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
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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
* gay reform camp *
The worst put-down was ‘You’re so gay.
In seventh gra, Stefi, who liv Arizona, me out as gay.
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 *
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.
GAY ROO SPOTLIGHTED ONE-NIGHT-ONLY EVENT
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.
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.