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Ted Cox

Ted Cox is an award-winning writer who contributes frequently to the Sacramento News & Review, Silicon Valley Metro, AlterNet, and The Good Men Project Magazine. He lectures at universities across the country about his undercover reporting in ex-gay programs.

Sexuality/GenderAugust 4, 2011

Touch Me, Man, I’m Healed, I’m Straight

By Ted Cox

What NPR didn’t tell you about how Rich Wyler became “ex-gay.”

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