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One of the biggest "ex-gay" groups, Exodus International, recently canceled a conference due to lack of interest. The group has come in for relentless criticism in the past few years.

A California Senate committee advanced a law that would make it harder for people to undergo "ex-gay" therapy treatments.

"Ex-gay" psychiatrist Robert Spitzer who is known for publishing a controversial study in 2001 has recently retracted the study’s findings and said that conversion therapy may be harmful for gays.

Ecuador’s Ministry of Health is beginning to shut down the country’s "ex-gay torture clinics", which claim to be able to ’cure’ homosexuality.

Exodus, an Orlando-based "ex-gay" and anti-gay Christian organization, claims that it is suffering from financial problems.

A leader of the "ex-gay" movement, which claims that gays can be "cured" or "converted" into heterosexuals with counseling and prayer, has admitted what many gays have known all along: Being gay is not a disease. Attempts to "cure" it are bound to fail.

The smart phone application from Exodus International that sparked an outcry and prompted a petition to Apple has disappeared from iTunes, according to media reports.