Press conference on Wednesday, June 27th or Thursday, June 28th (date, time, and location to be announced). The following schedule of events is subject to change: Friday, June 29th 4:00pm Pre-Conference Book-Signing Wayne Besen, author of Anything But Straight Darlene Bogle, author of A Christian Lesbian Journey: A Continuation of Long Road to Love Mel […]
Archives for April 2007
Speaker Bios
Peterson Toscano As a gay man, Peterson Toscano’s journey out of the closet had been long and complicated. After 15 years of submitting to reparative therapy through counseling, ex-gay support groups, and even three exorcisms, Peterson enrolled in the ex-gay residential program, Love in Action. He graduated successfully from the program nearly two years later, […]
President of Yellowstone Baptist College Rejects Visitors to Campus; Equality Riders Pursue Dialogue on Faith and Sexuality
Riders Return to Campus on Friday ****************************************** SOULFORCE PRESS RELEASE: April 19, 2007 For Immediate Release Contact: Brandon Kneefel, West Bus Media Director Cell: 612-715-6138, brandon@equalityride.com ****************************************** (Billings, Montana) — On Thursday, April 19th, a youth-led nationwide conversation, known as the Equality Ride, about faith and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender identity (LGBT) came to […]
Equality Ride Visits Gordon College; Members of Nationwide Journey of Gay and Straight Young Adult Leaders Dialogue about Anti-gay Policy
****************************************** SOULFORCE PRESS RELEASE: April 18, 2007 For Immediate Release Contact: Brandy Daniels, East Bus Media Director Cell: 612-715-6284, brandy@equalityride.com ****************************************** (Wenham, Massachusetts) — The Soulforce Equality Ride spent several days holding presentations and dialogue at Gordon College about its discriminatory policy towards lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) students and the doctrine that sustains […]
Brigham Young University Revises Policy on Sexuality; Discriminatory Policy Revisted After Soulforce Equality Riders Visit
****************************************** SOULFORCE PRESS RELEASE: April 17, 2007 For Immediate Release Contact: Brandon Kneefel, West Bus Media Director Cell: 612-715-6138, brandon@equalityride.com ****************************************** (Provo, Utah) — Three weeks after the Soulforce Equality Ride visited the campus to deliver a list of community concerns for the wellbeing of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) students, officials at Brigham […]
Equality Ride Written into Congressional Record and Honored by the City of New York
Equality Ride Honored in House of Representatives by Congressman Jerrold L. Nadler and in New York City by the New York City Council ****************************************** SOULFORCE PRESS RELEASE: April 16, 2007 For Immediate Release Contact: Brandy Daniels, East Bus Media Director Cell: 612-715-6284, brandy@equalityride.com ****************************************** (New York City, NY) — The 2007 Soulforce Equality Ride today […]