“It’s Life Jim…” has been reduced to only $10US indefinitely! I’m not in this for the money – I just want to get the word out – that there is hope beyond religion – that there is life and love that goes beyond anything it could ever offer. Click on the image or use this […]
Religious fundamentalism a mental illness?
I have battled with religious fundamentalism for a large portion of my life – from both sides! I was in it up to the eyeballs, yet often questioning so much of it. I felt confused a lot of the time because part of me was convinced it was all true, but another part of me […]
Internalised Homophobia
Internalised Homophobia is a real thing, and it’s one of the most destructive things LGBT people can suffer from. Basically, you’ve been conditioned by cultural and religious input for so long that you “know” that being gay is perverted and sinful. You are convinced that anyone who is LGBT is sick and needs to repent […]
There are some happy endings!
Another dose of sick religion! Get ready to grab a tissue, because this is an incredibly beautiful and sad story of a real family coming together…
Marlon James – “ex-gay” exorcism survivor
The winner of the prestigious Man Booker Prize says he underwent exorcism as part of a therapy pushed by the “ex-gay” religious movement in Jamaica. Openly gay author Marlon James, who won the Man Booker Prize in 2015 for his novel A Brief History of Seven Killings, underwent the therapy thinking he was trapped in […]
Jim Marjoram – former Living Waters Leader
Thanks to Anthony Venn-Brown for this great article. Being gay was something I couldn’t put words to as a child, being attracted to guys was simply how I was wired. But it was always “wrong” and filled me with shame, so after a spiritual experience at 15, I determined to become straight, going through every […]
We’ve only just begun…
Reparative therapy – Conversion therapy – “pray away the gay” – is on the decline and many organisations are closing their doors because they have realised that it doesn’t work. There’s a few fundamentalist die-hards that have regrouped to form even more evil and destructive “ministries”, and some of the smaller ones persist despite the overwhelming evidence […]
I was a chronic liar!
Lying. We hate liars. We are taught from day one that its absolutely wrong to lie, and when we catch people lying it destroys trust and credibility. But we all tell little lies every so often. We twist the truth a little, tell “white lies”, you know the story. It’s even justifiable if the truth […]
Another blow to reparative therapy!
U.S. Supreme Court delivers another blow to conversion therapy industry The action came in an appeal filed by the rabidly anti-LGBT group Liberty Counsel, which argued that New Jersey’s law violates the religious and free speech rights of a young man and his parents… [click here for full story]
Bloody Money!!
I’ve been pretty up front with the financial needs of running Silent Gays and getting my book off the ground, as well as trying to fund my new LGBT information booklet. I have a few faithful supporters who have been amazing and helped through tough times – you know who you are and I have […]