Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays (PFOX)

Mike Pence, Republicans, conservative Christianity, and conversion therapy

Pence and other political “leaders” who support these draconian measures should talk to people who have been impacted the most.

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‘Ex-gay’ model returns to Richmond with a new billboard … and a new message

Two Months after his face graced a Richmond interstate billboard, an “ex-gay” model is back, but this time he’s got a different message for Virginia commuters.

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Richmond LGBT community responds to anti-gay billboard with positive message

The billboard, from the Gay Community Center of Richmond (GCCR), proclaims “We are all born to love,” a message it hopes counters the “Nobody is born gay” billboard by conversion therapy proponents.

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Sorry PFOX… The model on the ‘ex-gay’ billboard is ‘out and proud,’ not a twin

The “twins” whose photographs appear on a Virginia billboard declaring “nobody is born gay” is actually one “out and proud” gay man who is not a twin.

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Lawmaker responds to anti-gay billboard with bill to ban ‘ex-gay’ therapy for minors

The announcement by Virginia Del. Patrick Hope comes just days after a controversial billboard was erected in Richmond by a group that supports the practice.

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‘Ex-gay’ group erects billboard in Richmond declaring ‘nobody is born gay’

A group supporting gay-to-straight conversion therapy has put up a billboard along a Virginia interstate declaring "nobody is born gay."

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Second ex-gay group challenges Va. colleges over lack of ex-gay resources

RICHMOND, Va. -- Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays & Gays (PFOX) is asking the Virginia legislature to stop funding “gay-transvestite centers at Virginia’s public universities,” claiming state funds are being used to “indocronate” youth into changing…

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‘Ex-gay’ therapy advocates threaten Va. colleges over lack of resources

RICHMOND, Va. — The “ex-gay” group, Voice of the Voiceless, is urging LGBTQ resource centers at universities in Virginia to provide ex-gay therapy and resources on changing sexual orientation. The group sent a letter to all…

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Will the Supreme Court read the most horrific children’s book of all time?

Richard Cohen is one of the most prominent purveyors of reparative therapy, the harmful process of trying to “cure” homosexuality that was recently banned for minors in California. And his book Alfie’s Home, cited in PFOX’s…

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Memo to PFOX: We don’t need your rehabilitation

“Victims,” best describes those who participate (especially those forced to participate) in the macabre ritual of self-loathing that SOCE (sexual orientation change efforts) groups advocate. These are not institutions of healing. But are institutions of shame…

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