Former ‘Ex-Gay’ Leader Alan Chambers Arrested for Soliciting 14-Year-Old Was Predictable
Right Wing Churches Still Support Exploitative ‘Ex-Gay’ Programs In 2012, Exodus International, the world’s largest “ex-gay” ministry, began to crumble. The movement, which had existed since 1973, convulsed when then-Exodus President Alan Chambers announced at a Gay Christian Network conference that “the majority, meaning 99.9% of them [Exodus clients], have not experienced a change in […]
TWO Responds to Deeply Troubling Arrest of Former Exodus International President Alan Chambers
TWO Says Allegations Are Sickening, Saddening, and a Grim Reminder of the Dangers Created by ‘Ex-Gay’ Ministries Contact:Contact Wayne Besen, Executive DirectorEmail: wbesen@truthwinsout.org Delray Beach, Fl. — Truth Wins Out, a national organization that monitors and exposes anti-LGBTQ extremism and so-called “ex-gay” conversion ministries, today responded to the arrest of Alan Chambers, the former president […]
TWO Lauds European Parliament Vote to Ban Conversion Therapy
TWO Blasts Backwardness of U.S. Supreme Court’s Recent Ruling by Comparison Delray Beach, FL — Truth Wins Out (TWO) issued a statement today praising the European Parliament’s landmark April 30, 2026, vote to ban conversion “therapy” across the European Union. In a powerful move for public health and human rights, the Parliament called for binding legislation […]
Podcast: TWO’s Wayne Besen on Political and Practical Impact of Conversion Therapy Ruling
Truth Wins Out’s Executive Director Wayne Besen joins Refuse Fascism‘s Podcast for a direct conversation on the resurgence of so-called “conversion therapy,” the misuse of “free speech” to justify harmful practices, and the broader escalation of anti-LGBTQ aggression. The interview examines the implications of recent Supreme Court developments and situates these attacks within a wider push toward […]
TWO Condemns Supreme Court Ruling Overturning Laws to Protect Minors Against Conversion Therapy
Ruling will Have Limited Impact Due to Symbolic Laws with Massive Loopholes and No Teeth, Said TWO Contact Wayne Besen, Executive Director, wbesen@truthwinsout.org Delray Beach, FL — Truth Wins Out today issued a strong condemnation of today’s Supreme Court ruling, Chiles v. Salazar, a Colorado case that ends restrictions in 27 states on so-called “conversion […]
LGBTQ Nation: State bans against conversion therapy are ineffective, argues TWO’s Wayne Besen
State bans against conversion therapy do nothing to stop the religious groups who offer it most, says longtime activist Wayne Besen. By Daniel Villareall, LGBTQ Nation Even though the Supreme Court is currently considering Chiles v. Salazar, a case that could overturn the bans on conversion therapy for minors currently in place in 27 states, longtime […]
TWO Urges Supreme Court to Uphold Conversion Therapy Bans
Alliance Defending Freedom Offers Ludicrous ‘Talk Therapy’ Defense Delray Beach, FL — As the U.S. Supreme Court hears Chiles v. Salazar on October 7, 2025—a case challenging state laws that protect minors from the psychological harm of so-called “conversion therapy”—Truth Wins Out (TWO) strongly urges the justices to uphold these mostly symbolic bans and reject […]
TWO Releases Hopeless Living: A Review Of Living Hope Ministries
Texas-Based ‘Ex-Gay’ Ministry One of America’s Most Notorious Conversion Programs Truth Wins Out (TWO) is proud to release “Hopeless Living: A Review of Living Hope Ministries, One of America’s Most Notorious ‘Ex-Gay’ Programs”. It is part of TWO’s unique efforts to monitor and debunk the vicious lies peddled by the nefarious “ex-gay” conversion industry. You […]
TWO Blasts Southern Baptist Convention Vote to Overturn Same‑Sex Marriage
SBC Has Long, Sordid History of Hate and Discrimination Delray Beach, FL — The LGBTQ advocacy group Truth Wins Out vehemently denounces today’s vote by the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) to actively seek the overturning of Obergefell v. Hodges, the 2015 landmark Supreme Court decision that legalized same‑sex marriage nationwide. In reaffirming its wholehearted opposition […]
TWO Condemns Supreme Court for Hearing Conversion Therapy Case
Conversion Therapy is Consumer Fraud and Not Free Speech Delray Beach, FL – Truth Wins Out harshly condemned the Supreme Court today for deciding to hear a case that seeks to overturn a ban for conversion therapy targeting minors. The practice is prohibited in more than 20 states. The case was brought by Kaley Chiles, […]