The cynically named “Day of Truth,” organized by the antigay Alliance Defense Fund and planned for April 28, is little more than an excuse to inject “ex-gay” propaganda and a disruptive dose of antigay prejudice in public schools.

Ex-gay survivor Daniel Gonzales, who was inappropriately treated by famed reparative therapist Joseph Nicolosi, has released a new video that itemizes the untruths and prejudices that are promoted by the DOT. Check it out:

The following family-friendly cartoon — appropriate for schools — refutes the ex-gay myth with humor as well as fact.

Compare that presentation to antigay reparative-therapy advocates Julie Harren Hamilton and David Blakeslee, whose ex-gay video presentation peddles the unfounded myth that bad parenting, bad perceptions of parenting, and sexual abuse play a significant role in the development of sexual orientation in most gay individuals. PFOX promoted this ex-gay video via official e-mail this week.

Why might these particular antigay Christians be so antifamily — so desperate to blame family members — and so eager to believe the ignorant guesswork of one particular 19th-century secular psychotherapist named Sigmund Freud?

Watch the video: Truth Wins Out and local GLBT equality advocates protested against Focus on the Family’s ex-gay roadshow in Mountain View, California, on April 12, 2008.

On March 1, 2008, 35 Australian Christian ministers apologized for years of antigay defamation and discrimination, which they called “un-Christian.” More ministers would have apologized, but several ministers were threatened into silence by antigay superiors.

Anthony Venn-Brown of Freedom 2 b[e] has just released video of these apologies to gay and gender-variant persons.

Addendum, April 13: Venn-Brown announced via e-mail this evening that the “100 Revs” apology has won an award for Most Outstanding Political Comment from the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras.

NEW YORK – TruthWinsOut.org (TWO) unveiled four new Internet videos today featuring prominent molecular biologist Dean Hamer, notable mental health expert and author Dr. Jack Drescher, ex-gay survivor Brent Almond and Nick Cavnar, who after decades left an ex-gay cult. This is the final week that the organization has released new educational videos addressing the “ex-gay” myth leading up to the March 3 launch of TWO’s updated website.

In today’s first video, molecular biologist Dr. Dean Hamer discusses biology, genetics and homosexuality. He also debunks the misinformation put forth by “ex-gay” organizations, such as Exodus and Focus on the Family.

In TWO’s second video, Dr. Jack Drescher, America’s foremost expert and scholar on GLBT mental health, answers questions on the efficacy of ‘ex-gay’ therapy. Drescher is a renowned scholar on issues of sexual orientation and a celebrated author.

Our third person featured is Brent Almond, who suffered through the ‘ex-gay’ ministries. In this video, he opens up to TruthWinsOut.org about his harrowing experience.

Finally, TWO interviews Nick Cavnar, a man who suppressed his sexuality, married and joined a Michigan cult that promised to cure him. This exclusive video details his long road to self-acceptance.

TruthWinsOut.org is a non-profit organization that counters right wing propaganda, exposes the “ex-gay” myth and educates America about gay life.

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Former ex-gays who gathered in Memphis, Tenn., on Feb. 23 have, with lightning speed, unleashed a series of new videos that could fill a small cineplex. Numerous survivors of Exodus ex-gay programs document the shame, deception, cynicism, hopelessness and family trauma that were sold to them and their families by Exodus International and Focus on the Family in the guise of “hope” and “family values.”

Former Love In Action participants Brandon Tidwell and Jacob Wilson and ex-gay survivor John Holm discuss the misunderstanding, rejection, denial, and sexual and religious shame that was vented upon them and their peers. Former ex-gay Christine Bakke tours the Ex-Gay Survivor Art Show. Ex-gay movement critic Jim Burroway attended the ex-gay roadshow Love Won Out last year and now reports on the heartbreak and blame that Focus dumped upon parents and relatives who comprise much of the roadshow’s audience. And ex-gay survivor Peterson Toscano remembers the abuse suffered by his parents at the hands of a “Family and Friends Weekend” organized by Exodus’ flagship live-in program, Love In Action.

‘Ex-gay’ survivor Jaylen Braiden discusses his time in Desert Stream and Portland Fellowship ministries as a teenager. While in Desert Stream, Jaylen was taken advantage of by an Exodus team leader, who later got in trouble for sexually abusing other minors. Exodus has yet to come clean and publicly discuss the Desert Stream scandal.