Wayne Besen, of Truth Wins Out, published a column today on the on-going issue of Ignite Student Outreach (www.igniteoutreach.org) I was the first to publicly say anything about this group when I received an invite to attend their summer camps, featuring ex-gay leaders. I quickly contacted Wayne Besen and his group, after which he also [...]
Monthly Archives: November 2006
Nov 29
Yeah… wait till next week
Last week I started up a new series, basicaly just recapping every MTV Real World episode as it relates to Davis Mallory, this season’s token gay guy.
Unfortunately, this week was all about three of the roommates and a love triangle.
So no news on Davis. BUT… next week should be a blast.
Go to realworld.mtv.com and click [...]
Nov 29
NC State Senate forum on LGBT Center
The NC State University Student Senate will, as alluded to nearly a month ago, hold a student forum on the issue of the proposed LGBT student center on the campus next week.
In mid-October the NC State Student Senate approved a measure in support of creating a resource center for LGBT students in an already existing [...]
Nov 29
This week’s column: Int’l. students beware
Here’s this week’s column from The Carolinian (UNCG):
Studying abroad? You’ve been warned
An international student’s experience with right-wing Christians
by Matt Hill Comer Don’t Ask (I’m Telling)
Posted: 11/28/06
Michael Gromek, a bright-eyed, dirty-blonde, 19-year-old Polish student, came to study in America not too long ago. He stayed with a host family in Winston-Salem, N.C. You would have thought [...]
Nov 29
NC Advocacy website crashes
The website for my political action committee, the NC Advocacy Coalition (www.ncadvocacycoalition.org), crashed on Tuesday. My friend, colleague and our Asst. Executive Director Brandon Greeson receives emails everytime something is updated on the website. Today he received an email with almost 30 new comments from a user name, “johnsmith666″ or something like that. He went [...]
Nov 28
Ignite Student Outreach re-writes the past
MAJOR UPDATE on Ignite Student Outreach (igniteoutreach.org) since the last update.
It seems as though Ignite Student Outreach has caught on to some of the publicity it has gotten for its perceived ex-gay association with Exodus International and Exodus Youth.
Ignite Student Outreach has changed the “Affiliates” section of its website. Previously, Exodus Youth was Ignite’s only [...]
Nov 28
Updates on Ignite Student Outreach
Some updates on the program from Ignite Student Outreach (igniteoutreach.org), which I first posted about on November 24th and then on November 25th.
There are some possibilities here, although plenty of people are still looking into the program of four summer camps featuring speakers from Exodus International and Exodus Youth, the two largest ex-gay groups.
I’ve done [...]
Nov 27
The Bible & Homosexuality
Oliver “Buzz” Thomas… I love this man:
As a former “the Bible says it, I believe it, that settles it” kind of guy, I am sympathetic with any Christian who accepts the Bible at face value. But here’s the catch. Leviticus is filled with laws imposing the death penalty for everything from eating catfish to sassing [...]
Nov 27
UNC & Gender-identity
A great letter to the editor in today’s Daily Tar Heel at UNC-Chapel Hill.
UNC must adopt a better non-discrimination policy
Recently, I visited UNC as a School of Medicine alumni and learned about the UNC Safe Zone program which “creates a network of allies for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) students, and by doing so, [...]
Nov 26
Testing the waters: Co-Blogger
Ok… So I want to find someone who would be the co-blogger here on Q-triad.
The perfect co-blogger/contributor would be a person who can offer a perspective slightly different from my own. Some of my thoughts on who may be, perhaps, a good fit for co-blogger/contributor:
a straight ally
an LGBT person of color
an LGBT person not from [...]
