Recent Posts Tagged With 'wayne besen'

• TWO'S BRAVE BATTLE

  Posted on Tuesday May 12th, 2009 at 13:44 in religious right, exodus, homophobia, two, ex-gay movement, ex-gays, internalized homophobia, wayne besen, truth wins out, ex-gay ministries

  TWO [Truth Wins Out] executive Director Wayne Besen has issued the following press release:"I am proud to announce that Truth Wins Out has finally moved into its new Manhattan office! For the past three years, I had run the organization out of a smal...

• Rum Dump at the Stonewall Inn

  Posted on Wednesday April 29th, 2009 at 12:35 in jamaica, gay rights, homophobia, gay pride, stonewall inn, gay movement, lgbt movement, wayne besen, rum dump

  I've reported in the past how utterly disappointed I was in the "new" Stonewall Inn -- to put it mildly -- the historic bar where began the modern-day Gay Rights movement. (There was a movement even before the Stonewall rebellion, let's make that cle...

• Mixed Emotions

  Posted on Friday November 7th, 2008 at 14:10 in Republicans, Democrats, Barack Obama, Presidential Election, gay marriage, gay rights, homophobia, african-americans, wayne besen, on the downlow

  I have very mixed emotions, as many gays do, with the results of the recent elections.One one hand, the democrats won, which is good, to say the least. We have the first Africa-American president -- also very good. And he is at least gay-friendly, al...

• Nastiness in the Blogosphere

  Posted on Friday October 17th, 2008 at 17:05 in blogosphere, andrew sullivan, enda, queerty, wayne besen, truth wins out, michael musto, aureliano desoto, blabbeando, andre duque, andrew belonsky

  I've been a bit appalled by the level of nastiness I see on GLBT message boards and blogs and I wondered if it was getting worse (due, perhaps, to the election year) and what other factors might be responsible. I contacted some prominent as well as l...

• Truth Wins Out

  Posted on Wednesday December 19th, 2007 at 01:06 in exodus, two, ex-gays, wayne besen, truth wins out

  Wayne Besen, author and activist, is executive director of Truth Wins Out (TWO), a group that is dedicated to exposing the lies of "ex-gay" groups who promote homophobia and self-hatred and who dupe confused homosexuals into believing they can turn s...

• Gay-Friendly Closet Cases

  Posted on Tuesday November 6th, 2007 at 23:55 in bisexuality, matt sanchez, gay pride, stonewall inn, wayne besen, stonewall rebellion, straight bartenders in gay bars

  A bartender at the newly reopened Stonewall Inn in New York City informed me that although he certainly "fooled around" with men, he had a girlfriend and that was that. "We’re very happy," he told me." I know that’s not what you want to hear."Wel...

• Gay versus "Ex-Gay" -- Guess Who Wins?

  Posted on Tuesday March 20th, 2007 at 04:31 in Jon Stewart, daily show, ex-gay, self-hating homosexuals, gay activists, richard cohen, anything but straight, wayne besen, coming out straight, gay vs. ex-gay

  Just watched The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, which featured a sketch in which a medical mystery examiner investigated the case of one Wayne Besen, who realized he was gay at an early age. Besen seeks the “cure” which is promised by Richard Cohe...