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

Contents:

• 15 EX-GAYS, LBIANS 'COME OUT OF HOMOSEXUALY' DOCUMENTARY FILM BY CHRISTIAN MISTRY
• FORMER 'EX-GAY' LEARS DENOUNCE 'CONVERSN THERAPY' IN A NEW DOCUMENTARY
• MY SO-CALLED EX-GAY LIFE
• WHY ARE HOMOSEXUAL ACTIVISTS SO AAID OF “EX-GAYS”?
• OUT OF THE DARKNS: CONVERSN THERAPIST QUS ‘EX-GAY’ MOVEMENT

15 EX-GAYS, LBIANS 'COME OUT OF HOMOSEXUALY' DOCUMENTARY FILM BY CHRISTIAN MISTRY

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FORMER 'EX-GAY' LEARS DENOUNCE 'CONVERSN THERAPY' IN A NEW DOCUMENTARY

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MY SO-CALLED EX-GAY LIFE

| (Screenshot: YouTube/Voic of the Silenced)Fifteen men and women om around the world who say they are g out of "homosexual practic" are featured a documentary film set to be released Thursday by a U. Christian Concern said a statement on Tuday that "Voic of the Silenced: Experts, Evinc and Iologi, " will be screened London and featur terviews wh ternatnal experts who support the ex-gay group. "Core Issu Tst is the chary behd the film, wh the mistry posng that supports "men and women wh homosexual issu who voluntarily seek change sexual preference and exprsn.

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WHY ARE HOMOSEXUAL ACTIVISTS SO AAID OF “EX-GAYS”?

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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.

OUT OF THE DARKNS: CONVERSN THERAPIST QUS ‘EX-GAY’ MOVEMENT

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.

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