Wayne Besen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Wayne Besen

American activist

Date of Birth: 05-Jul-1970

Place of Birth: Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States

Profession: lawyer, journalist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Wayne Besen (born July 5, 1970) is an American LGBT rights advocate.
He is a former investigative journalist for WABI-TV, a former spokesman for the Human Rights Campaign, and the founder of Truth Wins Out.
Besen came out to his parents before starting his Truth Wins Out Organization.
After coming out to his parents, they bought him an ex-gay DVD that could supposedly hypnotize people and turn them straight.
It was that and the invitation by President George W.
Bush of ex-gay leader Alan Chambers to the White House that led him to start the Truth Wins Out organization.Besen has interviewed hundreds of former and current "ex-gays", and is an outspoken critic of organizations such as Homosexuals Anonymous.Besen announced on his truthwinsout.org website that he married his boyfriend of five years Jamie Brundage on December 8, 2011 in the City Hall of Burlington, VT.