Last week I had the honor of submitting testimony to the Miami-Dade Board of Commissioners recommending passage of a policy banning conversion therapy for minors. Unfortunately, they did not pass the ban, and LGBTQ+ youth will continue to be forced into abusive counseling that starts from a damaging and false premise that they are somehow broken. …
Focus Group Radio Highlights “Caution When Driving Gay” Post
https://youtu.be/vFALyMq4zFM?t=30m20s This morning I was painting and Dan was doing Handy Man Dan things while we listened to one of my favorite podcasts, Focus Group Radio. At one point we looked at each other and said, "Are they talking about... us?" Yep, they were. We are grateful for Tim and John highlighting what Dan went through being …
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A Powerful Three Days: After Documentary Interview Thoughts & Reflection
Thursday Last Thursday I spent the day with Daniel Karslake. He and his excellent cameraman Doug Candler filmed my story for his upcoming documentary "For They Know Not What They Do." It was an important conversation. Afterward, I was completely at peace. We covered a LOT of ground from my personal story to my perspective as the last Executive …
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Two Imporant Documentaries In The Works
This past week I got serious about moving at the end of the month. I was packing, cleaning, donating, tossing, and finding surprises! As a part of all that, I decided to filter through about 20 years worth of paperwork (receipts, bills, taxes, old condo papers, etc.) In the process of digging through all this paper, I found a hard copy of The Los …
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Welcome Advocate Readers
Woke up this morning to find out I am in The Advocate's "They Came Out This Year." Thank you, Advocate! From the article (linkage mine): Randy Thomas, once an activist with the now-defunct "ex-gay" group Exodus International, came out in a January blog post as “gay with some level of bisexual tendencies.” Thomas has apologized for how the "ex-gay" …
Quoted In The Atlantic Magazine Concerning JONAH Gay Conversion Trial
I recently had the honor of speaking with The Atlantic staff writer Olga Khazan about the trial against gay conversion group JONAH that started this week. She quoted me to close her article: Randy Thomas, a former executive vice president with the ex-gay Christian network Exodus International, now says he wished he had never tried to change his …
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