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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 …

Truth Wins Out, the anti-“ex-gay” organization headed by Wayne Besen, is calling for an investigation into New Life Church for paying hush money to the young man who last week revealed a longtime sexual relationship with disgraced evangelical Ted Haggard. Besen further calls for the resignation of Haggard’s replacement, Pastor Brady Boyd. Truth Wins Out (TWO) today called on Colorado …

Wayne Besen’s Truth Wins Out has taken out a full-page ad to appear in tomorrow’s Salt Lake City Tribune to counter the anti-gay Beckett Fund ad that appeared in the NY Times last Friday. The ad uses direct quotes from the Beckett Fund ad’s cosigners in which they condemn the Mormon Church as un-Christian. Truth Wins Out (TWO) unveiled a …

Most of you didn’t care much for Jasmyne Cannick’s piece about racism and marriage equality. Here’s her assessment of the reaction her piece got: First, the way I can judge whether an article I wrote was any good is by the response that I receive about it. In the case of the L.A. Times’ op-ed, of the few the emails …

Surely you remember their vile billboard campaign from a couple years ago, but now PFOX (Parents And Friends Of Ex-Gays) is suing the Washington DC Human Rights Office for discrimination, claiming that “ex-gays” are not protected under the city’s sexual orientation law. “The ex-gay community is the most bullied and maligned group in America, yet they are not protected by …

The Anchorage Press covers Wayne Besen’s protest at the “ex-gay” conference endorsed by Sarah Palin’s church: [T]he culture wars are raging in Anchorage, too, with Love Won Out descending on the town and the opposition it sparked evident both outside on the sidewalk and in a gay-friendly church that last week hosted speakers who were outraged by this promotion of …

“Log Cabin’s tragic endorsement of John McCain exhibits an obdurate denial of his anti-gay record and a stubborn unwillingness to admit that their one-time hero is now hopeless. McCain’s VP choice, Sarah Palin, a favorite of the fundamentalist fringe, should have lead to a reevaluation, if not reversal of their endorsement. Like Palin, they didn’t blink, and are shamefully in …

“It is time Sarah Palin lets the American people know whether she shares her church’s view that being gay is a choice that can be prayed away. Voters are entitled to know who Palin is and what her views are on this issue before they go into the voting booth. Palin’s visit to Alaska is an opportunity for her to …

This weekend’s trip to the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists convention in DC turned out to be a lot of fun. Friday night I met my pal, personal blogger Jimbo Barrett, who treated me to dinner and cosmos at gay fave Duplex before we headed to a party at the Adams Morgan home of outing kingpin Mike Rogers, author of …

NYC-based gay activist Wayne Besen appeared on CNN last night as the Heinz Deli Mayo story continues to grow. Why oh why do all the anti-gay callers on these shows have to have country accents?

The wacky sad deluded “ex-gays” are having a conference in Orlando this weekend and have peppered the city with their dumbass billboards. (But this one is a parody done for this blog a couple of years ago by musical theatre star Steve Schalchlin.) Hey, why did the “ex-gays” pick the same weekend as Gay Days at Disney World? Hmmm. Anti-“ex-gay” …

“The decline in the public sex culture and gay bars can be attributed, in part, to the rise of the Internet. However, a larger trend, captured by the Times magazine article, is at work. A good portion of men in their mid 20’s have been out of the closet for more than a decade. (They were barely in.) Having had …

Hundreds of sadly self-deluded people attended an “ex-gay” conference near San Jose, California this weekend. A traveling national conference billed as an event “to provide help for those struggling – and those whose loved ones struggle – with unwanted same-sex attractions,” drew about 700 people to a Mountain View church on Saturday. The gathering at the evangelical Christian church, Abundant …

Wayne Besen of Truth Wins Out was on the Bill O’Reilly show last night to take about Jay Leno and homophobic jokes. O’Reilly claims that he would “never” make jokes about a minority group for fear of being branded a homophobe or racist. Truth Wins Out is an “ex-gay” watchdog group, so I’m not sure why Besen is tackling this …

“Clearly, the answer to Jamaica’s love affair with lynching is an aggressive campaign designed to put the clamp on tourism – particularly the cruise industry. The goal should be to strangle Jamaica’s economy and force the island to change or suffer severe consequences. With tourism Jamaica’s second largest source of revenue, such a campaign could have a powerful impact that …

“It was also no surprise that Barbara Walters 10 most fascinating people of 2007 included no scientists and was loaded with no less than seven celebrities, who are primarily interesting because we want to sleep with them, thus they boost ratings. I’m sure Justin Timberlake is interesting, but what about the scientists who just turned skin cells into stem cells? …

“We strongly urge Obama to part ways with this divisive preacher who is clearly singing a different tune than the stated message of the campaign. We can only hope that Obama is unaware of McClurkin’s anti-gay history and will swiftly condemn such intolerance. Real leadership includes standing up to those who drive wedges between the American people. McClurkin’s explanations for …

Truth Wins Out, an organization devoted to exposing the lies of the “ex-gay” industry, has a new internet video campaign called “Talking Truth” which features several video testimonies from former members of Exodus, including this one from a fellow named Shawn, who describes how his Exodus group would cruise the mall for hot men. Visit the Truth Wins Out site …

Wayne Besen, founder of Ex-Gay Watch and Truth Wins Out, appeared in a Daily Show segment Monday night called Diagnosis: Mystery, which hilariously lampoons looney Richard Cohen, the “conversion therapist” and author of Coming Out Straight. One of the funniest Daily Show bits ever! Well done, Wayne!