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Contents:

• NETFLIX'S 'PRAY AWAY' LOOKS BEHD THE CURTA OF THE 'EX-GAY' MOVEMENT
• ‘PRAY AWAY’ REVIEW: ATONG FOR AN ANTI-GAY STANCE
• PRAY THE GAY AWAY BOOKS
• PRAY THE GAY AWAY
• GAY THE PRAY AWAY
• PRAY THE GAY AWAY
• PRAY GAY AWAY (78 RULTS)
• CAN CATHOLICS “PRAY AWAY THE GAY?”
• PRAY THE GAY AWAY: THE EXTRAORDARY LIV OF BIBLE BELT GAYS PAPERBACK – AUGT 22, 2014
• PRAY THE GAY AWAY: THE EXTRAORDARY LIV OF BIBLE BELT GAYS
• PRAY AWAY: THE FAILURE OF NVERSN THERAPY FOR GAY PEOPLE

NETFLIX'S 'PRAY AWAY' LOOKS BEHD THE CURTA OF THE 'EX-GAY' MOVEMENT

As Rodgers reunts Pray Away, a new Netflix documentary on the “ex-gay” movement wh wtern Christiany, and her book Outlove: A Queer Christian Survival Story, Chelette preached an enticg, sid gospel of change: that Rodgers’ attractn to women was due to an sufficient bond wh her mother as a child, that such attractns uld be nrologilly altered by mted study, that to do otherwise would be a disappotment to God and the muny that had formed the backbone of her life to date.

The 100-mute film, directed by Kriste Stolakis and executive produced by Ryan Murphy and Jason Blum, exam the stctively mon practice and s larger “ex-gay” movement, often led by LGBTQ+ people who themselv believed they had changed, several of whom later renounced their the film outl, nversn therapy is neher a specific practice nor sgular movement; ’s “this plex amalgamatn of old psdo-psychology that’s disproven, the spirual belief that you don’t have a place God’s kgdom if you don’t change, and then this culture that surrounds you wh the msag that are pable”, Stolakis told the Away foc particular on Exod Internatnal, the non-prof, ter-nomatnal anizatn found 1976 by five evangelil Christians, which propelled and popularized the ia that was possible – and preferable – to change one’s sexual orientatn. ” As the film not s da, youth who experienced some form of nversn therapy are more than twice as likely to die by Away clus numero figur who were formerly volved the ex-gay movement, om Exod -founr Michael Bse (who left the anizatn 1979) to former Fay Rearch Council spokpeople Yvette Cantu and John Plk. The segments wh McCall monstrate how the ex-gay movement’s iology has ntued unr a different name, through social media works rather than through tradnal media, wh msagg updated to the era of Instagram empowerment.

“Jt like what we saw polilly wh the ex-gay movement, has real polil implitns for other trans people bee eher directly or directly, supports anti-trans legislatn, which we’re seeg bee ubiquo this untry. When Amerin documentarian Kriste Stolakis set out to make her but feature film, she knew she wanted to she a light on the “ex-gay” movement, which nsists of those that believe a person’s genr inty or sexual orientatn n be changed. Shot before the Covid-19 panmic, the film chronicl the rise — and subsequent fall — of Exod Internatnal, a nversn therapy anizatn that, acrdg to the team behd the the film, began as a Bible study group the 1970s nsistg of five evangelil men who were lookg to help one another leave the “homosexual liftyle.

‘PRAY AWAY’ REVIEW: ATONG FOR AN ANTI-GAY STANCE

But years after risg to stardom the relig right, many of the “ex-gay” lears, whose own same-sex attractns never went away, have sce e out as LGBTQ and disavowed the very movement that they helped to grow. Stolakis’ list of terviewe “Pray Away” clus Randy Thomas, the fal vice print of Exod Internatnal; Yvette Cantu Schneir, the former head of Exod’ women’s mistri; and John Plk, one of the most bt-known “ex-gay” people the world.

“Somethg my team and I talked about a lot makg this film is, this really is a movement of hurt people hurtg other people, of what ternalized homophobia and transphobia looks like when is wield outward, ” said Stolakis, whose other directorial creds clu “The Typist” and “Where We Stand. ”While many former lears have renounced and spoken out agast the “pray the gay away” movement, Stolakis said “the larger culture of homophobia and transphobia, ” particularly relig muni, has allowed the movement to ntue wh younger lears, even wh the dissolutn of Exod Internatnal 2013 and the legalizatn of same-sex marriage the U. Alone, nearly 700, 000 lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr adults have been subjected to some form of nversn therapy durg their lifetime, acrdg to a 2019 report om the Williams Instute at the UCLA School of Law.

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”Wh “Pray Away” set to but more than 190 untri on Netflix this week, Stolakis wants to make one thg clear to every prospective viewer: The “ex-gay” movement was never led by jt “a uple of bad appl. ”“As long as that larger culture of homophobia and transphobia exists — be our church, any relig muny, our polil sphere or our culture — some versn of nversn therapy and the ex-LGBTQ movement will ntue, ” she explaed. Movi|‘Pray Away’ Review: Atong for an Anti-Gay Stance ADVERTISEMENTIn this documentary, people who had promoted the ia that sexual orientatn uld be changed exprs their AwayDirected by Kriste StolakisDocumentaryPG-131h 41mThe Netflix documentary “Pray Away” profil several people who, the public sphere and the ntext of Christiany-cloaked “nversn therapy, ” peddled the ia that homosexualy uld be changed, and who now regret the sufferg they ed.

Michael Bsee, a founr of Exod Internatnal, nsired one of the major anizatns that preached that sexual orientatn uld be changed, was both an early promoter and an early harms nversn therapy , and the tactics , aren’t news at this pot, and “Pray Away” is more tertg when foc on how most of s subjects eventually embraced gay and bisexual inti spe havg formerly been so public their homophobia.

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M-m seri-serial sports 112 reviewsMarch 25, 2014Pray the Gay Away is the first book the “A Southern Thg” seri and ’ s the story that we, the supporters of LGBTQ rights fight agast. Jack bee fatuated by Andrew immediately and pursu him whout a lick of self doubt… but jt bee they’re both gay, that don’t mean they’re necsarily a good f, right? 2d-characters child-celty child-neglect 357 reviews157 followersNovember 13, 2015If there is one explosive batn that guarante ayed tempers, rantg, unbelievable diatrib and prepostero rhetoric then mt be relign and homosexualy.

Sara York’s Pray The Gay Away navigat the stormy waters on a subject that affects many and magnificently als wh an extremely sensive is the son of the lol mister for Sweet and is the shg star and example for his high school football team. I have no doubt this was not tentnal, but would have helped to n this story by an edor that uld have fixed the typos, ntradictn, and hopefully the reprentatn of gay mal.

She supposedly assum Jack is gay, yet thks he's havg sex wh a girl and don't fd odd when she asks him about , he said, "I did not have sex wh a girl" multiple tim. His ma ncern is gettg out of the small town and makg sure his younger brother 8/yo Billy is safe om homophob and hate as well, sce Billy is extremely feme and don't realize the hate and ignorance people have them. There's a lot of homophobic ignorant close-md bullsh that is really hard to hear at tim, but as hard as is to hear, s even harr knowg that the thgs DO Actually Happen real life, whether people want to believe happens or not.

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Jordan is gay but knows wh absolute certaty that his fay would never accept so he is untg down the days until he n pe to Colls was ught kissg a boy and his ultra nservative and que ankly evil parents have moved him to the small town of Sweet a bid to remove temptatn. Prepare to be angry that this tly happens our and Jack were so sweet together, but both sets of parents were appalled to thk their sons might be gay and ma their life miserable.

I tried and tried but this book has few to no reemg I thought was tertg that this book addrsed thgs like gay teens approachg sex for the first time and admtg apprehensn about , I found the stant love between Andrew and Jack hard to believe.

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In plac, the wrg ntradicts self, the dialogue is lengthy and unrealistic, and I have a problem wh the some of the gay stereotyp that the thor enforc wh this book. Jack is the elst son of a self righteo preacher man who regularly spews bile and hatred om his pulp agast any number of perceived wrongs cludg homosexualy. In the Bible Belt, ’s mon to see bumper stickers that claim One Man + One Woman = Marriage, church billboards that mand one to “Get right wh J, ” letters to the edor parg gay marriage to marryg one’s dog, and nightly news about homophobic attacks om the Fay Foundatn.

Not only do most Bible Belt gays lack domtic partner benefs, lbians and gay men n still be fired om some plac of employment many regns of the Bible Belt for beg a homosexual. In Pray the Gay Away, Bernatte Barton argu that nventns of small town life, l which ern Southern manners, and the power wield by Christian stutns serve as a foundatn for both passive and active homophobia the Bible Belt. Drawg on the remarkable stori of Bible Belt gays, Barton brgs to the fore their thoughts, experienc and hard-won sights to explore the ont l of our natnal culture war over marriage, fay, hate crim, and equal rights.

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Barton, a profsor of soclogy and women's studi at Morehead State Universy, explor the toll of homophobia on the liv of Bible Belt gays, and the ways which they rpond to that adversy. Dcribg the Bible Belt as a regn of "pulsory Christiany, " Barton (Stripped: Insi the Liv of Exotic Dancers) argu that the fluence of Christian stutns on secular life creat "a foundatn for passive and active homophobia. " Barton draws on a trove of ethnographic data, cludg -pth terviews wh Bible Belt gays, viss to the Creatn Mm and a lol megachurch, attendance at an Exod Internatnal nference for ex-gays, and her own experienc as an openly lbian profsor.

This is a book to be valued by tors, social workers, mental health unselors, and others seekg a eper unrstandg of the fear and hatred experienced by gay, lbian, bisexual, and transgenr youth that will hopefully lead to improved support of gay youth and the velopment of safe spac.

CAN CATHOLICS “PRAY AWAY THE GAY?”

" ― Sacramento Book Review"I highly remend Pray the Gay Away to anyone wh an tert ntemporary queer experience, Bible Belt Christiany, and the tersectn of the two. " -- Eric Marc, thor of Makg Gay History"[S]heds cril light upon the ways Christiany affects the everyday liv of sexual mori regardls of their own relig intifitn.

Rather than seeg her rponnts as passive victims, Barton shows her dience that Bible Belt gays have an timate unrstandg of nservative Christiany that n help all to unrstand nflicts Amerin culture. " ― News Review"[The thor] draws on a trove of ethnographic data, cludg -pth terviews wh Bible Belt gays, viss to the Creatn Mm and a lol megachurch, attendance at an Exod Internatnal nference for ex-gays, and her own experienc as an openly lbian profsor....

PRAY THE GAY AWAY: THE EXTRAORDARY LIV OF BIBLE BELT GAYS PAPERBACK – AUGT 22, 2014

" ― Metapsychology"The thors tal of gay life this area of the untry, where anti-gay evangelil Prottantism holds sway, range om the harrowg to the mundane.... She is the thor of The Pornifitn of Ameri: How Rnch Culture is Rug Our Society, Stripped: More Stori om Exotic Dancers, and Pray the Gay Away: The Extraordary Liv of Bible Belt Gays. I found very tertg to read about the psychologil and cultural unrpngs of nservative Christiany's hatred of homosexuals and the stggl and triumphs of Bible Belt gays and lbians the face of culturally and polilly sanctned opprsn.

The thor is more fair than I would have been; she refully humaniz people who would rather their children be murrers than homosexuals, placg this clearly irratnal belief to s ntext. A whole book uld be wrten on the psychologil dysfunctn herent a group of people who unqutngly follow relig thory whout exercisg any cril thkg skills, to the pot of disowng (or exorcisg) their own gay children, and clg to a leral readg of the Bible to the pot of nyg science and anythg else that nflicts wh this medieval worldview, retreatg om an evolvg society the procs; this work foc upon the nsequenc of that belief system to gays and lbians, and as such succeeds illtratg the immense obstacl faced by openly gay and lbian cizens of the Bible Belt. Barton giv a peek to the liv of gay people who live, work, and love the Amerin Bible sectn of the book I found most thought provokg was a vastatg rebe to the mon homophobic rant, "I don't re what they do, but why do they have to FLAUNT ?

In the troductn, the thor discs how tratg is for people om New York and California to see the experienc and jt assume that gay people should leave, which is somethg that driv me crazy too.

PRAY THE GAY AWAY: THE EXTRAORDARY LIV OF BIBLE BELT GAYS

Also, even though I am not gay, my transgenr life I have experienced the 'dont ask dont tell' suatn and seeg this is words, articulated by someone else, mak me feel only more kship to the lgbt+ muny. It was an opportuny to take a nuanced look at the paradox and plexi facg Bible Belt gays, but ultimately the whole book uld be boiled down to "look at how mean the people are.

Her pot that her LGBT NYC iends overreacted when they thought that they would be physilly asslted Kansas, or her cg the study that showed that southerners were more likely than NYC people to nont a homonegative wars beratg a gay uple), but they would get buried pretty quickly.

The thor provis a well rearched and thorough acunt of the experienc of Bible Belt gays, and I thk 's an important read for those that are lookg to unrstand the stggl those livg this area face.

PRAY AWAY: THE FAILURE OF NVERSN THERAPY FOR GAY PEOPLE

Barton isn't totally impersonal, and provis enough ntext that the book don't feel voyristic spe the tensely personal ntent some of the terviewe nonfictnAuthor 37 books94 followersFebary 18, 2020Tryg to pray the gay away seems crazy to me, but only slightly ls crazy than certa social scienc, pecially ethnography.