http://www.truthwinsout.org TruthWinsOut.org is a non-profit organization that counters right wing propaganda, exposes the “ex-gay” myth and educates America about gay life. Fri, 16 May 2008 04:31:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In a new article in the conservative Charisma magazine, Exodus International youth activist Mike Ensley tells parents "What To Do When Your Child is Gay." Beginning with its patronizing title -- parents struggle with the coming-out of older teen-agers and adult offspring, not a "child" -- the article proceeds to declare ... http://www.truthwinsout.org/blog/seeding-parents-with-self-blame-and-isolation-exodus-youth-activist-poisons-family-ties/ Ruling Undermines ‘Ex-Gay’ Propaganda And Lets Potential Recruits See The Truth About Same-Sex Relationships NEW YORK – TruthWinsOut.org expressed jubilation over the California Supreme Court’s decision to overturn a ban on same-sex marriage. The momentous 4-3 ruling is one of the biggest victories in the GLBT equality movement’s history. It also ... http://www.truthwinsout.org/pressreleases/two-ecstatic-over-historic-california-marriage-ruling/ UPDATED with revised conclusion. Feministe say wrote May 13 of efforts to assist people struggling with gender identity: Ken Zucker of Toronto’s Clarke Institute represents the widespread, traditional approach, where the goal is to eliminate cross-gender behavior and the desire to be a different gender. He basically describes his success rate as ... http://www.truthwinsout.org/blog/open-forum-conformism-and-sexism-in-apa-dsm-review/ In an article that attempts to bridge a spectrum of gay, ex-gay, and ex-ex-gay viewpoints, The Advocate asks: Three years after the furor over a teenage boy who was forcibly sent to one of its camps, the ex-gay movement may be losing steam. Meanwhile, ex-gay survivors are gaining strength. But are ... http://www.truthwinsout.org/blog/briefly-the-advocate-asks-can-gays-and-ex-gays-find-common-ground/ A 21-year-old Indiana student and four friends were physically attacked May 9 in the latest apparent antigay hate crime to be ignored by ex-gay activists. Last month, in a declaration that antigay violence is a non-issue, Exodus and Focus on the Family voiced opposition to a national Day of Silence which ... http://www.truthwinsout.org/blog/ex-gay-activists-ignore-latest-assault-in-wave-of-antigay-violence/ At the University of Toledo in Ohio, administrators apparently made the mistake of hiring a bigot to administer university hiring policies which forbid discrimination on the basis of race, religion and sexual orientation. In an April 18 article in the Toledo Free Press, Crystal Davis, associate vice president for human resources ... http://www.truthwinsout.org/blog/in-two-states-antigay-faculty-violate-campus-rights-and-claim-victimhood/ (Bob Davies, right) Exodus claims to love homosexuals, but their message to those infected with HIV: "You are getting what you deserve and God is punishing you for being gay." On Exodus' website, there is a commentary by former Executive Director Bob Davies, "A Biblical Response to the Pro-Gay Movement." In ... http://www.truthwinsout.org/blogroll/exodus-extremist-views-on-aids-cruel-and-unsettling/ Stephen Black, an Exodus spokesperson, compared “ex-gay” watchdog organizations to Nazis and the Ku Klux Klan. Black, the leader of First Stone Ministries, an Exodus affiliate in Oklahoma City, used his personal blog to opine that “gay activists, liberal blog bullies and the liberal anti-Christ media machine…and Darwinism,” were determined ... http://www.truthwinsout.org/blogroll/exodus-spokesman-resorts-to-delusional-and-paranoid-attack-against-glbt-advocates/ If Mohler and Throckmorton really wanted to have a debate, and if, as they say, they are not afraid of open debate, why don't they just host it themselves? There certainly must be enough room for this panel (or one like it) to speak at Mohler's Baptist Theological Seminary, or at ... http://www.truthwinsout.org/blog/throckmorton-and-mohler-afraid-of-a-real-debate/ (Cry Baby: Throckmorton, Whines To Right Wing Rags) Still fuming from the American Psychiatric Association's cancellation of the "Quack Panel" he was scheduled to appear on this week, notorious "ex-gay" therapist Warren Throckmorton continued on his vindictive warpath. All week, he has done the rounds, whining and playing victim, with ... http://www.truthwinsout.org/blog/bitter-throckmorton-continues-sour-grapes-media-tour-by-trashing-two-in-right-wing-media/