Anti-Gay Violence Rages in Gambia; Conservative ‘Complementarity’ Confab; Coming Out in Iraq Can Be Death Sentence; Global LGBT Recap
Transgender Day of Remembrance was observed around the world on Thursday to memorialize victims of…
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Should We Accept The Apology of an Ex-Gay Ministry?
A gay professor mines his past to reckon with responses to the closure an apology of a premier practitioner of “reparative therapy.”
Read MoreEx-Gay Groups Go Back to the Future
A suggestion for the lonely few who still believe they can “pray away the gay.”
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Is Change Possible? Shifting the Ex-Gay Question
Exodus International appears to be re-thinking its commitment to transforming gay Christians into straight ones. So now it is the larger world’s turn to ask: is that kind of change really possible?
Read MoreOpponent of LGBT Equality Lauded for His Great Courage
World magazine names Alan Chambers of Exodus international “Daniel” of the year.
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Participant Discredits the Original Ex-Gay Study
A participant in the first study to use the term “ex-gay” to describe gay-to-straight change has called the study into question.
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A Pair of Ex-Gay Leaders Make About Face
Is it likely to change much?
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Dialogue or Demonization? Where Gays are Concerned, Focus on the Family Wants it Both Ways
But even while the language and the tone of anti-gay evangelical groups is beginning to shift, the reality is that while the language of anti-bullying has been adopted by groups like Focus on the Family, the theological and ideological currents that produce the reality of anti-gay bullying remain unquestioned.
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After Westboro: The Trouble With “Tolerance”
There are various levels of nuance to the message that LGBT people are unacceptable to God, and these often pass under the guise of tolerance. One of the most pervasive is the notion of “welcoming but not affirming.” It is the pinnacle of the soul-destroying practice of theologized tolerance that says, “You are welcome to exist among us, but we cannot affirm the goodness, value or worth of your life(style).” This is a particularly popular discourse among “moderates” who rest proud that they aren’t like Westboro and for whom tolerance seems virtuous.
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