In this brief commentary, Stella Nyanzi — an anthropologist, social science researcher and resident of Uganda, where Pentecostal churches are popular — speaks out against some anti-LGBT religious leaders’ practice of attempting to “pray away the gay.” After her commentary appeared on Facebook, it attracted a flood of readers’ comments, some of which are published … Continue reading
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Plea for Jamaican LGBT rights now that ‘gay cure’ lie is past
Jamaican LGBT activist Angeline Jackson contributed this commentary about Exodus International and Jamaica’s anti-gay movement. Jackson is convenor of Quality of Citizenship Jamaica , which works with both young and aging lesbians, bisexuals, and other women who have sex with women. Editing is by Hilaire Sobers and Colin Stewart. For almost 40 years Exodus International lied … Continue reading
Worldwide damage: What Exodus knew and kept lying about
For nearly 40 years, the world’s leading “ex-gay” group, Exodus International claimed it could cure people of homosexuality. This week, the group admitted defeat, apologized for the harm it caused by spurring homophobia globally (including through its Jamaican affiliates, WIRED and the Jamaica Coalition for a Healthy Society (JCHS)) and closed down. This is hardly … Continue reading
‘Gay-cure’ group apologizes, quits, but will it repair damage?
Yesterday, the largest and oldest “gay-cure” group, Exodus International, issued a public apology for their bogus therapy and the immeasurable harm it caused to millions of LGBT worldwide. Today they announced that after 37 years of damaging the lives of LGBT, they have decided to shut down. Last year Dennis Jernigan, the former Vice-Chair of … Continue reading
Seeking help for LGBT Ethiopians, not the death penalty
The Ethiopian LGBT-rights group Rainbow Ethiopia today called for continued foreign aid to the country, but an end to international financial support of organizations that seek passage of the death penalty for sexual minorities in Ethiopia. In recognition of the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHOT), the group issued this statement: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia … Continue reading
Revealed: Official ‘symptoms’ of gays and lesbians
A reminder of how much misinformation needs to be overcome in the international struggle for LGBT rights. Malaysia’s Ministry of Education has endorsed guidelines for parents to use to spot “symptoms” of homosexuality in their children. The belief behind the guidelines is that people are not born lesbian or gay, but learn it or are … Continue reading
