by Jeff Lutes, MS, LPC, Executive Director of Soulforce Order "A concise, accurate, and readable summary of scientific knowledge about homosexuality and gay people. This lucid resource calmly and effectively demolishes the hateful myths and slurs spread by anti-gay forces in U.S. society." –Simon LeVay, PhD, neuroscientist, teacher, author, and pioneer in the study of […]
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Soulforce Posts Video of NYU Sociologist Who Claims Focus on the Family Distorted Research on LGBT Parents
******************************************SOULFORCE PRESS RELEASE: February 12, 2007For Immediate ReleaseContact: Paige Schilt, Media DirectorCell: 512-659-1771paige@soulforce.org****************************************** (Austin, TX) — Today Soulforce posted a YouTube video of Dr. Judith Stacey, a Professor of Sociology at New York University (NYU), who claims that James Dobson’s Focus on the Family and other anti-equality groups have misrepresented her research on lesbian and […]
Straight Into Gay America: My Unicycle Journey For Equal Rights
Author and Pastor Lars Clausen released his newest book during Soulforce’s 1000 Watt March in Colorado. In Straight Into Gay America people share their lives with the Guinness World Record-holding pastor who unicycles 1,000 miles for equal rights. Through roadside encounters and overnight stays, this is the story of everyday people living through the most […]
Gay Into Straight America: Two Women and a Poodle
Gay Into Straight America is the yearlong journey of Dotti Berry, Roby Sapp, and their poodle, Rylee Joy. Gay Into Straight America began September 11, 2005, and is a commitment to creating authentic connections with people who are "wrestling" with their understanding of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender persons. The couple states, "With Gay Into […]
From Myth to Empowerment: How GLBT persons can Shift
You have heard people laugh and say, “Wouldn’t it be great if every GLBT person turned purple?” as if that would allow us to exclaim “Free at last!” Yes, “easy” is how we like it in our society. If you turned purple (GLBT), however, you would still have to deal with your own internal homophobia/transphobia […]
Lynchburg News and Advance Article: "Gay Couples Receive Blessings"
By Shannon BrennanLynchburg News and AdvanceMonday, October 13, 2003 Under a brick arch across the street from Thomas Road Baptist Church, more than 30 couples and families received religious blessings Sunday morning. While a handful of protesters stood across the street, gay and lesbian couples and their families were told God loves them despite the […]