Comments on: Is it the end of the ex-gay movement as we know it? https://wthrockmorton.com/2011/10/14/is-it-the-end-of-the-ex-gay-movement-as-we-know-it/ A [retired] college psychology professor's observations about public policy, mental health, sexual identity, and religious issues Fri, 04 Nov 2011 14:14:37 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: StraightGrandmother https://wthrockmorton.com/2011/10/14/is-it-the-end-of-the-ex-gay-movement-as-we-know-it/#comment-53520 Fri, 04 Nov 2011 14:14:37 +0000 http://wthrockmorton.com/?p=10413#comment-53520 Michael, you beat me to it! I just saw the same information today. Here is the link to a full interview with the (or “a”) Brazilian Leader in an Ex-Gay religiously based organization.
He had 18 years invested in the movement before he abandoned it and now lives happily with his gay partner
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he English and philosophy teacher, also a theologian, Sergio Viula, 42, born and resident in Rio de Janeiro, was one of the founders of the Movement for the Healthy Sexuality (MOSES), an evangelical NGO which helps people interested in quitting homosexuality. He got married, had two children and saw by himself the very methods of ‘sexual re-orientation’. In an exclusive interview, Sergio talked to me and showed that methods to change sexual orientation are useless, causing pain and suffering to those who are willing to go through any of them.

It is a good article.
http://flyingteapot.haaan.com/2011/11/475
Maybe Warren is on to something

]]> By: StraightGrandmother https://wthrockmorton.com/2011/10/14/is-it-the-end-of-the-ex-gay-movement-as-we-know-it/#comment-78730 Fri, 04 Nov 2011 10:14:37 +0000 http://wthrockmorton.com/?p=10413#comment-78730 Michael, you beat me to it! I just saw the same information today. Here is the link to a full interview with the (or “a”) Brazilian Leader in an Ex-Gay religiously based organization.
He had 18 years invested in the movement before he abandoned it and now lives happily with his gay partner
T

he English and philosophy teacher, also a theologian, Sergio Viula, 42, born and resident in Rio de Janeiro, was one of the founders of the Movement for the Healthy Sexuality (MOSES), an evangelical NGO which helps people interested in quitting homosexuality. He got married, had two children and saw by himself the very methods of ‘sexual re-orientation’. In an exclusive interview, Sergio talked to me and showed that methods to change sexual orientation are useless, causing pain and suffering to those who are willing to go through any of them.

It is a good article.
http://flyingteapot.haaan.com/2011/11/475
Maybe Warren is on to something

]]> By: Michael Bussee https://wthrockmorton.com/2011/10/14/is-it-the-end-of-the-ex-gay-movement-as-we-know-it/#comment-53519 Thu, 03 Nov 2011 18:00:15 +0000 http://wthrockmorton.com/?p=10413#comment-53519 Yet another “Ex-gay” leader comes out:
Brazilian Ex-Gay Leader Comes Out, Rebukes ‘Act Of Violence’ Of Reinforcing Internalized Homophobia

Viula is only the latest ex-gay leader to recant his previous teachings. John Smid of Love In Action recently began doing the same. The testimony these changed men share is important to highlight, but it does not undo the harm that ex-gay therapy continues to cause individuals every day. The desire to change one’s sexual orientation (and the belief that it is possible) is motivated by the anti-gay stigma present throughout society. Only by challenging that demonization will the harm ever come to an end.

http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2011/11/03/360334/brazil-ex-gay-comes-out/

]]> By: Michael Bussee https://wthrockmorton.com/2011/10/14/is-it-the-end-of-the-ex-gay-movement-as-we-know-it/#comment-78739 Thu, 03 Nov 2011 14:00:15 +0000 http://wthrockmorton.com/?p=10413#comment-78739 Yet another “Ex-gay” leader comes out:
Brazilian Ex-Gay Leader Comes Out, Rebukes ‘Act Of Violence’ Of Reinforcing Internalized Homophobia

Viula is only the latest ex-gay leader to recant his previous teachings. John Smid of Love In Action recently began doing the same. The testimony these changed men share is important to highlight, but it does not undo the harm that ex-gay therapy continues to cause individuals every day. The desire to change one’s sexual orientation (and the belief that it is possible) is motivated by the anti-gay stigma present throughout society. Only by challenging that demonization will the harm ever come to an end.

http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2011/11/03/360334/brazil-ex-gay-comes-out/

]]> By: stephen https://wthrockmorton.com/2011/10/14/is-it-the-end-of-the-ex-gay-movement-as-we-know-it/#comment-53518 Fri, 21 Oct 2011 23:19:21 +0000 http://wthrockmorton.com/?p=10413#comment-53518 Am I being unfair Michael in thinking that it all does seem to be about him? This hardly seems to be about trying to right the wrongs of the past. Not that he can but at least he could try.

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