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The “Ex-Gay” Movement in Latin America

Therapy and Ministry in the Exodus Network

When the Executive Director of Exodus International, Alan Chambers, dramatically announced in January 2012 that he no longer believed there was a “cure” to homosexuality, he allegedly ended his organization’s 35-year-long effort to “convert … LGBTQ…

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In New Jersey, Reckoning for the Ex-Gay Movement

The fight to end ex-gay therapy takes center stage in New Jersey, with both legislative and legal actions targeting the harmful practice that seeks to “cure” homosexual orientation.

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NOM-Rhode Island's Marriage "Big Lie"

As lawmakers in Rhode Island move toward passing marriage equality, National Organization for Marriage-Rhode Island (NOM-RI) responded with a series of very familiar newspaper ads and personal mailings warning voters of the “consequences” of…

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"Bipartisan" Evangelical Rev. Rodriguez Conservative Even on Immigration

Great value is placed on being bipartisan in Washington, D.C., today. Or, at least, appearing bipartisan. That may be part of the secret of the remarkable success of Christian Right leader Rev. Samuel Rodriguez, president of the National Hispanic…

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Mass. Policy to Protect Transgender Students Under Attack by Christian Right

Comprehensive guidelines from the Massachusetts Department of Education to protect transgender public school students’ safety and prevent discrimination, including in regards to bathrooms and athletics, are under attack by a local Christian Right…

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Profile: Joseph Nicolosi, Ex-Gay Therapist

Joseph Nicolosi is the founder and director of the Thomas Aquinas Psychological Clinic in Encino, CA. The clinic specializes in Nicolosi’s pseudo-scientific and discredited “reparative theory,” a theory that treats homosexuality as a psychological…

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Maryland Middle Schoolers Encouraged to Seek Ex-Gay Therapy

Under the guise of an anti-bullying campaign, seventh graders in six health classes have been subjected to a video promoting ex-gay therapy this school year, until media attention forced the Maryland school district to pull the harmful film.

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The Right's New Same-Sex Marriage Messaging: Why They Lost in 2012

In 2008, millions of California voters saw this scene play out on their television screens: A young mother is working away in the kitchen as her little daughter comes home from school. Brandishing a copy of the gay-themed children’s book King &…

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Listen: The Right's Marriage Message

Yesterday, Political Research Associates hosted a briefing call for marriage advocates featuring our new report, The Right’s Marriage Message, a critical resource for understanding trends in anti-LGBTQ messaging and effectiveness.

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The Revisionaries: Documentary Goes Inside Texas Textbook Controversy

From 2009 to 2010, the Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) set about the once-a-decade task of writing curriculum standards for Texas’ almost five million school children. Claiming that “Academia is skewed too far to the left,” right-wing Board…

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VA Bill Allowing Campus Groups to Ban LGBTQ Students Awaits Gov. Signature

The Virginia state legislature passed a bill yesterday that would allow religious and political student groups on college campuses to discriminate and still receive public funding. The bill, which would prevent universities from implementing wide-…

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In Lamb’s Clothing: The Agenda of Latino Evangelical Rev. Samuel Rodriguez

On Friday, NPR’s Latino USA ran a segment, “The Agenda of the Lamb,” on Latino evangelical powerhouse Rev. Samuel Rodriguez, whose upcoming book of the same name has a message: “God is not done with America. And America is not done with God.”

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Arizona Proposes Loyalty Oath, Creationism for Students

After the controversy surrounding Arizona’s S.B. 1070 immigration law and recent legislation banning abortion after 20 weeks of gestation, I’ve grown accustomed to controversial legislation from my home state. This month, the Arizona legislature is…

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New Report Finds Right's Changed Messaging Led to 2012 Victories For Marriage Equality

For over a decade and a half, same-sex marriage advocates experienced a long and almost unbroken series of defeats at the ballot box, including the passage of California’s Proposition 8 in 2008, Maine’s Question 1 a year later, and an anti-gay…

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Don't Say Gay in Tennessee Schools

This week, Tennessee State Senator Stacey Campfield (R) re-introduced the so-called “Don’t Say Gay” bill, which bans any discussion of homosexuality by elementary and middle school teachers in the state.

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Strong Families Series Covers Roe's Absence

“There is no Roe anniversary for low-income women!” declared Carey Pope, Senior Policy Analyst at Ipas, a global organization dedicated to ending preventable deaths and disabilities from unsafe abortion, in a blog the day prior to Roe‘s 40th …

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NM State Rep. Targets Pregnant Rape Survivors in New Antichoice Bill

New Mexico Rep. Cathrynn Brown (R) whipped up a PR nightmare last week when she proposed a bill forcing rape survivors to carry pregnancies to term—or face jail time.

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The Right's Attack on Roe v. Wade at 40: The Hyde and Helms Legacy

Those who celebrate the enduring legacy of Roe v. Wade must also be mindful of the barriers to reproductive autonomy that remain. Full article published at Truthout.

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Antigay Legal Group Targets Home of World's Largest Pride Parade

From a modest building in a central neighborhood in Goiânia, the capital of the Brazilian state of Goiás, Filipe Coelho is launching the American Center for Law and Justice’s (ACLJ) Brazilian branch, following the example of the Christian Right…

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New Report Analyzes Right's Marriage Marketing

“Mom, guess what I learned in school today! I learned how a prince married a prince, and I can marry a princess!” Kids say the darndest things, don’t they? Over the past decade, the Right has drummed up fears that marriage equality will indoctrine…

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