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Short Film of Ex-Gay Survivor Conference

Brian Murphy, a filmmaker and one of the Soulforce Equality Riders attended the Ex-Gay Survivor Conference this summer in Irvine, CA. He shot video and put together a great short film. Most moving for me is the portion where he films the Chalk Talk where we write our ex-gay experiences, both the good and the bad. Also the film highlights the stories of more ex-gay survivors, some speaking publicly for the first time.



The link for the film is here or just click on it above.

In other multi-media news, Daniel Gonzales just posted set of videos in an excellent and insightful series where Jim Burroway talks about his visit to Focus on the Family's Love Won Out conference. Check it out here.
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Anonymous said…
WOW! Congratulations to everyone at Beyond ExGay and Brian Murphy for this amazing short.

It's an honor and privilege to be associated with all of you.

Much love,

Scott
3:04 PM
Allyson Dylan Robinson said…
such a wonderful piece. i'm so blessed to have had just a little bitty piece of this.
9:51 PM
Noa Resare said…
Well done, all of you. Thanks.
2:54 AM
Anonymous said…
A great little film. Well done!
7:37 AM
Anonymous said…
WHy doesnt the film run past 2:04 ... :( Have tried it quite a few times already and nothing. Still stays stuck at 2:04.
11:59 AM
Peterson Toscano said…
the film stops at 2:04? That is a Google issue most likely. I have that problem sometimes with Google. We are going to try and put the movie up in two parts so that it can fit on YouTube. The only other suggestion I have is to try it on a different browser and also to clean out you cache on your computer.
12:08 PM
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