Tag Archives: Wayne Besen

HomoQuotable – Dustin Lance Black

“Harvey Milk spent the last years of his life fighting not only for rights for gays and lesbians across the nation, but also against the idea that the only way to achieve those rights is to lobby the government and financially support so-called ‘straight allies’. Harvey believed the best way to secure our rights was through grassroots action, coalition building …

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Wayne Besen On Porno Pete LaBarbera

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World Bank Donates To “Ex-Gays” At PFOX

World Bank, whose stated mission is ending poverty through loans to developing countries, has listed the “ex-gay” group PFOX as a suggested group for charity giving by its employees. World Bank matches employee donations at rates from 50-100% and places PFOX directly above PFLAG on its list of endorsed charities. Chris Geidner reports at Metro Weekly: PFOX supports so-called ”conversion” …

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ABC’s Nightline Covers The “Ex-Gay” Retreat “Journey Into Manhood”

On Monday night, ABC’s Nightline devoted most of their episode to the Journey Into Manhood, that “ex-gay” conference where self-hating homos “hug the gay away” by getting all up close and sweaty with other men out in the woods. Truth Wins Out’s Wayne Besen lambastes Nightline: Sadly, Nightline’s producers elected to trade accuracy for access. They bragged that they were …

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The Good Guys At The NARTH Protest

Members of NARTH are featured in the slideshow one post down, these photos are all the good guys, the thinkers, those whose minds are unbound by prehistoric religious dogma and twisted unscientific hooey. I think we had about 40 folks willing to sacrifice a beautiful Saturday morning for a schlep out to a remote airport hotel crawling with people who …

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The Douchebags Of NARTH

Today I participated in the Truth Wins Out protest at NARTH’s annual convention in Philadelphia, where TWO’s Wayne Besen led a chanting crowd of activists on the sidewalk outside their host hotel. Many of NARTH’s attendees took turns peering at us from the windows, but hid from us (in shame) otherwise. However Liberty Counsel’s Matt Barber, a speaker at the …

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REMINDER: Truth Wins Out NARTH Protest This Saturday In Philadelphia

This here website thingy is a proud co-sponsor of this Saturday’s protest at the NARTH annual convention in Philadelphia. Truth Wins Out reminds us: The National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality (NARTH) is having its annual convention in Philadelphia (Nov. 5-7). The notorious “ex-gay” group is hoping that Americans have amnesia and don’t remember that its most “prominent” …

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Quote Of The Day – Wayne Besen

“We blame the anti-gay industry for fighting measures to end bullying in schools, and school officials who turn a blind eye to brutality. We are fed up with what amounts to anti-gay schoolyard muggings that are foolishly dismissed as ‘boys being boys’. In reality, it is ‘boys beating boys’, and these bullies receive tacit approval for their violent, homophobic behavior …

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Wayne Besen On Rachel Maddow

Truth Wins Out founder Wayne Besen appeared on Rachel Maddow last night to discuss Delaware GOP Senate candidate Christine O’Donnell and the “ex-gay” movement.

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Today In Creepy “Ex-Gay Therapy”

Today Wayne Besen’s Truth Wins Out has posted an expose of the “ex-gay” group JONAH, which has young men get naked and fondle themselves to “get in touch with their masculinity.” They do this in the presence of their much older creepy “therapist,” of course. The clients, Ben Unger and Chaim Levin, alleged that during individual therapy sessions, Downing made …

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CNN 10PM: Jo-Vanni Roman, Wayne Besen, & Dan Savage On Rekers Scandal

Tune into Anderson Cooper 360 at 10pm tonight as Jo-Vanni Roman, Dan Savage, and anti-“ex-gay” activist Wayne Besen rip into the NARTH/Family Research Council scandal enveloping Dr. George Rekers. Must see TV, y’all! UPDATE: Feh!

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UK Reporter Patrick Strudwick Declares War On “Ex-Gay” Industry

UK-based reporter Patrick Strudwick, whose “ex-gay” undercover investigation was mentioned here last week, has now launched a campaign to expose and end the damaging tactics of the evil reparative therapy industry. Strudwick’s group is called the Stop Conversion Therapy Taskforce (SCOTT). Facebook page here. Their first target will be an “ex-gay” conference in Northern Ireland, but that’s just the beginning. …

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Wayne Besen Talks Obama On O’Reilly

Last night Truth Wins Out founder Wayne Besen appeared on the O’Reilly Factor to discuss President Obama’s speech at the HRC. Besen on the HRC picket: “It’s important for us to be inside and outside that dinner.” NOTE: I’ve replaced the hilariously wrong clip with the above correct one. Sorry about that, I was on a plane all day and …

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PFOX: Faking Hate Crimes

A couple of paragraphs in an interesting story by Amanda Hess in last week’s Washington City Paper show us how the “ex-gays” in PFOX operate. Discretion is key in the vicinity of PFOX propaganda. Periodically, the group alerts its followers to assaults against an ex-gay manning one of the organization’s booths. In 2006, ex-gay activist Greg Quinlan claims he was …

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Budget Crunch: Focus On The Family Hands Off Its “Ex-Gay” Program

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 …

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APA: Ex-Gay Therapy Doesn’t Work

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 …

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“Terrorizing” The Ex-Gays

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 …

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Boycott Jamaica Protest At Stonewall

Last night activists gathered with the owners of NYC’s historic Stonewall Inn for a ceremonial pouring of Myer’s Rum into the gutter in protest of the treatment of LGBT people in Jamaica. Activists are calling for a boycott of all Jamaican products including cruise ship tourism. Wayne Anderson at World Of Wonder has more, including lots of photos.

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Wednesday: Jamaica Protest At NYC’s Historic Stonewall Inn

LGBT activists will gather at NYC’s historic Stonewall Inn on Wednesday at 6:30PM to protest the treatment of gay people in Jamaica. In a show of solidarity, Stonewall’s owners will pour their stock of Myer’s Rum and Red Stripe beer into the gutter of Christopher Street. Via press release: “We, as the owners of the Stonewall Inn, birthplace of the …

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NYC: Protest At Iraq Mission Over Murders Of Gay Men In Iraq

Led by activist Brendan Fay, today a small group of LGBT activists protested in front of NYC’s Iraq Mission over the recent spate of gay men murdered in Iraq. What would have been a relatively low-key demonstration turned somewhat ugly due to the NYPD, who at first refused to allow activists to stand on the public sidewalk in front of …

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