X-Nico

2 unusual facts about ex-gay movement


Ex-gay movement

Joseph Nicolosi is an American clinical psychologist, founder and director of the Thomas Aquinas Psychological Clinic in Encino, California, and a founder and former president of the National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality (NARTH).

Donnie McClurkin wrote about his experience with homosexuality in his book, Eternal Victim, Eternal Victor.


Nathan Christoffersen

In published obituaries, Christoffersen's family made no mention of his sexual orientation and requested that donations in his honor be made to New Creation Ministry, a church solely devoted to the ex-gay movement — a movement which promotes attempts to change the sexual orientation of gay people to straight, in a Christian context.

Timeline of sexual orientation and medicine

Because of Holsinger's alleged support of the ex-gay movement, his nomination drew sharp criticism from groups like the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association and the Human Rights Campaign.


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Teodoro Maniaci

Of all the films he has worked on, the one most identified with Maniaci is One Nation Under God, about the Ex-gay movement, in particular the Exodus movement.