Wayne Besen to take on ex-gay industry in lecture at UAB Hill Center

November 3, 8:17 AMBirmingham Gay Community ExaminerJoe Openshaw

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Wayne Besen, author of Anything But Straight: Unmasking the Scandals and Lies Behind the Ex-Gay Myth (Haworth, 2003), former spokesperson for HRC and founder of Truth Wins Out, will be speaking at Alumni Auditorium at Hill University Center 1400 University Blvd., Birmingham on:

Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 7:00 PM.

Truth Wins Out is a non-profit organization that defends the GLBT community against anti-gay misinformation campaigns, counters the so-called “ex-gay” industry and educates America about gay life. Our goal is to help people be true to themselves and lead genuine lives of honesty and integrity.

This video offers a snapshot of what Truth Wins Out does. Ex-gay survivors speak. 

Wayne has picked this time to come to Birmingham because two days after his presentation, Focus on the Family will be presenting their final Love Won Out conference here in Birmingham before handing the reigns over to Exodus International.

Learn more about Wayne Besen here.

This event is being co-sponsored by The Alliance for GLBT Equality at UAB and UAB’s Office of the Vice President for Equity and Diversity, along with Equality Alabama and PFLAG Birmingham, Central Alabama Pride and Covenant Community Church.

Certainly the GLBT community wants to attend, but especially young people, teens, questioning youth, their parents and the general public.

Read the press release from Truth Wins Out here.