Peterson Toscano, the co-founder of "Beyond Ex-Gay", was kind enough to let me know about a video posted online with highlights from this summer's Ex-Gay Survivor Conference.
You can view the video here.
Peterson and Beyond Ex-Gay co-founder Christine Bakke recently spent some time together working on the organization's website, and Peterson writes about their relationship and the goals of Beyond Ex-Gay on his blog.
The two leaders also appeared on the Strictly Confidential Radio Program to discuss their individual backgrounds and experiences and talk in detail about the organization. That program is linked on Peterson's blog entry.
I'm happy to publicize anything these folks do because they have been willing to put themselves out there to deliver a very important message--not only does ex-gay therapy not work, it often causes serious harm to the individual. Both Peterson and Christine found that out first hand and are investing a lot of themselves to help others avoid the pain they endured and learn to accept and even love who they are.
They do so without anger or bitterness about their own experiences, just a sincere interest in helping people.
It's go to know people who are still motivated to do that.
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