A Tenable Belief

Yesterday I closed with a postscript about having found media guidelines for covering suicide. Today I followed up with a post at Pams House Blend. Here’s an excerpt: The evidence-based answer So, we’ve got a painful, uncomfortable, answer to the question: Suicide after bullying is not something set apart, simpler, or more easily prevented than… Continue reading »

The Equality Forum issued a press release today (redactions mine): “We need to stop the carnage of gay teen suicides,” said Malcolm Lazin, Executive Director, Equality Forum, a national LGBT civil rights organization headquartered in Philadelphia. In October 2010, [name redacted], a Rutgers University freshman who committed suicide [redacted], brought national attention to the epidemic… Continue reading »

John Aravosis posted Longtime gay activist Robin Tyler on marriage and the Dems with this intro: Robin is an old friend, she co-founded StopDrLaura.com with me, and she and her wife Diane were the first gay (lesbian) couple married in LA county after marriage became legal in California last year (before it was banned). I… Continue reading »

Warren Throckmorton commented on-air at CNN Tuesday: The congruence for some clients will be with their sexuality. The congruence for others will be with their religious beliefs. Clearly, some people feel that the most core aspect of them is their sexuality. Others, on the other hand, believe that their religious values and religious beliefs are… Continue reading »

An anonymous ex-gay writer at the PFOX MySpace blog posted an open letter: Dear Ex-Ex Gay Organizations, I really appreciate your concern for people like me, people you consider “ex-gays.” It’s really great to know that there are people out there that seem to want to help. According to your websites, you seem to really… Continue reading »

I just threw up a new site, QueerSuicide.org. The concept for it has emerged from multiple sources — my experience as a survivor of Dale, my boyfriend’s, suicide in 2000, and my admiration for the ways in which Peterson and Christine have crafted the Beyond Ex-Gay site as a place of healing and sharing of… Continue reading »

Today, Peterson talks about the importance of telling our stories, highlighting what’s going on at Truth Wins Out with its short, punchy videos (the first one features Shawn O’Donnell) and at Beyond Ex-Gay with more detailed telling of people’s stories. He closes with: The important point is that we need to tell our own stories… Continue reading »

Apparently, Dr. Joseph Nicolosi, co-founder of NARTH, will speak to a faith-based group in London in June. His presentation is titled Time for Truth – Is Gay Real? and the plan is that he will “take a scientific rather than an explicitly Christian approach.” I just wonder whether he Will seem angry, or struggle for… Continue reading »

Peterson talks about his time as a member of the Times Square Church under pastor David Wilkerson. In the midst of his own struggles with believing he had to choose between being gay and having God in his life he recalls: I even spoke to a minister at the church about my struggle. To my… Continue reading »

The Love Makes a Family organization in Connecticut is encouraging folks to email Governor Rell and their statehouse reps about marriage equality with an easy-to-use page at their site. Here’s my letter, with the personal portion highlighted: Jan 16, 2007 Governor M. Rell Executive Office of the Governor State Capitol, 210 Capitol Avenue Hartford, CT… Continue reading »