Many LGBTQ people report having experienced conversion therapy, study finds
A new study found that trans people reported experiencing this discredited and harmful treatment at a higher rate than gays and lesbians One of the most difficult issues we face fighting “ex-gay” conversion therapy is the idea that it is a relic of the past — an unfortunate abuse of a bygone era. The reality […]
Truth Wins Out Condemns Rishi Sunak’s Expected Plan to Undermine Promised UK Conversion Therapy Ban
Conversion Therapy is a Ridiculous, Not Religious Practice Based on Malpractice, Not Medicine, Says TWO Delray Beach, FL– Truth Wins Out expressed profound disappointment and strong condemnation in response to reports indicating that Rishi Sunak, the UK’s Prime Minister, is planning to scuttle a long-promised conversion therapy ban. This is a deplorable step backwards […]
TWO’s Wayne Besen On Rated LGBT Radio to Discuss New Book Debunking Conversion Therapy
TWO Executive Director Wayne Besen appeared on Rated LGBT radio with Rob Watson and Brody Levesque. It was an excellent show where they discussed Besen’s new book Lies with a Straight Face: Exposing the Cranks and Cons Inside the ‘Ex-Gay’ Industry. Pre-Order Lies with a Straight Face Now [All royalties from sales go to Truth […]
PRE-ORDER: Lies with a Straight Face
“Wayne writes with the passion and skill of a novelist as he tells this story of so-called ‘ex-gay’ therapy. Lies with a Straight Face is a beautifully written, well-researched and up-to-the moment science-based volume.” –Frank Schaeffer, Author, Crazy for God The book release date is October 11, National Coming Out Day. All royalties from book […]
Freedom March Cynically Rebrands for Pride Month After Founder Comes Out as Transgender
Freedom March Grifters Reboot as Rainbow Revival The Freedom March is a right-wing Christian fundamentalist organization that exists to help LGBTQ people “pray away the gay.” They also claim to help people transition out of being trans. So, it was a really bad day for the Freedom March when its founder, Jeffrey McCall, announced online […]
TWO Condemns Shameful Court Ruling That Finances the Fraud of Quack Conversion Therapists
Bizarre Decision is a ‘Judicial Gift for the Grift’ that Penalizes Municipalities for Protecting LGBTQ Youth, Says TWO DELRAY BEACH, FL – Truth Wins Out strongly objected to a bizarre and dangerous decision by the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals that ruled that two Florida conversion therapists are allowed to continue harming LGBTQ youth with […]
Jeffrey McCall Drags Down Freedom March: Comes Out as Scarlett
Announcement Follows Previous Scandal of Multiple hookups with Men FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Wayne Besen, Executive Director: wbesen@truthwinsout.org DELRAY BEACH, FL – Truth Wins Out welcomed Freedom March founder Jeffrey McCall out of the closet. The Freedom March is an “ex-gay” program founded by McCall, that holds rallies across America urging LGBTQ people to repent […]
TWO Calls on World to Turn Uganda into a Pariah State if President Museveni Signs Sadistic Anti-Homosexuality Law
Sponsors of Law Should be Pursued and Charged with Crimes Against Humanity DELRAY BEACH, FL- Truth Wins Out harshly condemned a cruel and inhumane law that, if signed by Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, would represent an eliminationist assault that seeks to erase LGBTQ people from public existence. The law calls for life in prison for […]
The Pope Advances Progress on LGBTQ Equality
This week, Pope Francis criticized laws that criminalize gay sexual conduct as “unjust.” He said that God loves all his children just as they are. In an interview with the Associated Press, the Pontiff said, “Being homosexual isn’t a crime.” The Pope is dope. I don’t mean on drugs. But dope in the […]
Wisconsin GOP Nixes Conversion Therapy Protections for Kids
In 2020, Wisconsin banned conversion therapy, a discredited practice to try to change a person from gay-to-straight. This week, six Wisconsin Republican lawmakers voted to block the ban, over the objection of four democrats. The excuse Republican State Rep. Adam Neylon gave for reinstating this dangerous form of psychological abuse, is that the Department of […]