TWO [Truth Wins Out] executive Director Wayne Besen has issued the following press release:
"I am proud to announce that Truth Wins Out has finally moved into its new Manhattan office! For the past three years, I had run the organization out of a small studio apartment in Brooklyn. While I loved the short commute and liberal dress code, space was extremely tight. As the organization grew, so did the stacks of media packets, brochures and educational materials. Even my cat, Critter, began to complain about the lack of space. Clearly, the time had come for Truth Wins Out to find an office. This is especially true, when you consider that our main "ex-gay" opposition, Exodus International, has a one million dollar budget, thirteen staff members and a large office complex to plan its destructive "pray away the gay" operations. Exodus also has a quarter-million dollar youth program to shame vulnerable teens into renouncing their sexual orientation. To effectively compete with Exodus and stop them from shattering more families and ruining more lives - it was time to spread our wings. The new office space also makes it possible to have volunteers and interns. There is finally a place where they can work and use their talents to help further Truth Wins Out's crucial mission. I hope you will consider a tax-deductible contribution to help us cover our new office space."
I know there are people who are leery of contributing to some gay rights groups because they're afraid their money will simply go to pay the six figure salaries of some of the officers. [Years ago I was shocked to see the salaries of some of the people working for Gay Men's Health Crisis! I don't know if this has changed.] But TWO is still a small outfit with dedicated activist Besen and others doing what most other gay groups don't seem to be doing: monitoring groups like Exodus, reporting on their activities on a regular basis, and organizing counter-protests and other campaigns to counteract the ex-gay industries distortions, lies, and blatant hatred. This is extremely important work.
So think about making a contribution if you can.
Check out Two's web site here.
2 comments:
Why is it that the heads of ex-gay ministries are usually the ones busted in mens' room 'encounters' :-)
If anyone's out there trying to pray away my gay then they'd best put some more effort into it 'cause it's not working!
Definite Kudos to Wayne Besen. It seems like a critical time in the US right now.
Yes, this is a critical time, especially when you consider how well-funded the religious right is, and how the alleged "sepaation of church and state" has eroded so much it's like it doesn't exist.
Married republicans and ex-gays get caught in the men's room because they're too ashamed and hypocritical to go into a gay bar.
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