The Southern Baptist Conventn, the largt Prottant nomatn the Uned Stat, wh over 16 ln members, has discrimated agast gay and lbian people for more than a quarter-century.
Contents:
- FORMER 'EX-GAY' LEARS DENOUNCE 'CONVERSN THERAPY' IN A NEW DOCUMENTARY
- TERRIFYG PHOTOS RECREATE THE HORRORS OF GAY 'CONVERSN THERAPY' CENTERS
- WELE TO THE GAY AGENDA RE-EDUTN CAMP
- GAY ROO SPOTLIGHTED ONE-NIGHT-ONLY EVENT
FORMER 'EX-GAY' LEARS DENOUNCE 'CONVERSN THERAPY' IN A NEW DOCUMENTARY
Boy Erased: Directed by Joel Edgerton. Wh Lus Hedg, Nile Kidman, Rsell Crowe, Malyn Cle. The son of a Baptist preacher unwillgly participat a church-supported gay nversn program after beg forcibly outed to his parents." data-id="ma * gay reform camp *
The other half are cis men who are gay — “cis” meang havg the same genr inty they were assigned at birth. In high school, he told his classmat he was gay and began dog drag performanc at a queer ffee shop and a theater a nearby cy.
” The panmic forced him to stop performg but offered him some perspective: “I realized I was partmentalizg the ‘mascule’ and ‘feme’ si of myself, partly bee I had ternalized homophobia. ” Eventually, a teacher helped Ryan start a gay-straight-alliance club to enurage clivy.
Many kids joed, and two other stunts me out as trans and several more me out as gay. He had e out as gay and feared harassment. “I didn’t want to be viewed as ‘too gay, ’” he said.
TERRIFYG PHOTOS RECREATE THE HORRORS OF GAY 'CONVERSN THERAPY' CENTERS
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The worst put-down was ‘You’re so gay. In seventh gra, Stefi, who liv Arizona, me out as gay. In middle school, which started fifth gra her New Jersey hometown, Tavish joed the gay-straight-alliance club and started to qutn her genr inty.
Nearly everyone he knew shared that fah, which nsirs “homosexual behavr” a transgrsn. He me out as gay. Zach's parents, who have always supported him, oppose Mormon ias about homosexualy and genr rol, and they volunteer at Pri paras.
It's a movement that's born out of a larger culture of homophobia and transphobia that still persists the majory of Christian church today. It wasn't until the suici of his iend, who was also part of the "ex-gay" movement, that he reevaluated everythg.
WELE TO THE GAY AGENDA RE-EDUTN CAMP
Universy of Idaho is hostg a one-night prentatn on Gay Roo’s past and prent fluence at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 20, at Mosw Contemporary. * gay reform camp *
Interview highlights clu extend web-only answers and have been eded for length and clary: Interview Highlights Thomas on how he joed the "ex-gay" movement and Exod Internatnal I was out of the closet the '80s. They also had a group for the gays, and unrneath all of that olns there was this toxic theology that said that you need to overe homosexualy.
Stolakis on what the ex-gay and nversn therapy movement looks like today Conversn therapy and the ex-LGBTQ movement has always been practiced lolly. It's bee very lennial-driven bee there are younger people who've grown up homophobic and transphobic environments who are ready and willg to take the place of people like Randy.
GAY ROO SPOTLIGHTED ONE-NIGHT-ONLY EVENT
A new llectn of photos is providg a strikg ― and horrifyg ― visual recreatn of the barbaric practice of gay “nversn therapy” and the impact has on s victims. Photographer Paola Pares first learned of the “Clis Dhomosexualizacn” her home untry of Ecuador four years ago om a iend.
After pletg a project lled “Unveiled” that documented her own g out procs ― cludg filmg herself wh three meras as she me out to her parents ― Pares cid the foc of her next work would be on the gay “nversn therapy” clics.
We want to sign an tnal mpaign that centers around teachg people about homosexually, LGBT rights, genr inty and human rights.