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Eve Tushnet Although evangelical “ex-gay” ministries began in the 1970s, recently they’ve started to come under the public eye. Ex-gay groups have turned up on TV shows like Malcolm in the Middle and Veronica Mars (not to mention the painfully funny satire But I’m a Cheerleader!), and subway ads with cute young adults proclaiming that they “questioned homosexuality” or “chose to change” appear every couple of years in the D.C. area. Last summer, a Tennessee ex-gay program run by the group Love in Action gained (or suffered) national prominence when one 16-year-old posted on his MySpace blog about his unhappiness...

LifeSite Daily News Friday May 23, 2003 African-American Ex-Gay Pastor Explodes The Myth That Homosexuality Is No Different Than Race WASHINGTON, May 23, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The Rev. D. L. Foster, pastor of Restoration Sanctuary International Church in Atlanta, today exploded the myth that homosexuality is an immutable characteristic like race - as many homosexual activists claim. Rev. Foster is an ex-homosexual (having been a homosexual for 11 years) and is also African-American. His comments were made on today's airing of Concerned Women Today, Concerned Women for America's daily radio program which is heard in over 70 markets nationwide. Rev....

Many in Congress never heard of people overcoming homosexuality About two dozen representatives of ex-homosexual groups under the auspices of Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays and Gays (PFOX) visited about 60 Congressional offices last Thursday and Friday for "Ex-Gay Lobby Days." Parents, families and friends joined eight former homosexuals to take the message of change and hope to sometimes surprised congressional staffers. The group included PFOX Executive Director Regina Griggs; Rev. D.L. Foster, a black pastor from Atlanta who directs 11 ex-gay ministries and is himself an ex-gay; former homosexual Greg Quinlan, president of Dayton, Ohio-based Pro-Family Network; ex-gay Richard...