I was honored to open for Wayne Besen (Author of "ANYTHING BUT STRAIGHT--Unlocking the Scandals and Lies behind the Ex Gay Myth") last night at UAB's Alumni Auditorium as he spoke on James Dobson's bizarre efforts to change Gay people into Straight people with his organization "FOCUS ON FAMILY" (and their sister act, EXODUS). I spoke first and briefly detailed my experience (at age 17) with "Aversion therapy" --a vain and painful attempt at turning ME into a heterosexual. Working with Wayne was a great experience and I was honored to be asked to speak. Wayne is articulate and informed and will be there tomorrow when we silently protest FOCUS ON FAMILY's invasion of Birmingham. Learn more about Wayne at his website:
www.waynebesen.com and find out about the protest Sat Nov. 7th by going to Joe Openshaw's blog,
www.bessemeropinion.com These people are so full of hate and so ignorant that it is tempting to ignore them, but so many people are fooled because they use religion and fool a lot of people. Please come join us tomorrow if you can. Wayne's group
www.truthwinsout.com is full of great information on what gay people face from a segment of the religious right and specific hate groups.
