Posted January 27th, 2012 by Wayne Besen
Posted July 12th, 2011 by Wayne Besen
Truth Wins Out Executive Director appeared on MSNBC news with Thomas Roberts to discuss our operation exposing Bachmann & Associates for practicing “ex-gay” therapy.
TWO’s Wayne Besen and John Becker appeared on Sirius Satellite radio’s Michelangelo Signorile show. It was guest hosted by legendary activist and good friend Mike Rogers.
TWO’s Becker appeared as a guest on The Ed Schultz show and Live with Al Sharpton on MSNBC.
TWO’s Evan Hurst appeared on Hardball with Chris Matthews.
Posted March 8th, 2011 by Wayne Besen
KC and Larry met at Exodus International’s “ex-gay” ministry Love in Action while trying to “pray away the gay”. The two men fell in love and are now legally married. The Jansson’s story was featured recently in the Dallas Voice’s Valentine’s Day issue. Truth Wins Out invited KC and Larry to Memphis to speak at Rhodes College on the closing night of TWO Executive Director Wayne Besen’s Winter Tour. The speaking engagement brought KC & Larry back to where it all began — at the Memphis “ex-gay” ministry!
Enjoy this beautiful three-part story of true love and genuine acceptance. This is real love in action.
(If you are in a hurry — skip to part 3)
PART I
PART II
PART III
Posted February 8th, 2011 by Wayne Besen
Truth Wins Out founder Wayne Besen speaking in Lincoln, at University of Nebraska on the “ex-gay” myth.
In this video, he discusses how Exodus harms its clients when it claims that the group does not heal people — only God can. But, the group does set itself as the middleman and conduit to God.
When Exodus fails to deliver and the promised “change” does not occur — Exodus’ victims often blame themselves and feel abandoned by God. This can cause trauma and psychological damage.
Besen also discusses how so-called “ex-gay” groups do not keep statistics. They simply make them up as they go along.
Music by Spank the Hippo (W. Besen)
Posted February 5th, 2011 by Wayne Besen
February 7, 2011
National “Pray Away The Gay?” Winter Speaking Tour
University of Nebraska
7PM
NE Union Auditorium
Lincoln, NE
February 8, 2011
National “Pray Away The Gay?” Winter Speaking Tour
Topeka, Kansas
Kansas Equality Coalition
Dillon House
404 SW 9th St.
4PM – 5:30PM
February. 9, 2011
National “Pray Away The Gay?” Winter Speaking Tour
Oklahoma State University
Classroom Building 313
Stillwater, OK
Sponsored by the Sexual Orientation Diversity Association
6PM
February 10, 2011
National “Pray Away The Gay?” Winter Speaking Tour
Oklahoma City
Sponsored by Cimarron Alliance Foundation
Church of the Open Arms
31st & North Pennsylvania
6:00-7:30
February 11-13
National “Pray Away The Gay?” Winter Speaking Tour
Arkansas
Details (TBA)
February 19
National “Pray Away The Gay?” Winter Speaking Tour
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Church
2810 Atlanta Highway
Montgomery, Alabama
6:30 PM
February 21
National “Pray Away The Gay?” Winter Speaking Tour
Memphis, TN
Rhodes College
2000 North Parkway
7 PM
Posted February 3rd, 2011 by Wayne Besen
NEXT STOPS ON THE TOUR
February 4, 2011
National “Pray Away The Gay?” Winter Speaking Tour
Des Moines, Iowa
First Friday Breakfast Club
7AM, Hoyt Sherman Place
February 5, 2011
National “Pray Away The Gay?” Winter Speaking Tour
Des Moines, Iowa
Plymouth UCC Church, (hosted by the Willits Committee)
4126 Ingersoll Avenue
7PM
February 6, 2011
National “Pray Away The Gay?” Winter Speaking Tour
Des Moines, Iowa
Plymouth UCC Church
4126 Ingersoll Avenue
The Forum
10:10 to 10:40
February 7, 2011
National “Pray Away The Gay?” Winter Speaking Tour
University of Nebraska
7PM
NE Union Auditorium
Lincoln, NE
February 8, 2011
National “Pray Away The Gay?” Winter Speaking Tour
Topeka, Kansas
Kansas Equality Coalition
Dillon House
404 SW 9th St.
4PM – 5:30PM
February. 9, 2011
National “Pray Away The Gay?” Winter Speaking Tour
Oklahoma State University
Classroom Building 313
Stillwater, OK
Sponsored by the Sexual Orientation Diversity Association
6PM
(Details TBA)
February 10, 2011
National “Pray Away The Gay?” Winter Speaking Tour
Oklahoma City
Sponsored by Cimarron Alliance Foundation
Church of the Open Arms
31st & North Pennsylvania
6:00-7:30
February 11-13
National “Pray Away The Gay?” Winter Speaking Tour
Arkansas
Details (TBA)
February 19
National “Pray Away The Gay?” Winter Speaking Tour
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Church
2810 Atlanta Highway
Montgomery, Alabama
6:30 PM
February 21
National “Pray Away The Gay?” Winter Speaking Tour
Memphis, TN
Rhodes College
2000 North Parkway
7 PM
Posted October 7th, 2010 by Wayne Besen
Samuel Brown is a member of New Birth Church, the same church where Bishop Eddie Long has preached many anti-gay sermons. In 2004, Long led a march in Atlanta in support of banning same-sex marriage.
Brown also happens to be a gay male. Brown and his life partner Derrick joined New Birth initially, not saying a word about their sexuality to anyone. In light of the allegations of sexual misconduct surrounding Bishop Eddie Long, Brown has decided to share his story exclusively with BET News to express his discontent with his pastor.
See BET Video
Posted July 30th, 2010 by Wayne Besen
Rev. Irene Monroe is a Ford Fellow and doctoral candidate at Harvard Divinity School.
In this interview, Irene will discuss her views on LGBT outreach to the African American community, “ex-gay” gospel singer Donnie McClurkin and the efforts of white evangelical politicians to lure black preachers.
One of Monroe’s outreach ministries is writing religion columns. She writes “The Religion Thang,” for In Newsweekly, the largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender newspaper that circulates widely throughout New England, “Faith Matters” for The Advocate Magazine, a national gay & lesbian magazine, and “Queer Take,” for The Witness, a progressive Episcopalian journal.
Her writings have also appeared in the Boston Herald and in the Boston Globe. Her award-winning essay, “Louis Farrakhan’s Ministry of Misogyny and Homophobia”, was greeted with critical acclaim.
Monroe states that her “columns are an interdisciplinary approach drawing on critical race theory, African American , queer and religious studies.” As an religion columnist she try to inform the public of the role religion plays in discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people.
Posted July 27th, 2010
Ben Unger and Chaim Levin grew up in Orthodox Jewish homes in Brooklyn. They lived in traditional, socially conservative homes and tried to live up to the expectations of their faith and families.
They were gay, however, and were told they had to choose between being gay and Jewish – as if this were truly possible.
In a desperate search for “help”, Ben and Chaim found the “ex-gay” organization Jews Offering New Alternatives to Homosexuality (JONAH). This was the discredited organization founded by Wall Street con artist Arthur Abba Goldberg, who went to prison for massive bond fraud.
Goldberg promised to “cure” both men of their homosexuality and make them straight. He recommended that Ben and Chaim have therapy sessions with Alan Downing, a “life coach” who often conducted his practice out of JONAH’s headquarters. Downing is also a senior trainer for the controversial “ex-gay” outdoor retreat, Journey Into Manhood, which is run by the organization, People Can Change.
While Ben and Chaim were in “therapy”, Downing admitted that he was still attracted to men. In time, the sessions devolved into a “psychological striptease”, where the men were asked to strip completely named and touch themselves.
Both Ben and Chaim say they were harmed by the therapy and consider Downing’s actions highly unprofessional, unethical and inappropriate.
Unfortunately, groups like JONAH and People Can Change often place vulnerable people in the hands of unqualified, unhealthy “life coaches” and counselors who are struggling to accept their own repressed sexual orientation. This creates disastrous situations where unhealthy, predatory behavior can occur.
Fortunately, Ben and Chaim have come to accept themselves and now live as out, proud openly gay men. They warn Jewish LGBT youth to avoid fraudulent scams like JONAH and accept themselves.
Posted January 18th, 2010 by Michael Airhart
Dr. Jack Drescher, M.D., is a psychiatrist and psychologist in private practice in New York City. He presented the second keynote address at the Anti-Heterosexism Conference in West Palm Beach, Florida, in November 2009.
Dr. Drescher has written and edited over 20 books regarding homosexuality and gender identity. His keynote, “STRAIGHT” Jackets: A Psychiatrist Deconstructs Sexual Conversion Therapies, speaks in great detail about the psychology and psychiatry of homosexuality and the ineffectiveness of so-called “conversion therapies.”
The conference organizers have now made video of this address available. Video length: about 48 minutes.
Dr Jack Drescher from SOULFORCE on Vimeo.
The Anti-Heterosexism Conference was co-sponsored by Soulforce, the National Black Justice Coalition, Truth Wins Out, Box Turtle Bulletin, Equality Florida, and Beyond Ex-Gay.
