Truth Wins Out is a 501c3 nonprofit organization that works to advance liberty and democracy, protect the rights of LGBTQ people and other minorities, combat religious extremism, and fight against the spread of disinformation.
Our organization combines rigorous investigation with rapid-response communications to expose extremism, elevate fact-based narratives, and equip partners, journalists, and policymakers with actionable intelligence.
With the world under assault from authoritarian and revanchist forces, we are rising to meet this pivotal moment in history. TWO represents Enlightenment Values and people who demand to live in free, open societies. We celebrate freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, freedom of assembly and universal human rights.
Truth Wins Out is helping lead the pushback against Project 2025 with our deeply researched report — “Behind the Mask: The Project 2025 Organizations Reshaping America”. We map the network, funding flows, key personnel, and the policy blueprint driving this nefarious effort.
Additionally, Truth Wins Out continues to lead the global fight against “ex-gay” conversion programs. We monitor these extremist groups and expose the harm they cause survivors, families and society. TWO has created the world’s largest video catalogue debunking “ex-gay” programs—with videos featuring survivors, former “ex-gay” leaders, mental health experts, scientists and religious scholars.
The organization’s Executive Director, Wayne Besen, has published two acclaimed books on the topic, Lies with a Straight Face (2023) and Anything Bust Straight (2003). TWO also published, To the Dark Side and Back, the definitive publication on former “ex-gay” leaders who explain why conversion programs fail and why they came back out of the closet.
In 2006, Truth Wins Out was founded in response to President George W. Bush inviting “ex-gay” conversion leaders to the White House to lobby against marriage equality. Our initial work was following Focus on the Family’s Love Won Out Conference across the country, where we would organize protests and host educational seminars.
The organization’s name, Truth Wins Out, was specifically created as a counter to Love Won Out. Fortunately, we’ve been quite successful at shutting down “ex-gay” programs—with virtually every organization we started fighting in 2006 having been shut down or greatly diminished—while TWO is still standing and flourishing.
Truth Wins Out expanded to become a recognized leader in fighting the Religious Right. We founded our Center Against Religious Extremism (TWOCARE) to conduct deep research and monitor right wing conferences.
The major far right forums we have investigated, often undercover, include: CPAC, Focus on the Family’s Love Won Out, The Awakening at Liberty University, Reclaiming America for Christ, The Values Voter Summit, May Day: A Cry To God For A Nation In Distress, Lou Engle’s The Call, the International House of Prayer (IHOP), The 7 Mountains Social Transformation Conference at Harvard and many more.
Please visit our YouTube channel to see our comprehensive video catalogue. To learn more about TWO’s history, check out our organizational milestones.
