Written by Instinct Staff | Wednesday, 18 April 2012
Tags: maryland, montgomery county, ban, school board, recommends, pfox, ex gay, homophobic, fliers, non profits 
Parents of schoolchildren in Montgomery County, Maryland were rightfully outraged in February after students returned home with fliers promoting "ex gay" therapy, handed out legally at schools by PFOX (Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays and Gays). Having voiced concern to school officials, a policy change that'll thwart the indoctrination of kids into a lifestyle of hate might be on the way. Details follow.
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Written by Instinct Staff | Tuesday, 07 February 2012
Tags: maryland, montgomery county, school, kids, district, sent home, pfox, flyer, anti-gay, ex gay, harmful, rhetoric, propaganda, homosexuality, lgbt, youth
Updated (with video) Wednesday, 10:40 a.m. EST
Talk about trying to indoctrinate children! Maryland parents are enraged that anti-gay/ex-gay group Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays and Gays (PFOX) sent school kids home with homophobic flyers claiming that no one is "born gay" and that everyone chooses their sexuality. Details and a video news report follow.
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Written by Instinct Staff | Sunday, 11 September 2011
Tags: it gets better, teen, gay, youth, lgbt, straight, christian counseling, conversion, ex gay, saved, thank you, video, depfox channel, leffew family, gay family values
The high-profile video contributions to "It Gets Better" may grab all the headlines, but stories describing the impact of Dan Savage's invaluable project are just as deserving. We rarely get a glimpse of the real-world effects "It Gets Better" affords the lives of LGBT teens, but that changes with this YouTube video from "thatawkwardone01," who reveals how the campaign and the Leffew family's Depfox channel [edit: Monday, 9/12 9:05 p.m.] saved him from attending anti-gay "Christian" counseling. Follow the jump to see how "It Gets Better" comes full circle.
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