Exodus International
Pride Source tracked Exodus International through its 2013 shutdown, when the group apologized to the gay community and closed its "cure" ministry, and has kept returning to the story in pieces like "Conversion Therapy & Ex Gay Ministry: A Republican Revival?" and "Is This The Beginning Of The End For Conversion Therapy?" Earlier coverage followed the organization's Michigan footprint, including an ex-gay website running on a taxpayer-funded server and the removal of a "make gays straight" site at MSU, plus the 2009 decision to drop a local affiliate. Exodus International also turns up in reporting on Chick-fil-A's donations to anti-gay groups, the ACLU's defense of a blogger parodying the "ex-gay" group and the 2007 Ex-Gay Survivor's Conference.
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The Word of Kreis
cut/ Levi Kreis channels Madonna's "Confessions On a Dance Floor" for a more upbeat offering. cut/ Levi Kreis followed an "ex-gay" regimen before realizing [...]Read more about The Word of Kreis
Creep of the Week: Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist
Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist Last week I predicted that lesbian and gay families would be dragged through the mud again as soon as it was politically [...]Read more about Creep of the Week: Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist
Matters of Faith: Frames unlimited
By Michael Gibson Faith I was recently sent information about an upcoming ex-gay speaking engagement to happen during a gay pride week at Central Michigan [...]Read more about Matters of Faith: Frames unlimited
Creep of the Week: Scott Lively
My wife and I just celebrated our 20th anniversary. And do you know who else is celebrating 20 years? World Nut Daily, a website that hosts conservative [...]Read more about Creep of the Week: Scott Lively
Conversion Therapy & Ex Gay Ministry: A Republican Revival?
BY LA Jamison LGBT issues have always been a part of political battles in some form. However, conversion therapy (and "pray the gay away" type therapies [...]Read more about Conversion Therapy & Ex Gay Ministry: A Republican Revival?
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Is This The Beginning Of The End For Conversion Therapy?
In early February, a state court judge in New Jersey struck a blow to the defense in a case involving so called conversion therapy — counseling designed, [...]Read more about Is This The Beginning Of The End For Conversion Therapy?
Letter: On Ex-Gays and Faith
By Larry Jamison Viewpoint I wanted to share a story for those who are confused about their sexuality, especially in light of the recent closings of ex-gay [...]Read more about Letter: On Ex-Gays and Faith
Jim Daly
Creep Of The Week When Exodus International President Alan Chambers announced June 19 that his group, one of the most well known ex-gay rackets in the [...]Read more about Jim Daly
Group Apologizes To Gay Community, Shuts Down 'Cure' Ministry
By Ed Payne CNN (CNN) – After 37 years, Exodus International, an organization whose mission was to "help" gay Christians become straight, is shutting down. [...]Read more about Group Apologizes To Gay Community, Shuts Down 'Cure' Ministry
Exodus International To Shut Down
From press releases 06/20/2013 Irvine, Calif. – Exodus International, a Christian ministry dealing with faith and homosexuality, announced June 19 that it is [...]Read more about Exodus International To Shut Down
Bryan Fischer
Creep of the Week Poor Chick-fil-A. The company's president, Dan Cathy, makes a few disparaging remarks about how marriage equality is basically the same [...]Read more about Bryan Fischer
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Lou Engle
Creep of the Week The zombie apocalypse is coming. Or, more specifically, the ex-gay zombie apocalypse. In Lou Engle's dreams at least. Literally. Speaking [...]Read more about Lou Engle
Chick-Fil-A Donated Nearly $2 Million To Anti-Gay Groups In 2009
Original article here. Earlier this year, Chick-fil-A became embroiled in a controversy surrounding its donations to anti-gay groups. Though Chick-fil-A [...]Read more about Chick-Fil-A Donated Nearly $2 Million To Anti-Gay Groups In 2009
Administrator fired over anti-gay remarks hired as human services director in Jackson
By Tara Cavanaugh JACKSON- An Ohio woman who was fired over her anti-gay editorial in a newspaper has been hired to fill the position of a joint human [...]Read more about Administrator fired over anti-gay remarks hired as human services director in Jackson
North Carolina ruling jeopardizes same-sex parental rights
By Dana Rudolph The North Carolina Supreme Court on Dec. 20 voided the adoption by a lesbian mother of the child who she and her former partner, the biological [...]Read more about North Carolina ruling jeopardizes same-sex parental rights
2010 Highlights and lowlights
While lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people saw gains at the federal level in 2010, Michigan saw the ugly side of anti-gay animus with straight pride [...]Read more about 2010 Highlights and lowlights
A Survivor's Tale
The Michigan State University Alliance of LGBTIQQA Students is bringing activist Patrick McAlvey to the school to speak at 7 p.m. April 12. McAlvey gained [...]Read more about A Survivor's Tale
The Gay Moralist: Rebuking LaBarbera
by John Corvino The column that follows is about anal sex. Some friends have urged me against writing it, not because readers find frank discussions of anal [...]Read more about The Gay Moralist: Rebuking LaBarbera
International ex-gay ministry drops local affiliate
Truth Wins Out revealed last week that the nation's largest "ex-gay" organization, Exodus International, officially cut ties with its Lansing affiliate [...]Read more about International ex-gay ministry drops local affiliate
Make gays straight' Web site is finally removed at MSU
EAST LANSING – An administrative oversight has kept a controversial Web site on Michigan State University servers until this past Monday. The site is a [...]Read more about Make gays straight' Web site is finally removed at MSU
Ex-gay website using taxpayer funded server
Capitol Correspondent EAST LANSING- The website for an ex-gay ministry is under scrutiny by officials at Michigan State University. The site, [...]Read more about Ex-gay website using taxpayer funded server
The Ex-Gay Survivor's Conference to counter false messages
IRVINE, Ca.- When the Annual Exodus International Conference arrives in Irvine this June it will be met with a counter-conference organized by Soulforce, [...]Read more about The Ex-Gay Survivor's Conference to counter false messages
Anything But Straight: The right's new legalism
By Wayne Besen Fundamentalist Christianity has always been a "legalistic" religion, but the term has taken on a whole new meaning as the far right has [...]Read more about Anything But Straight: The right's new legalism
ACLU defends blogger's right to parody "ex-gay" group
By BTL Staff SAN FRANCISCO – Citing First Amendment protection for parodies, the American Civil Liberties Union has come to the successful defense of a [...]Read more about ACLU defends blogger's right to parody "ex-gay" group
Bush nominates Harriet Miers to Supreme Court
By Lisa Keen WASHINGTON – There was plenty of cause for gays to experience whiplash as the U.S. Supreme Court opened its 2005-06 session this week. First was [...]Read more about Bush nominates Harriet Miers to Supreme Court
