Posted in Uncategorized, tagged bXg, ex-gay, ex-gay survivor, exodus, gay, Homosexual, lesbian on October 24, 2009 | 8 Comments »
My friend Tania in the UK posted a link on my Facebook page about PFOX, Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays, and their insistence that ex-gay materials should be placed in public libraries.
According to the local NBC affiliate,
A Chicago-based group called Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays & Gays is urging libraries to carry literature about reformed [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Christian, Coyote Grace, ex-gay, gay, media, podcast, Trans-Ponder, Transfigurations, TransForm Arizona, transgender on October 24, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Some of you know about Marvin Bloom from this very blog. Marvin has a long and complicated story. He is a Long Island Jew for Jesus and for some time had lived as an ex-gay, trying desperately to de-gay himself. After many trials and tribulations (including a stint in the Homo No Mo Halfway House) [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged ex-gay, gay, performances, tour, transgender on October 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I fly off to Indiana today for a week of performances, community connections and no doubt some surprises. First stop is Portland, IN, a small town with a new Gay Straight Alliance at the local high school. The group is sponsoring an event tomorrow night that will feature Christian singer and recently out gay man [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Christian, ex-gay, ex-gay survivor, gay, Homosexual, lesbian, media, tour, transgender on October 12, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Yes, yes, yes, I know I have been negligent in my blogging duties. Just too darn busy at the moment. Let’s see It’s been almost two weeks, and I have been in Selinsgrove, PA (with my honey), Atlanta, GA, Highlands, NC, Nashville, TN, Cookeville, TN, Chattanooga, MD and today I am in Baltimore (Towson State [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Christine Bakke, ex-gay, ex-gay survivor, gay, gender, media, transgender on October 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Ex-Gay Survivor Daniel Gonzales recently visited his childhood church to reflect on the lessons he learned about sexuality, particularly homosexuality and heterosexism, lessons that led him to try and “de-gay” himself.
In this one Daniel talks about the messages he received about gender conformity and giving into peer pressure.
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Posted in Uncategorized, tagged bXg, Daniel Gonzales, ex-gay, ex-gay survivor, gay, lesbian, NARTH, transgender on September 29, 2009 | 2 Comments »
So many people who hear me talk about the Ex-Gay Movement and my many varied failed attempts to “de-gay” myself think I am making this stuff up–total fiction. Add to it the Evangelical world view, some evil spirits, generational curses and football clinics–well it sounds downright nutty.
Daniel Gonzales writing for Box Turtle Bulletin, spent time [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged bisexual, Christian, ex-gay survivor, family, gay, lesbian, Love in Action, Memphis, transgender on September 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Having lived in Memphis, TN for five years (two of those in the Love in Action–[LIA] gay 2 straight gulag) I know Memphians make up a vibrant LGBTQ community. Thanks to the folks at Integrity, Holy Trinity, the Gay and Lesbia n Community Center, BGALA at U of Memphis, and then the amazing Queer Action [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged gay, transgender on September 15, 2009 | 14 Comments »
Chett Pritchett, a Facebook friend from Washington, DC recently wrote an essay in his notes outlining why he stands for Transgender Rights. After reading it and recognizing his analysis to be accurate, I asked his permission to repost. He gladly agreed.
Why I Stand for Transgenderr Rights
by Chett Pritchett
Some gay men I know act [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged bisexual, ex-gay, gay, lesbian, performances, queer, transgender, UK on August 28, 2009 | 4 Comments »
In my play Queer 101–Now I Know My gAy,B,Cs I perform a scene as two characters–Chad, a queer studies major who has to take over the introductory to quee theory class since Dr. Eugenes, the transgender professor is out that day, and Federico Garcia Lorca, the early 20th Century Spanish poet and playwright. (see scene [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Christine Bakke, ex-gay, ex-gay survivor, gay, lesbian, transgender on August 24, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Back in April 2007 when Christine Bakke and I launched the Beyond Ex-Gay website, we knew it was only the first of what we hoped would be several organic steps we envisioned to help support fellow ex-gay survivors. Our goal has been to help survivors connect with each other both on-line and in person.
Since the [...]
Posted in ex-gay, tagged gay on August 19, 2009 | 8 Comments »
This week I received an e-mail from a guy who is about 22 years old. He lives in a big city and although his father was unhappy with him being gay and wanted him to get therapy to become straight, this guy came out as a teen and became very active in one of the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged bXg, Christine Bakke, ex-gay, ex-gay survivor, gay, Homosexual, lesbian, media on August 14, 2009 | 9 Comments »
Recently Christine Bakke and I received an e-mail from a 20 year old woman who visited Beyond Ex-Gay. She lives in a large city in the North East of the US. I spent time this morning with her questions and concerns, then I wrote a response. I imagine this woman represents the concerns and questions [...]
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