Because There is No Such Thing As a “Repaired” Gay
Once a “repaired” gay man, and a minister preaching salvation from homosexuality, now Tim Rymel just hopes to be heard when he says you are worthy of being loved just because you’re here. — I’d been...
View ArticleA Drag Queen for Jesus
From having to keep his orientation “between me and God,” to donning high heels, lipstick and a wig, and having his Pentecostal pastor (also his father) as his biggest supporter. — When my mother...
View ArticleWhen Parents are Forced to Choose Between Their LGBT Child and Their Church
Who can a parent turn to for community and spiritual support when their church declares their child is a broken human being, guilty of a sin for just being who they are? — Is this what she truly...
View ArticleWhy are We Still Trying to “Fix” Gays?
Decades of trying make gay men straight have proven to do to more harm than good. So why have only two states outlawed reparative therapy? — I went to see my doctor a few months ago because of...
View Article4 Things I’d Like to Say to My Pastor
Before you lecture me about being gay there are some things you should know. — I ran into my former pastor at the coffee shop a few months ago. Considering the size of his church, I was impressed that...
View ArticleThis is the Lady Your Pastor Warned You About
Straight, Evangelical Christian, Kathy Baldock, has a message for other Christians about LGBT people they need to hear. —- “My name is Kathy Baldock and I have come here to put a face to the person...
View ArticleThe Legacy of a Good Man
Abel Perez Sr. was a ‘nobody’ by the world’s standard, but his legacy tells a different story. — We buried my fiancé’s father this weekend. Just a little over a week ago he was diagnosed with...
View ArticlePutting Your Past in Perspective
Our pasts can either empower us, or immobilize us, but we make the choice. — I recently had an old acquaintance contact me after 33 years. It took me several hours to remember who she was. She, on the...
View ArticleAre Christians Ready to let go of the Idea of “Ex-gay”?
There’s no such thing as an “ex-gay.” It’s time to put reparative therapy behind us. ___ This past week, Rev. Russell Moore, director of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty...
View ArticleI’m a Gay Man Who Married a Straight Woman
When religion makes a promise reality can’t keep. — “My eyes opened around 2:00 A.M. to the sound of a crowd screaming in the background. I had fallen asleep on the sofa and was, once again, being...
View ArticleBehind the Closed Doors of Conversion Therapy
The former leader of renowned ex-gay ministry, Love in Action, answers the question, “What were you thinking?” —— John Smid married his partner, Larry McQueen, in Oklahoma last weekend. That wouldn’t...
View ArticlePride and Joy Campaign Aims to Support Kids on the Spectrum During the Holidays
These parents of gay kids want to be sure no kid feels left out or goes unappreciated. — Daniel Ashley Pierce was kicked out of his house for being gay. The video he secretly recorded of coming out to...
View ArticleKeeping Secrets and Telling Lies
If you’re living a lie your health may depend on coming 0ut and coming clean. — “I have gay friends with whom I occasionally have sex,” someone wrote to me this week. “If my wife found out, our...
View Article4 Holiday Shopping Tips for Dads With Daughters
Shopping with and for daughters can be a frustrating ordeal, especially for single or divorced dads, but it doesn’t have to be. — It’s that time of year again when dads like us are challenged with...
View Article3 Tips to Avoid Holiday Family Squabbles
While disagreements may be inevitable, drama is not. — It’s that time of year again when families converge into a single, and often too-confined space to commiserate…er…um…celebrate the holidays. We...
View ArticleGays, Parenting, and Religion, a 2014 Remix
In case you missed it, check out some of the interesting stories worth reading, or re-reading, from 2014. It’s been an honor to write for the Good Men Project this year. Of course, I’m not only a...
View ArticleAre Evangelical Christian Parents Killing Their LGBT Kids?
Transgender teen, Leelah Alcorn, blamed her parents for her suicide. What can we learn from this tragedy? — Last week another transgender teen, Leelah Alcorn, took her life because, she said, her...
View ArticleWhy this LGBT Advocate Supports TLC’s “My Husband’s Not Gay.”
It’s time we had an honest discussion about sexual orientation and religion. — If Housewives and Kardashians represent the rest of us, we should be ashamed of ourselves. We’re a nation with too much...
View ArticleReligious Freedoms or Bad Medicine?
Does our right to religious freedom include the endangerment of our LGBT youth? — Earlier this year, Pastor Jamie Coots of the Full Gospel Tabernacle in Jesus Name in Middlesboro, Kentucky was bitten...
View ArticleHoney, Your Husband’s Definitely Gay!
A post-review of TLC’s My Husband’s Not Gay —— Last week I defended TLC’s right to air the show My Husband’s Not Gay, and I stand by my words. Namely, sexuality is complicated and fluid, and at least...
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