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Pennsylvania Catholic Group Hosts Sports Camp To Help Gay Men Remain Celibate

Posted 05.24.2012

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A Pennsylvania-based Catholic group will mark the holiday weekend by hosting an annual sports camp with the reported aim of helping men resist homosex...

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Christian Organization's Founder Gets Emotional Describing 'Ex-Gay Conversion' Clip

Posted 05.24.2012

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A Christian group founder's bizarrely emotional speech, delivered while promoting an "instructional" video "built to convert a homosexual," is going v...

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Gay Oregon Man Claims 'Conversion' Psychiatrist Insisted He Was Straight

AP | By STEVEN DuBOIS | Posted 05.23.2012

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PORTLAND, Ore. -- Max Hirsh says he sensed something wasn't quite right when the psychiatrist focused on his failures with sports and teenage girls, a...

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It's Time To Ban Reparative Therapy

Wayne Besen | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Reparative Therapy, Ex-Gay, Ex-Gay Therapy, Narth, Conversion Therapy, Gay Conversion Therapy, Ex-Gays, Changing Sexual Orientation, Gay Reparative Therapy, Gay Voices News
Wayne Besen

Reparative therapy, which seeks to "cure" homosexuality, is a destructive form of consumer fraud, where avaricious practitioners try to profit off their victims by instilling a deep sense of shame and guilt. There is not one shard of evidence supporting such efforts.

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Fight Against Gay 'Conversion Therapy' Gathers Momentum

The Huffington Post | Lila Shapiro | Posted 05.13.2012

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The fight against a controversial form of therapy aimed at making gay people straight is gaining some momentum. Last week, The Southern Poverty La...

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Gay Teen 'Conversion' Therapy May Be Banned In California

AP | HANNAH DREIER | Posted 05.08.2012

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A first-of-its-kind ban on a controversial form of psychotherapy aimed at making gay people straight is speeding through th...

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Former Ex-Gay Leader On 'Reparative' Therapy: 'We Set Them Up For A Facade'

Posted 05.08.2012

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The former director of the "ex-gay" conservative Christian ministry Love in Action spoke to CNN today ahead of a feature-length documentary film that ...

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California Bill Could Protect Patients From 'Ex-Gay' Therapy

Posted 04.24.2012

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In what could be a potential blow to the "ex-gay" movement, a proposed California bill seeks to protect gay patients from the mental and physical harm...

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Can We Leave The Ex-Gays Alone?

Jayson Littman | Posted 04.25.2012

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Jayson Littman

The truth is that ex-gays are not fully accepted in their own religious communities. While preachers and rabbis publicly regard their ex-gay congregants as heroes and champions, ex-gays are often ridiculed and judged by the very people that demand they change.

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17 Of The Best LGBT Moments Of The Week

Posted 04.14.2012

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With so much hate continually aimed at the LGBT community, we like to take a moment every once in a while to highlight some of the good news we featur...

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'Ex-Gay' Movement Loses Key Scientific Support After Doctor Retracts Original Claims

Posted 04.11.2012

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In a move that will no doubt rankle the efforts of anti-gay institutions, the psychiatrist who published a controversial 2001 study proclaiming that "...

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Chaim Levin Is Giving Hope To LGBT Orthodox Jews

Wayne Besen | Posted 04.24.2012

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Wayne Besen

Chaim Levin is on a remarkable journey, and he is accomplishing more than simply giving hope. He is having a tangible impact in his community, opening closed minds, and keeping teens from enduring the pain that he once suffered in silence.

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Flyer Saying Being Gay Is A 'Choice' Given To Students

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 02.06.2012

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Parents of students attending Albert Einstein High School in Montgomery County, Md. are upset after some high schoolers were sent home with flyers cla...

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Dammit, Janet!

Walt Hawkins | Posted 02.27.2012

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Walt Hawkins

It has been 11 years since Boynes was "called out of the lesbian lifestyle," and she believes God will bring a husband into her life. I would be the last person to begrudge her that opportunity; I just wish she would extend the same courtesy to my gay brothers and sisters.

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The Top 10 Ex-Gay Stories of 2011

Wayne Besen | Posted 02.22.2012

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Wayne Besen

In June I penned a column that predicted that so-called "ex-gay" programs would crumble from internal rot. In the months since, the decline of these "pray away the gay" organizations has only accelerated.

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Is A Key 'Ex-Gay' Organization On The Brink Of Collapse?

Posted 11.30.2011

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The so-called "ex-gay" movement may continue to dominate headlines in the wake of the notorious allegations facing Marcus Bachmann, but now, one of it...

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Conservative 'Ex-Gay' Candidate Admits Lesbian Affair

The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 12.27.2011

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Linda Wall, a conservative independent Virginia candidate for the House of Delegates, admitted on Wednesday that she had an affair with a female stude...

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'Ex-Gay' Activist's Stunning Admission

Wayne Besen | Posted 12.20.2011

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Wayne Besen

It is never easy for one to acknowledge being wrong. I wish John Smid the best of luck on his continued evolution and am grateful that he is beginning to honestly discuss the limitations of "ex-gay" programs.

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WATCH: Former 'Ex-Gay' Minister Now Believes Sexual Orientation Can't Be Changed

Posted 12.20.2011

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The former director of the ex-gay Christian ministry Love in Action has now come forward saying not only that he is gay, but that it is impossible to ...

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Therapy for Marcus Bachmann

Dean Hamer and Joe Wilson | Posted 10.08.2011

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Dean Hamer and Joe Wilson

Anti-gay activists, including the Bachmanns, have spent enormous energy and resources doing everything they can to obfuscate the data, confuse the debate, and put scientists such as myself on the defensive.

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NPR's Foxification of Ex-Gay Rhetoric

Irene Monroe | Posted 10.08.2011

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Irene Monroe

To my surprise, I didn't know -- especially in 2011 -- my sexual orientation was still up for debate. But on Aug. 1 on the Morning Edition of National Public Radio (NPR), it was. And the topic on the show that morning was "Can Therapy Help Change Sexual Orientation?"

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Reading The Pictures: Marcus Bachmann Looking Gay?

Michael Shaw | Posted 09.17.2011

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Michael Shaw

2011-07-18-mb.png Has Dr. Bachmann, in his and his wife's vitriol toward homosexuality, brought this flamboyant visual upon himself?

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Can Your iPhone Cure Gayness? (Video)

Bryan Safi | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bryan Safi

2011-03-21-wewwe.jpgExodus International is now putting its fight against homosexuality on the hippest smartphone around.

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Apple Should Dump 'Ex-Gay' iPhone App

Wayne Besen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Randy Thomas, Iphone, Pray Away the Gay, Alan Chambers, Apple, Truth Wins Out, Ex-Gay, Wayne Besen, Technology News
Wayne Besen

Apple doesn't allow racist or anti-Semitic apps in its app store, yet it gives the green light to an app written by an anti-gay extremist group that condones violence against LGBT people.

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The Bombast and the Body Count in Arizona

Wayne Besen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ex-Gay, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, Rush Limbaugh, Alan Chambers, Exodus International, Jared Loughner, Cindy Jacobs, Renato Seabra, Politics News
Wayne Besen

While the world focused on the tragic Arizona shootings, another horrific crime took place in New York City. The New York Post reported today that a P...

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