A national Christian organization will stop sponsoring an annual event that encourages school students to "counter the promotion of homosexual behavior" because the event has become too divisive and confrontational, the group’s president told CNN on Wednesday. "All the recent attention to bullying helped us realize that we need to equip kids to live out […]
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Letter from a current student at Azusa Pacific
The Soulforce Equality Ride 2006 visited my place of education, Azusa Pacific University within days of the four year anniversary in which my mom came out to me. I had spent the prior four years living in silence and shame concerning my mom’s non-heterosexual identity, telling less than a handful of people and encouraging her […]
Soulforce and Beyond Ex-Gay Welcome Change at Exodus
******************************************SOULFORCE PRESS RELEASE: March 6, 2008For Immediate Release Contact: Paige Schilt, Media DirectorCell: 512-659-1771paige@soulforce.org ****************************************** In a March 4, 2008, interview with Ex-Gay Watch, Alan Chambers — President of Exodus International — confirmed that the world’s largest network of ex-gay ministries has refocused its priorities and will move away from political lobbying. In spring 2007, Exodus hired […]
Former Exodus Leaders Issue Emotional Apology; Statements Highlight the Dangers of Attempting to Change Sexual Orientation
******************************************SOULFORCE PRESS RELEASE: June 28, 2007For Immediate ReleaseContact: Paige Schilt, Director of Public Relations and MediaCell: 512-659-1771paige@soulforce.org****************************************** (Los Angeles, CA) — Yesterday three former leaders from Exodus International — the powerful coalition of "ex-gay" ministries — presented an unprecedented public apology for spreading the message that lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people are sinful and […]
Damaged by Ex-gay Programs, Survivors Invite Exodus Leadership to Hear the Rest of the Story
Open Letter Addressed to Alan Chambers, Other Ex-gay Leaders International Conference of Ex-gay Survivors to Coincide with Exodus Meeting ******************************************SOULFORCE PRESS RELEASE: June 25, 2007For Immediate ReleaseContact: Paige Schilt, Director of Public Relations and MediaCell: 512-659-1771paige@soulforce.org****************************************** (Irvine, CA) — As Exodus International, the world’s largest network of "ex-gay" ministries, prepares to hold its annual conference […]