I am honored that Pride podcast picked up the interview I did with Anne Heche and Heather Duffy Boylston. Conversion therapy must end, we must stop the toxic ideology that stigmatizes LGBTQ+ people and our relationships. Many people never thought I would make it out of that world, but my heart and mind changed drastically…
Category: The Journey Out
My Guardian Angel Is Also My Drag Mom – Honoring Mella & Michael
“Coming Out” got me “Thrown Out” At age 19, my Mom discovered something that would upend both of our worlds. While she was doing laundry, she found an invitation in my pocket to a gay Valentine’s Day party. There was no mistaking that it was quite the gay affair. My mother, the only person I…
A Perilous Journey to Authenticity: My Survival Story
Since the Pray Away film was released, I get asked the following questions series frequently. “How did you go from being out in the ’80s and back in the closet born again Christian in the ’90s. Then go to upper echelon leader of the exgay movement in the ’00s to be the EVP of Exodus and help…
A Challenge to Current Conversion Therapy/Exgay Ministry Leaders
Next Wednesday, Pray Away will have its world premiere at the Tribeca Film festival. In the film, I share my unique point-of-view of ex-gay ministry (aka conversion therapy) as the former Executive Vice President of Exodus International, as do my friends, predecessors and former colleagues: Julie Rodgers, Yvette Schneider, John Paulk, Michael Bussee, and others. I share…