Waiting to Collect my Soul

What a whirlwind! A week ago Tuesday I flew to Vancouver, BC for seven PACKED days connecting with ex-gay survivors, dear friends and the main event–Evolve, a United Church of Canada weekend conference for young people grade 7 to md-30’s. The event went without a hitch with lots of fascinating and stimulating programming. I can’t [...]

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Off to Indiana

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 [...]

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Ex-Gay Treatment–Doin’ it for Jesus???

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 [...]

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Gay Gulags, Carrots and Jesus

Still buzzing from the amazing Gender Odyssey conference, today I fly from Seattle to Miami to be part of a Spanish language talk show (I feel so elated by the conference, I doubt I’ll need the plane.) No time to blog about what happened right now, but I will have something up in a few [...]

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Transgender Bible Characters–The Power of Narrative

I’ve been listening to a great podcast–Mandrake Society Radio and in particular to an interview with Steven G. Fullwood, founder of the Black Gay/Lesbian Archive, located in the Schomberg Center for Black Culture in the New York City Library. One theme that comces up more than once in the interview has to do with the [...]

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Photos 4 Little Bird

Cary, aka Little Bird, joined Glen and me for several of our jaunts in Northern Ireland. She maintains a blog, Little Bird, and is an absolute delight for conversation, knocking about, profound insights and a good laugh. Powered by coffee and her iPhone, she is a force of nature and a true fashionista of her [...]

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Quote from Kate, Photos 4 Sheria

Last night Glen and I watched the 1968 movie classic Lion in Winter, based on the play of the same name which premiered on Broadway in 1966. So many memorable quotes from this grand drama of a royal dysfunctional family! Katherine Hepburn as Eleanor of Aquitaine exudes  bitchiness and wisdom as she breezes through each [...]

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Doin’ Time in Sweden

I have entered my sixth week away on tour of the UK and Europe. Glen and I had a blast in Belfast with the folks from IKON (read some and see pics at Little Bird’s blog). From Belfast we flew to London then headed to Wales where we stayed with John Henson and his [...]

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Doin’ Time on BBC Radio

The other day I am awoken from a truly bizarre dream (it was a Western, but that wasn’t the weird part) to a phone call from the producer of Religion and Ethics programming for BBC radio. She wanted to book me into a studio for about two hours so that I can sit for multiple [...]

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Deflectors of the Word

Recently I spoke at a well-known British university where I gave a talk about the Ex-Gay Movement and particularly about my own journey attempting to de-gay myself.  In the talk I spoke about what happens in many programs and treatments that attempt to alter someone’s orientation and gender expression. I went into the many reasons [...]

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A Wacky Quaker Message

Recently I attended a Friends Meeting (Quaker) in England where I am currently on tour and despaired when an odd message began to form in my head (or heart or spirit or wherever these messages form).
For those of you who don’t know about how many Quaker meetings work, we gather in silence.  Typically we don’t [...]

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Photos from the Road (UK version)

They say a picture is worth a thousand words, so I will spare you several thousand and share these phtos from Bury St. Edmunds and Ge0rge Bernard Shaw’s home. Ruth Ann and Ken were my hosts in BSE and Auntie Doris hosted me in Hatfield and brought me around on Saturday to see the sites.

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