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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
July 31, 2014
CONTACT:
Christopher Doyle, President
cdoyle@voiceofthevoiceless.info
571-379-4546
American Family Radio Host Sandy Rios to Receive 2014 Ex-Gay
Freedom Award
Pro-Family Advocate to Address Ex-Gay
Conference in Washington, DC on October 4
Washington, D.C. – Voice of the Voiceless (VoV) is excited
to announce that Sandy Rios, American Family Radio (AFR) talk show host and
former FOX News contributor, will accept the 2014 Ex-Gay Awareness Freedom
Award when she addresses the Second Annual Ex-Gay Awareness Conference, which
is being hosted by VoV, Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays and Gays (PFOX), and
Equality And Justice For All on October 3-4, 2014 in Washington, D.C.
In addition to hosting her radio show, Sandy Rios in the Morning on AFR Talk Radio, Rios is Vice-President
of Family-Pac Federal, which defends traditional values. She is also the former
President of Concerned Women for America, the
nation's largest public policy women's organization, and the former President
of the Culture Campaign.
“We're thrilled to honor Sandy Rios,” commented Christopher
Doyle, President and Co-Founder of VoV. “She is a powerful voice and a leader
in defending former homosexuals. We especially want to recognize Ms. Rios for
her honest journalism relating to homosexuality. Despite the onslaught of biased-based
criticism of her work, Rios has relentlessly brought to light many truths that
the ultra-liberal press has conveniently ignored, deliberately sidestepped,
shamelessly distorted, or even squelched.”
In 2013, Rios broke the story of discrimination towards
students with unwanted same-sex attractions (SSA) in Virginia university LGBTQ
resource centers, where two former homosexuals from VoV went undercover to
expose the biased counseling and inadequate resources for ex-gay identified
college students in Virginia’s publicly funded universities. She was also
instrumental in exposing transgender activist Brielle Goldani, who gave
fraudulent testimony in front of the New Jersey State Senate in the effort to ban
therapy for minors seeking to overcome unwanted SSA. As a result, an investigation revealed that Goldani lifted her entire
story about being sent to the “conversion therapy torture” camp ‘True Directions’
from a 1999 movie starting drag queen Ru Paul.
Throughout her career, Sandy Rios has been recognized by a
number of organizations. In 2005, she was given the Henry Hyde Leadership
Award, and in 2010, the National Religious Broadcasters named her Radio
Personality of the Year. Rios was also honored as an
Angel Award recipient, and she has received seven Silver Microphone Awards to
her credit.
“We
couldn't have chosen a more worthy person to honor. Sandy has been an
open, welcoming, and supportive friend to the EX-LGBT community and our
families,
using her platform, influence, and resources to help us advance the
message of freedom,” said Pastor DL Foster of Atlanta, GA, Co-Founder
and Vice President of VoV. “It is truly an honor for us to say thank
you to her for such an inspirational life.”
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The Ex-Gay Awareness Freedom Award is presented annually to
an individual who defends the rights of free speech, religious liberty, and
self-determination for former homosexuals and individuals who seek to overcome
unwanted same-sex attractions.
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