Alex Cooper - Trendg Gay, LGBT & Queer Voic

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• ALEX COOPER SURVIVED CONVERSN THERAPY. NOW HER INCREDIBLE STORY IS A MOVIE.LIFETIME’S “TRAPPED: THE ALEX COOPER STORY” IS ANOTHER DAMNG DICTMENT OF THE "EX-GAY" {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}TVBY LAWRENCE FERBERSEPTEMBER 27, 2019/9:02 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:4024PX;WIDTH:6048PX;}AMANDA MATLOVICHADDISON HOLLEY STARS AS ALEX COOPER TRAPPED: THE ALEX COOPER STORY.BY LAWRENCE FERBERSEPTEMBER 27, 2019 / 9:02 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"ALEX COOPER SURVIVED CONVERSN THERAPY. NOW HER INCREDIBLE STORY IS A MOVIE.","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-09-27T13:02:12.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-09-27T13:02:12.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"LAWRENCE FERBER","KEYWORDS":"CONVERSN THERAPY","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN HER MORMON PARENTS LEARNED SHE WAS GAY AND HAD A GIRLIEND, 15-YEAR-OLD ALEX COOPER WAS SENT AWAY TO LIVE WH A PAIR OF SADISTIC MORMONS APPOTED TO “CURE” HER OF HER HOMOSEXUALY. HER HARROWG EXPERIENCE WH NVERSN THERAPY WAS THE BASIS FOR HER 2016 MEMOIR, SAVG ALEX: WHEN I WAS FIFTEEN I TOLD MY MORMON PARENTS I WAS GAY, AND THAT’S WHEN MY NIGHTMARE BEGAN, WHICH HAS NOW BEEN ADAPTED TO A GRIPPG LIFETIME MOVIE, TRAPPED: THE ALEX COOPER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PORTRAYED BY ADDISON HOLLEY, COOPER IS A REBELL, FIERY SPIR VASTATED WHEN HER PARENTS, AFTER CLAIMG SHE WILL LIVE WH HER GRANDPARENTS, POS HER THE UTAH HOME OF JOHNNY AND TIANA SIMMS (PLAYED BY IAN LAKE AND SARAH BOOTH), WHO SUBJECT HER AND OTHER QUEER TEENS (ALONGSI THEIR OWN BLOGIL CHILDREN) TO ABE AND HUIATN AROUND THE CLOCK. THE SIMMS ARE SO WELL-NNECTED WH THE MUNY THAT WHEN ALEX IS FALLY ALLOWED TO GO OUTSI THEY KNOW HER EVERY MOVE, WHICH PROV EVEN MORE TREACHERO WHEN COOPER MEETS AN OUT GAY TEEN, JASON (STEPHEN JOFFE), AT THE LOL HIGH SCHOOL. WILL SHE EVER PE AND BE RNED WH HER GIRLIEND?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ADAPTED BY GAY SCREENWRER AND STAR TREK: DISVERY EXECUTIVE PRODUCER MICHELLE PARADISE (WHO ALSO OM A MORMON BACKGROUND), TRAPPED IS A PELLG, SPENSEFUL, FURIATG PIECE OF WORK, BUT—SPOILER ALERT— HAS A HAPPY ENDG. CURRENTLY BASED PORTLAND, ORE., THE REAL-LIFE COOPER WAS EXTRITED OM HER HORRIFYG SUATN AFTER EIGHT MONTHS WH HELP OM UTAH-BASED LAWYER AND CHAMPN FOR LGBTQ RIGHTS PL C. BURKE. SHE RECENTLY CHATTED WH NEWNOWNEXT ABOUT SEEG HER LIFE ON SCREEN, THE ENDURG SAGA OF NVERSN THERAPY AMERI, AND WHAT SHE'D SAY TO MCKRAE GAME IF SHE MET {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO HOW DID YOUR BOOK END UP BEG A LIFETIME ORIGAL MOVIE?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I THK OUR END GOAL WAS ALWAYS TO MAKE A FILM. WE STARTED TALKG WH [EXECUTIVE PRODUCER AND DIRECTOR] JEFEY HUNT AND MICHELLE, AND THOUGH THERE WERE A UPLE OF OTHER [STUDS AND PRODUCERS THAT APPROACHED], THEY REALLY HAD A GREAT PCH AND FELT THEY WERE G OM THE RIGHT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOW DO THE LIFETIME ADAPTATN DIFFER MOST OM THE BOOK?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE BIGGT DIFFERENCE IS THE ENDG. UNFORTUNATELY, UNLIKE THE MOVIE, I DIDN’T GET TO BE RNED WH MY GIRLIEND. IT HAD BEEN EIGHT MONTHS AND WE WENT OUR SEPARATE WAYS, AND WE HAVEN’T SEEN EACH OTHER SCE JT BEFORE I WENT TO NVERSN THERAPY. BUT I WAS ABLE TO FOC ON SCHOOL, GRADUATED EARLY, AND STARTED DATG A BISHOP’S DGHTER. WE WERE ABLE TO GET A URT ORR SAYG THAT I WAS LEGALLY ALLOWED TO DO NORMAL TEENAGE THGS, LIKE DATE A GIRL.AMANDA MATLOVICHADDISON HOLLEY STARS AS ALEX COOPER TRAPPED: THE ALEX COOPER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ADDISON HOLLEY AS ALEX COOPER LIFETIME’S TRAPPED: THE ALEX COOPER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WERE YOU EXPECTG THAT OM A JUDGE?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NO. DEFELY NOT. ESPECIALLY ST. GEE, SOUTHERN UTAH. BUT HAPPENED, AND WAS REALLY THANKS TO PL BURKE AND THE NCLR [NATNAL CENTER FOR LBIAN RIGHTS], WHICH MA SURE THAT I’M ABLE TO LIVE THENTILLY AND EELY. MY PARENTS ALSO HAD TO GO TO MANDATORY PFLAG MEETGS, AND HELPED A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LET’S TALK ABOUT THE SIMMS. HOW DID YOUR FAY FD OUT ABOUT THEM?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MY PARENTS WERE TRODUCED TO THEM BY MY GRANDPARENTS. THE MORMON CHURCH HAS WARDS—THAT’S HOW [CHURCH] MEETGS ARE BROKEN UP—AND MY GRANDPARENTS WERE THE SAME WARD AS THE SIMMS. THE SIMMS ALWAYS HAD NEW KIDS WH THEM AT CHURCH, AND MY GRANDPARENTS KNEW THEY WERE PRACTICG NVERSN THERAPY AND APPROACHED THEM AFTER MY PARENTS ME TO THEM NOT KNOWG WHAT TO DO [ABOUT MY BEG GAY]. THE SIMMS SAID THEY WOULD TAKE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DO YOU HATE YOUR GRANDPARENTS FOR THAT?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I DON’T. I THK EVERYTHG THEY AND MY PARENTS DID WAS OUT OF NCERN. UNFORTUNATELY, WAS VERY MISDIRECTED, BUT I DON’T THK THEY DID ANYTHG HOP THAT I WOULD BE TORTURED. I THK THEY DID THGS SO I ULD MEET THEM THE CELTIAL KGDOM ONE DAY, WHICH IS FUCKED. BUT I N’T BE MAD AT THEM.AMANDA MATLOVICHADDISON HOLLEY STARS AS ALEX COOPER TRAPPED: THE ALEX COOPER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHAT WERE THE OTHER QUEER TEENS THE SIMMS’ HOME LIKE? THEY SEEM SPERATE TO STAY OUT OF TROUBLE THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THAT’S FELY WHAT WAS LIKE. THERE WERE TIM WHEN WE TSTED EACH OTHER ENOUGH TO FORM A GROUP PE PLAN, AND WHEN THAT BACKFIRED WE ALL TURNED ON EACH OTHER. "STAY AWAY OM ME, DON’T TALK TO ME, I DON’T WANT TO GET TROUBLE." WE WOULD NARC ON EACH OTHER, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I LIKE THAT THE MOVIE DON’T SHY AWAY OM PICTG THE SIMMS AS STRAIGHT-UP SADISTIC VILLAS. WERE THEY TLY DIABOLIL?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OH, FOR SURE. THEY GOT WEIRD PLEASURE OM HURTG AND TORTURG CHILDREN, EVEN THEIR OWN CHILDREN. I DIDN’T BLAME MY PARENTS FOR WHAT HAPPENED, BUT I DO BLAME THE SIMMS 100%. I TRY TO GET OVER MY ANGER FOR THEM—’S BEEN A LOT OF YEARS—BUT I DO HATE THEM. I THK THEY’RE TERRIBLE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ARE THEY STILL DOG THEIR THG?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THEY’RE NOT. THEY WERE FORCED TO STOP. THEY ACTUALLY WORKED RINTIAL TREATMENT FACILI SOUTHERN UTAH AND LOST THEIR JOBS AS WELL.AMANDA MATLOVICH(L TO R) DANTE STT, KALEB HORN, IAN LAKE, AND ADDISON HOLLEY LIFETIME’S TRAPPED: THE ALEX COOPER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}L TO R: DANTE STT, KALEB HORN, IAN LAKE, AND ADDISON HOLLEY TRAPPED: THE ALEX COOPER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOW DID YOU FEEL ABOUT THE OTHER RECENT NVERSN THERAPY–RELATED MOVI, LIKE THE MISTN OF CAMERON POST AND BOY ERASED?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HONTLY, I HAVEN’T SEEN THEM. I TALK A LOT ABOUT NVERSN THERAPY AND FEEL LIKE 'S MY WHOLE LIFE, SO WHEN HANGG OUT I’M NOT TRYG TO WATCH A MOVIE ABOUT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHERE ARE WE NOW AS FAR AS THE FIGHT AGAST NVERSN THERAPY AND THE “EX-GAY” MOVEMENT?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALL THE LAWS BEG PASSED AGAST NVERSN THERAPY ARE AMAZG. WHEN I FIRST STARTED TALKG ABOUT , WAS LEGAL EVERY STATE. NOW ’S LEGAL 33 STAT, WHICH IS STILL TOO MANY, BUT ’S A HUGE AMOUNT OF PROGRS. YET THOSE LAWS WOULDN’T STOP WHAT HAPPENED TO ME OM HAPPENG AGA. MY PARENTS SIGNED OVER PARENTAL GUARDIANSHIP TO THE PEOPLE—I WAS LIVG THEIR HOME. I WASN’T A FACILY BEG TREATED BY A THERAPIST. I WAS SOMEONE’S HOME, AS THEIR LEGAL CHILD, AND THEY WERE PREACHG THE WORD OF THE LDS CHURCH, WHICH IS NOT ILLEGAL. THE PHYSIL ABE WAS ILLEGAL FOR SURE, BUT EVERYTHG ELSE WASN’T, AND THIS HAPPENS A LOT MORE THAN WE THK. IT ULD BE YOUR NEXT-DOOR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NEW YORK CY RECENTLY DROPPED S BAN ON NVERSN THERAPY BEE A CHRISTIAN GROUP HAD FILED A FERAL LAWSU AND FEARED WOULD GET TO OUR NSERVATIVE-LEANG SCOTUS AND RULT THE PRACTICE BEG LEGALLY PROTECTED AS “RELIG EEDOM.” WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT STRATEGY?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I DON’T KNOW. ANY MEASURE WE’RE TAKG TO STOP NVERSN THERAPY AND BRG AWARENS TO PEOPLE IS SOMETHG. I DO THK ’S A SLIGHTLY DANGERO STRATEGY, BUT THERE ARE SO MANY WAYS FOR NVERSN THERAPY TO GO UNR THE RADAR OF THE LAW. IF YOU’RE AN ADULT AND WANT NVERSN THERAPY, YOU N DO , BUT IF YOU’RE A PARENT, YOU N’T MAKE YOUR CHILD DO . SO THE MORE AWARENS THE BETTER.RANDY SHROPSHIREALEX {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALEX {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT MCKRAE GAME RECENTLY G OUT AS GAY?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I’M NOT SURPRISED AT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHAT WOULD YOU SAY IF YOU MET HIM?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I DON’T EVEN KNOW WHAT I WOULD SAY. I PY HIM. I THK I’D WANT TO ASK HIM A QUTN: "WOULDN’T HAVE BEEN EASIER TO E OUT STEAD OF PUTTG EVERYONE THROUGH HELL?" I KNOW G OUT ISN’T EASY, BUT ’S EASIER THAN DRAGGG PEOPLE THROUGH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WAS MR. SIMMS A CLOSET SE, TOO?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I THK MAYBE HE ULD HAVE BEEN A CLOSETED GAY. IT’S POSSIBLE, BUT I DON’T {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOW DO YOUR PARENTS FEEL ABOUT THE MOVIE?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THEY’RE VERY SUPPORTIVE. A LOT MORE SUPPORTIVE THAN I EVER THOUGHT THEY WOULD BE. EVERY TERVIEW I DO ABOUT THIS, THEY’RE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TRAPPED: THE ALEX COOPER STORY PREMIER SEPTEMBER 28 ON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}CONVERSN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
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ALEX COOPER SURVIVED CONVERSN THERAPY. NOW HER INCREDIBLE STORY IS A MOVIE.LIFETIME’S “TRAPPED: THE ALEX COOPER STORY” IS ANOTHER DAMNG DICTMENT OF THE "EX-GAY" {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}TVBY LAWRENCE FERBERSEPTEMBER 27, 2019/9:02 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:4024PX;WIDTH:6048PX;}AMANDA MATLOVICHADDISON HOLLEY STARS AS ALEX COOPER TRAPPED: THE ALEX COOPER STORY.BY LAWRENCE FERBERSEPTEMBER 27, 2019 / 9:02 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"ALEX COOPER SURVIVED CONVERSN THERAPY. NOW HER INCREDIBLE STORY IS A MOVIE.","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-09-27T13:02:12.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-09-27T13:02:12.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"LAWRENCE FERBER","KEYWORDS":"CONVERSN THERAPY","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN HER MORMON PARENTS LEARNED SHE WAS GAY AND HAD A GIRLIEND, 15-YEAR-OLD ALEX COOPER WAS SENT AWAY TO LIVE WH A PAIR OF SADISTIC MORMONS APPOTED TO “CURE” HER OF HER HOMOSEXUALY. HER HARROWG EXPERIENCE WH NVERSN THERAPY WAS THE BASIS FOR HER 2016 MEMOIR, SAVG ALEX: WHEN I WAS FIFTEEN I TOLD MY MORMON PARENTS I WAS GAY, AND THAT’S WHEN MY NIGHTMARE BEGAN, WHICH HAS NOW BEEN ADAPTED TO A GRIPPG LIFETIME MOVIE, TRAPPED: THE ALEX COOPER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PORTRAYED BY ADDISON HOLLEY, COOPER IS A REBELL, FIERY SPIR VASTATED WHEN HER PARENTS, AFTER CLAIMG SHE WILL LIVE WH HER GRANDPARENTS, POS HER THE UTAH HOME OF JOHNNY AND TIANA SIMMS (PLAYED BY IAN LAKE AND SARAH BOOTH), WHO SUBJECT HER AND OTHER QUEER TEENS (ALONGSI THEIR OWN BLOGIL CHILDREN) TO ABE AND HUIATN AROUND THE CLOCK. THE SIMMS ARE SO WELL-NNECTED WH THE MUNY THAT WHEN ALEX IS FALLY ALLOWED TO GO OUTSI THEY KNOW HER EVERY MOVE, WHICH PROV EVEN MORE TREACHERO WHEN COOPER MEETS AN OUT GAY TEEN, JASON (STEPHEN JOFFE), AT THE LOL HIGH SCHOOL. WILL SHE EVER PE AND BE RNED WH HER GIRLIEND?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ADAPTED BY GAY SCREENWRER AND STAR TREK: DISVERY EXECUTIVE PRODUCER MICHELLE PARADISE (WHO ALSO OM A MORMON BACKGROUND), TRAPPED IS A PELLG, SPENSEFUL, FURIATG PIECE OF WORK, BUT—SPOILER ALERT— HAS A HAPPY ENDG. CURRENTLY BASED PORTLAND, ORE., THE REAL-LIFE COOPER WAS EXTRITED OM HER HORRIFYG SUATN AFTER EIGHT MONTHS WH HELP OM UTAH-BASED LAWYER AND CHAMPN FOR LGBTQ RIGHTS PL C. BURKE. SHE RECENTLY CHATTED WH NEWNOWNEXT ABOUT SEEG HER LIFE ON SCREEN, THE ENDURG SAGA OF NVERSN THERAPY AMERI, AND WHAT SHE'D SAY TO MCKRAE GAME IF SHE MET {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO HOW DID YOUR BOOK END UP BEG A LIFETIME ORIGAL MOVIE?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I THK OUR END GOAL WAS ALWAYS TO MAKE A FILM. WE STARTED TALKG WH [EXECUTIVE PRODUCER AND DIRECTOR] JEFEY HUNT AND MICHELLE, AND THOUGH THERE WERE A UPLE OF OTHER [STUDS AND PRODUCERS THAT APPROACHED], THEY REALLY HAD A GREAT PCH AND FELT THEY WERE G OM THE RIGHT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOW DO THE LIFETIME ADAPTATN DIFFER MOST OM THE BOOK?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE BIGGT DIFFERENCE IS THE ENDG. UNFORTUNATELY, UNLIKE THE MOVIE, I DIDN’T GET TO BE RNED WH MY GIRLIEND. IT HAD BEEN EIGHT MONTHS AND WE WENT OUR SEPARATE WAYS, AND WE HAVEN’T SEEN EACH OTHER SCE JT BEFORE I WENT TO NVERSN THERAPY. BUT I WAS ABLE TO FOC ON SCHOOL, GRADUATED EARLY, AND STARTED DATG A BISHOP’S DGHTER. WE WERE ABLE TO GET A URT ORR SAYG THAT I WAS LEGALLY ALLOWED TO DO NORMAL TEENAGE THGS, LIKE DATE A GIRL.AMANDA MATLOVICHADDISON HOLLEY STARS AS ALEX COOPER TRAPPED: THE ALEX COOPER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ADDISON HOLLEY AS ALEX COOPER LIFETIME’S TRAPPED: THE ALEX COOPER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WERE YOU EXPECTG THAT OM A JUDGE?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NO. DEFELY NOT. ESPECIALLY ST. GEE, SOUTHERN UTAH. BUT HAPPENED, AND WAS REALLY THANKS TO PL BURKE AND THE NCLR [NATNAL CENTER FOR LBIAN RIGHTS], WHICH MA SURE THAT I’M ABLE TO LIVE THENTILLY AND EELY. MY PARENTS ALSO HAD TO GO TO MANDATORY PFLAG MEETGS, AND HELPED A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LET’S TALK ABOUT THE SIMMS. HOW DID YOUR FAY FD OUT ABOUT THEM?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MY PARENTS WERE TRODUCED TO THEM BY MY GRANDPARENTS. THE MORMON CHURCH HAS WARDS—THAT’S HOW [CHURCH] MEETGS ARE BROKEN UP—AND MY GRANDPARENTS WERE THE SAME WARD AS THE SIMMS. THE SIMMS ALWAYS HAD NEW KIDS WH THEM AT CHURCH, AND MY GRANDPARENTS KNEW THEY WERE PRACTICG NVERSN THERAPY AND APPROACHED THEM AFTER MY PARENTS ME TO THEM NOT KNOWG WHAT TO DO [ABOUT MY BEG GAY]. THE SIMMS SAID THEY WOULD TAKE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DO YOU HATE YOUR GRANDPARENTS FOR THAT?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I DON’T. I THK EVERYTHG THEY AND MY PARENTS DID WAS OUT OF NCERN. UNFORTUNATELY, WAS VERY MISDIRECTED, BUT I DON’T THK THEY DID ANYTHG HOP THAT I WOULD BE TORTURED. I THK THEY DID THGS SO I ULD MEET THEM THE CELTIAL KGDOM ONE DAY, WHICH IS FUCKED. BUT I N’T BE MAD AT THEM.AMANDA MATLOVICHADDISON HOLLEY STARS AS ALEX COOPER TRAPPED: THE ALEX COOPER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHAT WERE THE OTHER QUEER TEENS THE SIMMS’ HOME LIKE? THEY SEEM SPERATE TO STAY OUT OF TROUBLE THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THAT’S FELY WHAT WAS LIKE. THERE WERE TIM WHEN WE TSTED EACH OTHER ENOUGH TO FORM A GROUP PE PLAN, AND WHEN THAT BACKFIRED WE ALL TURNED ON EACH OTHER. "STAY AWAY OM ME, DON’T TALK TO ME, I DON’T WANT TO GET TROUBLE." WE WOULD NARC ON EACH OTHER, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I LIKE THAT THE MOVIE DON’T SHY AWAY OM PICTG THE SIMMS AS STRAIGHT-UP SADISTIC VILLAS. WERE THEY TLY DIABOLIL?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OH, FOR SURE. THEY GOT WEIRD PLEASURE OM HURTG AND TORTURG CHILDREN, EVEN THEIR OWN CHILDREN. I DIDN’T BLAME MY PARENTS FOR WHAT HAPPENED, BUT I DO BLAME THE SIMMS 100%. I TRY TO GET OVER MY ANGER FOR THEM—’S BEEN A LOT OF YEARS—BUT I DO HATE THEM. I THK THEY’RE TERRIBLE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ARE THEY STILL DOG THEIR THG?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THEY’RE NOT. THEY WERE FORCED TO STOP. THEY ACTUALLY WORKED RINTIAL TREATMENT FACILI SOUTHERN UTAH AND LOST THEIR JOBS AS WELL.AMANDA MATLOVICH(L TO R) DANTE STT, KALEB HORN, IAN LAKE, AND ADDISON HOLLEY LIFETIME’S TRAPPED: THE ALEX COOPER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}L TO R: DANTE STT, KALEB HORN, IAN LAKE, AND ADDISON HOLLEY TRAPPED: THE ALEX COOPER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOW DID YOU FEEL ABOUT THE OTHER RECENT NVERSN THERAPY–RELATED MOVI, LIKE THE MISTN OF CAMERON POST AND BOY ERASED?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HONTLY, I HAVEN’T SEEN THEM. I TALK A LOT ABOUT NVERSN THERAPY AND FEEL LIKE 'S MY WHOLE LIFE, SO WHEN HANGG OUT I’M NOT TRYG TO WATCH A MOVIE ABOUT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHERE ARE WE NOW AS FAR AS THE FIGHT AGAST NVERSN THERAPY AND THE “EX-GAY” MOVEMENT?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALL THE LAWS BEG PASSED AGAST NVERSN THERAPY ARE AMAZG. WHEN I FIRST STARTED TALKG ABOUT , WAS LEGAL EVERY STATE. NOW ’S LEGAL 33 STAT, WHICH IS STILL TOO MANY, BUT ’S A HUGE AMOUNT OF PROGRS. YET THOSE LAWS WOULDN’T STOP WHAT HAPPENED TO ME OM HAPPENG AGA. MY PARENTS SIGNED OVER PARENTAL GUARDIANSHIP TO THE PEOPLE—I WAS LIVG THEIR HOME. I WASN’T A FACILY BEG TREATED BY A THERAPIST. I WAS SOMEONE’S HOME, AS THEIR LEGAL CHILD, AND THEY WERE PREACHG THE WORD OF THE LDS CHURCH, WHICH IS NOT ILLEGAL. THE PHYSIL ABE WAS ILLEGAL FOR SURE, BUT EVERYTHG ELSE WASN’T, AND THIS HAPPENS A LOT MORE THAN WE THK. IT ULD BE YOUR NEXT-DOOR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NEW YORK CY RECENTLY DROPPED S BAN ON NVERSN THERAPY BEE A CHRISTIAN GROUP HAD FILED A FERAL LAWSU AND FEARED WOULD GET TO OUR NSERVATIVE-LEANG SCOTUS AND RULT THE PRACTICE BEG LEGALLY PROTECTED AS “RELIG EEDOM.” WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT STRATEGY?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I DON’T KNOW. ANY MEASURE WE’RE TAKG TO STOP NVERSN THERAPY AND BRG AWARENS TO PEOPLE IS SOMETHG. I DO THK ’S A SLIGHTLY DANGERO STRATEGY, BUT THERE ARE SO MANY WAYS FOR NVERSN THERAPY TO GO UNR THE RADAR OF THE LAW. IF YOU’RE AN ADULT AND WANT NVERSN THERAPY, YOU N DO , BUT IF YOU’RE A PARENT, YOU N’T MAKE YOUR CHILD DO . SO THE MORE AWARENS THE BETTER.RANDY SHROPSHIREALEX {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALEX {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT MCKRAE GAME RECENTLY G OUT AS GAY?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I’M NOT SURPRISED AT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHAT WOULD YOU SAY IF YOU MET HIM?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I DON’T EVEN KNOW WHAT I WOULD SAY. I PY HIM. I THK I’D WANT TO ASK HIM A QUTN: "WOULDN’T HAVE BEEN EASIER TO E OUT STEAD OF PUTTG EVERYONE THROUGH HELL?" I KNOW G OUT ISN’T EASY, BUT ’S EASIER THAN DRAGGG PEOPLE THROUGH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WAS MR. SIMMS A CLOSET SE, TOO?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I THK MAYBE HE ULD HAVE BEEN A CLOSETED GAY. IT’S POSSIBLE, BUT I DON’T {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOW DO YOUR PARENTS FEEL ABOUT THE MOVIE?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THEY’RE VERY SUPPORTIVE. A LOT MORE SUPPORTIVE THAN I EVER THOUGHT THEY WOULD BE. EVERY TERVIEW I DO ABOUT THIS, THEY’RE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TRAPPED: THE ALEX COOPER STORY PREMIER SEPTEMBER 28 ON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}CONVERSN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

When her Mormon parents learned she was gay and had a girliend, 15-year-old Alex Cooper was sent away to live wh a pair of sadistic Mormons appoted to “cure” her of her homosexualy. Her harrowg experience wh nversn therapy was the basis for her 2016 memoir, Savg Alex: When I Was Fifteen I Told My Mormon Parents I Was Gay, and That’s When My Nightmare Began, which has now been adapted to a grippg Lifetime movie, Trapped: The Alex Cooper Story.

The Simms are so well-nnected wh the muny that when Alex is fally allowed to go outsi they know her every move, which prov even more treachero when Cooper meets an out gay teen, Jason (Stephen Joffe), at the lol high school. Adapted by gay screenwrer and Star Trek: Disvery executive producer Michelle Paradise (who also om a Mormon background), Trapped is a pellg, spenseful, furiatg piece of work, but—spoiler alert— has a happy endg. The Simms always had new kids wh them at church, and my grandparents knew they were practicg nversn therapy and approached them after my parents me to them not knowg what to do [about my beg gay].

WOMAN RELLS BEG HELD AGAST HER WILL DURG GAY CONVERSN THERAPY AS TEEN: 'I WANTED TO DIE'

I talk a lot about nversn therapy and feel like 's my whole life, so when hangg out I’m not tryg to watch a movie about are we now as far as the fight agast nversn therapy and the “ex-gay” movement?

So the more awarens the do you feel about McKrae Game recently g out as gay? I thk maybe he uld have been a closeted gay. *Article ntu below advertisementIt turns out that the movie is very much based on the real Alex Cooper's experience and large part on her memoir, Savg Alex: When I Was Fifteen I Told My Mormon Parents I was Gay, and That's When My Nightmare Began.

Article ntu below advertisementAcrdg to the Lifetime synopsis, Alex "faced horrible punishments and beatgs that were tend to cure her homosexualy. After realizg she would have to subm to their l orr to survive, Alex was eventually allowed to attend school, where she beme iends wh a boy who was the print of the gay-straight alliance. " A uple greeted them, and Alex's parents "signed over their parental rights" to this uple right then and the urse of the next eight months, Alex was forced to unrgo aversn therapy, which nsists of rporal punishment tend to disurage homosexual feelgs and thoughts.

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As any science-prone rear knows, nversn therapy general is based on the false and discreded notn that homosexualy is an illns that needs to be cured. Article ntu below advertisement"I was given a backpack, " she says, "they filled wh rocks and they told me was supposed to help me feel the physil burn of beg gay. The teen, who was raised Mormon, didn’t plan on tellg her parents that she was gay jt yet, but the obv mark on her neck forced the nversatn.

“I didn’t f to the relign beg gay, but I didn’t expect my parents’ reactn to be as drastic as was. She quickly learned that her parents were forcg her to gay nversn therapy. She says she would also receive beatgs and was forced to wear a backpack filled wh rocks “to feel the physil burn of beg gay.

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“He was also the print of the gay-straight alliance and he put me touch wh Salt Lake Cy attorney Pl Burke, ” she says.

A judge allowed her to go home, but orred her parents to allow her to date girls, attend danc and jo her school’s gay-straight alliance. “The ia that homosexualy needs to be cured or fixed the first place is misreprentatn, ” says Stt McCoy of the Southern Poverty Law Center. The life story of Alex Cooper is ptured the movie Trapped as she nonts her parents beg gay at the age of 15.

Furthermore, It is heavily fluenced by her memoir, Savg Alex: When I Was Fifteen, I Told My Mormon Parents I Was Gay, and That's When My Nightmare Began. I didn’t f to the relign beg gay, but I didn’t expect my parents’ reactn to be as drastic as was. It then dawned on her that her fay sent her here bee she was gay.

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“My grandparents knew they were practicg nversn therapy and approached them after my parents me to them not knowg what to do [about my beg gay], ” Cooper told NewNowNext. The fay explaed that gay people got to the teltial kgdom, the Mormon versn of hell. They explaed that she wasn’t gay – she simply thought she was gay, and the Simms would help dispel such evil ias om her md.

‘This backpack reprents the physil burn of beg gay. The Simms allowed Alex to attend Snow Canyon High School, where she got troduced to the Gay-Straight Alliance at the school. The Gay-Straight Alliance troduced her to a lawyer who agreed to reprent Cooper pro bono.

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Comg out n be a ighteng time for any teenager, but for Alex Cooper the fallout was unimagable - she was taken om her parents' home and put the 're' of a sadistic uple who tortured for eight months orr to 'make her straight' was 2009 that Cooper, then jt 15 years old, announced to her Mormon parents that she was gay - somethg their church teach is immoral. Fearg for her soul, they sent her away om the fay home California to Utah, where she would unrgo 'gay nversn therapy' wh Mormon uple Tiana and Johnny Siale. And that's when her agony down for vio Sufferg: Alex Cooper (pictured) me out as gay to her Mormon parents at 15.

Now 21, she has turned her experienc to a book Reformg: Cooper, who was beaten and ma to rry rocks for hours, and attempted suici once, is now tryg to get stat such as Utah to ban so-lled 'gay nversn therapy'Vio Courty KUTV 'They were total strangers, ' Alex said, acrdg to Relign News.