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Remember how we all snickered when Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays (PFOX) filed a lawsuit against the NEA, demanding that “ex-gay” be recognized as an sexual orientation and therefore subject to employee protections? Well, they won. In a case with potentially far-reaching implications, the superior court of the District of Columbia has ruled that individuals who formerly identified as gay …

In the midst of a $6M budget shortfall, the cash-strapped Focus On The Family is transferring the operation of its Love Won Out series of “ex-gay” conferences to Exodus International. “Exodus is the ideal organization to transition Love Won Out to,” said Melissa Fryrear, director of Love Won Out. She noted that Focus on the Family and Exodus have been …

Well, this has got to be the strangest story of the year. Dwan Prince, 31, has sent an apology to the man whose 2005 attack in Brooklyn left Prince partially paralyzed, telling him that it was Prince’s own flirtatious behavior that brought on the assault and that thanks to the beating, he is no longer gay. Duncan Osborne at Gay …

Citing 83 studies performed since 1960, yesterday the American Psychological Association declared that “reparative therapy” for homosexuals does not work and should not be attempted. But you knew that. In a resolution adopted by the APA’s governing council, and in an accompanying report, the association issued its most comprehensive repudiation of “reparative therapy” — a concept espoused by a small …

Charlene Colthran, the “ex-gay” publisher of the formerly lesbian magazine Venus, tells us that gay people not only want the right to be married, we want the right to “have sex in a park with no clothes on.” (Via – Good As You)

In its alumni newsletter, a Catholic high school in New South Wales, Australia has published a letter from an “ex-gay” former student that local activists say calls for the murder of homosexuals. Xavier High School in Albury printed the letter, written by former student Matt Price, in the latest edition of its alumni newsletter Xavier. Mr Price said he was …

“Ex-gay” evangelist Matthew C. Manning claims that he was “rescued” from homosexuality in 1989 and that Jeebus cured his HIV in 1994. Despite his producing no proof that he ever had HIV, Pat Robertson hosted Manning on the 700 Club in 2002, where Manning recounted his tale of glorious redemption to a global audience. Since then he has appeared on …

Certified hate group MassResistance is claiming that LGBT activists led by Wayne Besen “terrorized” a meeting of “ex-gay” loonies Exodus International last week at a Boston church. Here’s the video MassResistance made of the protest. Besen’s group had a permit, police were called, no arrests, no citations. No “terrorism”. RELATED: In November 2007 the teenage daughter of MassResistance founder Amy …

The religious right loves to cite a famous claim made by noted sex researchers Masters and Johnson that they had “successfully converted 70%” of their gay patients to heterosexuality. However Scientific American is now reporting that assistants who worked with the duo back in the 70’s never saw any evidence of the research and believe that Masters made up the …

Edge Boston is reporting that local authorities have visited the home of ChristianU2uber, the 12 year-old boy who came out as “ex-gay” on YouTube and became the hero of the Christianist right after suffering hundreds of vicious comments. [C]oncern voiced at Internet news resources, blogs, and forums for Scott’s well-being seem to have had a result. EDGE received an email …

“I used to be gay but then I decided it was wrong and I stopped it. Now I’m very interested in girls,” says 12 year-old YouTuber ChristianU2uber in a clip posted two weeks ago. He says he learned that being gay was a sin on the news. Christianist site WorldNetDaily has taken an interest in the kid and yesterday posted …

“No one knows when their time to die will come. If you are reading this and you have not given your life to Christ, don’t delay. Don’t turn a deaf ear and go on enjoying your sin. Don’t mock God or the people he sends to you to tell you time is winding up and your soul is at stake. …

Check out this story from Uganda’s New Vision Online. EIGHT more men yesterday confessed involvement in homosexuality and gay activities, which they said they had abandoned. Speaking to journalists at the Grand Imperial Hotel in Kampala, the youthful men described homosexuality as abnormal and anti-Christian, and declared war against it. The tough-talking men were accompanied by George Oundo, who earlier …

“The culture of pushing sex down people’s throats is not working. There is nothing wrong with abstinence from sex. This goes for everyone who is not married to someone of the opposite sex. I’ve been single and chaste for many years after having left the gay community. You don’t die from not having sex. It’s not like air or water. …

Here’s the full episode of last night’s Family Guy in which Peter got injected with the gay gene. Some of you were worried that the episode would reinforce swishy gay stereotypes, and yeah, it does. But at the core of episode is the lesson that gays are fine just as we are and any attempt to change us is doomed …

Wayne Besen of Truth Wins Out was in Charlotte, NC this weekend to counter the lies of the “ex-gay” movement and Focus On The Family. In this interview with local television, Besen charges the “ex-gay” movement with “consumer fraud” for promising conversion from homosexuality. I also see my pal Matt Comer seated at the table behind Besen. (Via – Good …

As gay activists protested outside, wingnut Italian pop star Povia used the nationally televised Sanremo Song Festival to perform his song about an “ex-gay” who finds the love of a woman. Christianist outfit LifeSiteNews exults: “Luca was Gay” recounts the liberation of a psychologically injured man from the homosexual lifestyle. “Luca”, who is believed to be based on the Italian …

“As I watch 100,000 people pile together shouting, ‘Gay, Straight, Black, White: Marriage is a Civil Right,’ begging to be allowed by law to participate in a life of homosexual behavior, I am impressed by how desensitized we have come as a society. “When I get despondent and feel that the voice of life in our American culture is threatened …

“God keeps trying to get their attention. They, for their part, are shouting so loud for the acceptance of homosexuality, that they cannot hear the thunderous warnings of God: “Repent! For the judgment comes soon!” “Each time homosexual activists attempt to force their agenda on California, there have been raging, massive, incinerating fires sweeping across the California landscape. “Today, people …

Sarah Palin’s church has endorsed an “ex-gay” conference to take place in Anchorage this weekend and PFLAG plans to be there to protest and to demand that Palin reject the “ex-gay” movement. Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) today condemned a so-called “ex-gay” conference scheduled for Saturday in Anchorage. Love Won Out, which claims to “cure” lesbian …