Ted Cox wrote a very good article at AlterNet exploring the bizarre world of “ex-gay” therapy. According to Cox, “Thanks to the unscientific, unregulated underworld of ex-gay therapy, frauds and hacks of all stripes are getting away with any kind of therapy they can think up.”
Check out the article.
Wayne Besen is the Founding Executive Director of Truth Wins Out and author of “Anything But Straight: Unmasking the Scandals and Lies Behind the Ex-Gay Myth” (Haworth, 2003). In 2010, Besen was awarded the “Visionary Award” at the Out Music Awards for organizing the American Prayer Hour, an event which shined a spotlight on the role American evangelicals played in the introduction of Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill.
These people are the ones who are sick and truly disgusting. Just because they hate themselves does not mean that they should be able to mess up the minds of youth and others. There is nothing wrong with being GLBT and they need to get over it and some watchdog agency needs to put the clamps on them.
If I remember correctly I believe Ted Cox is working on a book about the time he spent undercover at Journey to Manhood. Should be a very interesting book.