Former 'Ex-Gay' Lears Denounce 'Conversn Therapy' In A New Documentary : NPR

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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.

TERRIFYG PHOTOS RECREATE THE HORRORS OF GAY 'CONVERSN THERAPY' CENTERS

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” 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. The worst put-down was ‘You’re so gay.

In seventh gra, Stefi, who liv Arizona, me out as gay.

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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.

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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.

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