Peterson Toscano's Blog
Peterson Toscano
- Location
- Hartford, Connecticut, USA
- Birthday
- February 17
- Company
- p2son productions
- Bio
- Musings of Peterson Toscano, a quirky queer Quaker where he writes about sexuality, gender, faith, veganism and so much more!
Peterson is the creator of Doin’ Time in the Homo No Mo Halfway House.
An actor, playwright and activist his other works include Transfigurations, a play about transgender Bible characters
MY RECENT POSTS
- Rumors of my blogging demise
are greatly exaggerated
May 21, 2012 06:02PM - Ex-Gay Survivor? New Survey to
log in your experiences
October 29, 2011 09:42AM - Some Thoughts on Forgiveness
October 19, 2011 07:32PM - This is What an Apology Looks
Like
October 13, 2011 06:12AM - Love in Action shuts down
residential program
September 02, 2011 10:00AM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “Eva, we should have a
"sin-off" to see who is the
most
wicked.”
April 18, 2011 09:49PM - “madhuri, thank you for
saying so :-)”
April 18, 2011 09:48PM - “doloresflores, I wish
you could hear it in her
voice.
Priceless.”
April 07, 2011 02:32PM - “Kathysaras, ur welcome
=)”
April 07, 2011 11:33AM - “Eva! You are welcome. He
is indeed courageous. Both he
and
his wife, Deborah,
are…”
April 07, 2011 11:17AM
Peterson Toscano's Links
Sometimes it’s a good thing to be a failure, particularly when one tries to destroy their personality and sexuality (or assist others in destroying theirs.) The vast majority of people who have attempted to “de-gay” themselves through reparative therapy, straight camps and ex-… Read full post »
Glen Retief in Lesotho
My partner Glen Retief and I were both baptized into the Roman Catholic Church, taken First Holy Communion and Confirmation. We no longer attend mass and in fact have become involved with the Religious Society of Friends (Quaker).
There are so many things I adore about G… Read full post »
The holidays can be a drag. My all time worst and weirdest Christmas was spent at a residential ex-gay program in Memphis, TN where they attempted to de-gay me. Hair can be straightened. Gays? Not so much. In the midst of the bizarre rules, the gender realignment exercises and the mayhem… Read full post »
I
spent 17 years begging God to transform me into a heterosexual--to
make me into a man of God. For 10 of those "ex-gay" years,
I lived in New York City. Not Little Rock, AR, Huntsville, AL or
Odessa, TX, but in big bad Sodom itself. In fact, during that
time… Read full post »
I've always been fascinated with Patty Hearst. Although
only in third grade when Hearst, an heiress from California, was
kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA), I somehow became
wrapped up in news stories about her. Little did I know at the time
that our paths actually crossed on m… Read full post »
Congregation embraces transgender minister as his secret is revealed
I have known David Weekley and his wife Deborah for several months now as they had begun the many steps in the coming out process. Below is a long story of how the process has been so far. I love good news.
… Read full post »Just months after telling his own children that he
There has been lots of ex-gay related news the past few weeks.
- A wave of news stories both in the US and UK gay and mainstream news centered around Bryce Faulkner. It’s been well over a week since anything has been published about this story. We all hope Bryce is/
I’ve been listening to a great podcast–Mandrake Society Radio and in particular to an interview with Steven G. Fullwood, founder of the Black Gay/Lesbian Archive, located in the Schomberg Center for Black Culture in the New York City Library. One theme that comces up more than once in th
… Read full post »Lots of people want to know about my time in the Love in Action Homo No Mo Halfway House. Just today I spoke to a journalist who had lots of questions about the program, the “treatments”, rules, etc. Recently for a Pink News article I shared in detail about some
… Read full post »Yesterday I posted video about the many reasons why I attempted to alter my gay orientation. (I failed miserably, well, actually happily as it turns out). In comments some here at OS have asked for more details about what actually happened during those 17 years when I tried to "de-gay" myself.… Read full post »
I am one of those gay guys who didn't like the idea of being gay. It got so bad that I actually attempted to change my orientation or at least suppress it as if it were an unruly puppy I stuffed into a crate, except that I meant to do it… Read full post »
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Exodus 'denounces' FRC decision (i.e. we're doing good work)
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Critiquing Academic “Coinage” Myths: The Virginia Prince Fountainhead Myth is Dead
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Theatrical and Literary Endeavors, Travel; Problem-Solving
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Announcing the Salon-Alternet Investigative Fund
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The Charlie Project Needs Your Help!
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Headupassitis
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Does it matter that Tim Cook happens to be gay?
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Rejecting Bisexual Narratives of Hate
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