in [...]
Ex-gay Ministry - Two-thirds gone in Australia and New Zealand. This blog post about ex-gay ministry is an extended version of the article in the Gay News Network Ex-gay Away Exodus International, the make a wish foundation for self-loathing homosexuals, is in crisis. It began with Alan Chambers, director of 'ex-gay' ministries umbrella organisation [...]
Spitzer's Apology Changes 'Ex-Gay' Debate May 21, 2012 2:24 PM ET Heard on Talk of the Nation Listen here Spitzer's Apology Changes 'Ex-Gay' Debate Dr Robert Spitzer's letter of apology. TRANSCRIPT: NEAL CONAN, HOST This is TALK OF THE NATION. I'm Neal Conan in Washington. In the larger battle over gay rights, some argued that gay [...]
A recent study “A longitudinal study of attempted religiously-mediated sexual orientation change.” published in The Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy has been hailed by conservative US Christians in publications and websites as a breakthrough. A Christian political group in Australia, the Salt Shakers, was quick to follow, announcing ‘Homosexuals Can Change’. But the study is misleading and this [...]
Homosexuality – The Use of Scientific Research in the Church's Moral Debate Stanton L. Jones & Mark A. Yarhouse Intervaristy Press The subtext of this work could possibly be re-titled the “The Misuse of Scientific Research in the Church's Moral Debate”. I think the only real value in reading this book is to get an [...]