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Wayne Besen
PO Box 25491
Brooklyn, NY 11202
The Anchorage Press, wrote a large feature story on the so-called "ex-gay" ministries. It did so after Truth Wins Out and local Alaskan activists squared off against Focus on the Family, which brought its "ex-gay" road show to town last week. TWO Executive Director, Wayne Besen, flew to Alaska to help organize a response. The anti-gay symposium took on national interest after GOP Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin's house of worship - the Wasilla Bible Church - promoted the event. Besen spoke at the Anchorage Metropolitan Community Church with local clergy and mental health experts to counter Love Won Out.
The Anchorage Press article was in-depth and did a very good job of getting to the essence of the ex-gay industry - which is politics. Focus on the Family's Love Won Out road show is a political vehicle used to make people feel better about themselves when they vote for anti-gay legislation. Other than that, the glitzy event has no practical purpose. Thanks to E. Ross of the website Bent Alaska and Edie Bailey of the Metropolitan Community Church and PFLAG, there was a powerful response to the "ex-gay" road show. This video is a snapshot of Alaskan activists offering powerful messages of hope, love, unity and acceptance.
THANK YOU to all who donated to make this response in Alaska possible. We could not have done this without you.
For those who like the work of Truth Wins Out, please consider a tax-deductible contribution today. We need your help to fight the "ex-gay" myth.
How crucial it is that someone like Wayne exists to counter the "ex-gay" poison wherever and whenever it appears. It is rare to see an organization like Truth Wins Out, an outreach that uses the monies it may raise to engage in direct, face-to-face action. Nothing is more effective, which is why I will continue to give money and know that it is making a direct difference in this fight.
posted by Anonymous, at
9/18/2008 12:49 PM
Snide anon 1:25---Rosa Parks was ONE person who started a revolution. We *are* talking Alaska here, not midtown Manhattan.
posted by Anonymous, at
9/18/2008 4:12 PM
wayne,
great job you did with our friends and family up north. love the video and the people in it! keep up the good and necessary work.
Good job, Wayne! These people have to be confronted where and whenever their homohatred (because that thends to be what homophobia really is) raises its ugly head.
The harm these kind of groups have done, do, and will do to LGBT people, especially LGBT youth, is incalculable. These programs do NOT work and any person that can be prevented from joining them will be a life saved.
Thanks for all you are doing, Wayne.
posted by Anonymous, at
9/19/2008 2:20 AM
As always, Wayne - an incredible job! What would the world do without you?
And those 4 people in the photo are also backed up by lots of people, including non GLBT people. Naturally you missed my point entirely. Your side is losing and you know it! Continue to waste your time and venom here, we'll have the last laugh!!!!!!
posted by Anonymous, at
9/20/2008 10:01 AM
Hahahahaha. YOU missed the point.
posted by Anonymous, at
9/20/2008 3:22 PM
I wonder if Wayne is at the evergreen conference - or if he even went to that one. They are more active about this than regular ole christians.
posted by Anonymous, at
9/20/2008 3:23 PM
