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| Founded | June 2006; 18 years ago (June 2006) |
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| Founder | Wayne Besen |
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| Website | truthwinsout |
Truth Wins Out (TWO) is an organization formed byWayne Besen to fight what he considers "anti-gay religious extremism", especially theex-gay movement.
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Besen formed Truth Wins Out on June 7, 2006, as a response to the belief that a person's homosexual orientation can change. In particular, TWO is critical oforganizations and religious ministries which treat homosexuality as a diseased behavior pattern which can be "cured".[1] Besen later launched the related RespectMyResearch project to document what he views as distortions of science by the ex-gay movement, especiallyFocus on the Family.[2]
In 2018, Truth Wins Out started a petition urgingApple to remove an app from theApp Store which allegedly portrayed homosexuality as an "addiction" and "sickness". Apple removed the app by Living Hope Ministries in December.[3] Amazon later removed the app from their platform, while Google allowed the app to remain on theGoogle Play store.[4]
As of 2019, TWO's seat has been relocated inPhiladelphia.[5]
TWO conducts interviews with experts regarding theetiology of sexual orientation. Featured guests includeJ. Michael Bailey,[6]Ray Blanchard,[7]Milton Diamond,[8] Dean Hamer,[9]Lisa M. Diamond,Ken Zucker,[10] Erick Jannsen,[11] Eric Vilain,[12]Simon LeVay,[13] andMarc Breedlove.[14]
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Truth Wins Out conjugates information with advocacy[5] to defend the LGBT community "against the propaganda campaigns of the religious right".[15]
TWO organizes protests around the country to counter the ex-gay movement. One of TWO's three largest protests occurred on November 4, 2008, at theNational Radio Hall of Fame inChicago. The "Dobson" campaign was being held to protest the induction ofJames Dobson, the founder of Focus on the Family, into the Radio Hall of Fame.[16] On his websites, Besen posts videos offormer ex-gays describing their experience with the ex-gay movement.
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