On AlterNet: ex-gay

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "ex-gay"

The Scary Religious Ideology Behind Michele Bachmann's Anti-Gay Crusade

Adele M. Stan, AlterNet. July 18, 2011.

Does the draconian mandate of Old Testament law drive Michele and Marcus Bachmann's war on LGBT people?

Michele Bachmann's Husband's Clinics Practiced Ex-Gay Therapy (While Pocketing $161,000 of Your Tax Money)

Mariah Blake, The Nation. July 11, 2011.

Michele Bachmann's husband, Marcus, denies that his Christian counseling center offers "ex-gay" therapy. But a former client says he was brought there for that "cure."

6 Ways Religious Frauds Try to Make Gays and Lesbians Straight

Ted Cox, AlterNet. August 30, 2010.

Thanks to the unscientific, unregulated underworld of ex-gay therapy, frauds and hacks of all stripes are getting away with any kind of therapy they can think up.

Readers Write: Christian Ex-Gays Try to 'Cure' Homosexuality

Alex Jung, AlterNet. December 19, 2007.

AlterNet readers weigh in on "sexual reorientation therapy."

Obama Spurns Black LGBT Community for an "Ex-Gay" Musician

Deb Price, Creators Syndicate. November 5, 2007.

Barack Obama has alienated a large number of black gays and lesbians for giving musician Donnie McClurkin, an "ex-gay," a platform for his campaign in South Carolina.

Ex-gay leader has tantrum on CNN [VIDEO]

Pam Spaulding, AlterNet: Video. April 20, 2007.

Pam Spaulding: I said effeminate, not artistic!