She's 17, gay, and was beg held agast her will. But after her extend fay got volved, Sarah was released.
Contents:
- GAY NVERSN THERAPY BAN - NEXT STEPS TO BE ANNOUNCED BY GOVERNMENT
- TEEN RELEASED OM GAY NVERSN MP FOLLOWG SOCIAL MEDIA MPAIGN
- 'THE MISTN OF CAMERON POST' SHOWS THE DANGERS OF "GAY CONVERSN" CAMPS
GAY NVERSN THERAPY BAN - NEXT STEPS TO BE ANNOUNCED BY GOVERNMENT
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Photo / Mark MchellLegislatn has been drafted to ban so-lled gay nversn therapy by the end of the year, the Herald unrstands.
TEEN RELEASED OM GAY NVERSN MP FOLLOWG SOCIAL MEDIA MPAIGN
Conversn therapy seeks to change lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr (LGBT) people's sexualy or genr inty g therapy, dgs or other methods. Waikato Universy senr lecturer psychology Dr Jaimie Veale prevly told the Herald there was no nclive data about how many people had been through so-lled gay nversn therapy New Zealand, although there was plenty of anecdotal evince.
A mpaign to get a teen released om a Christian "mp" where she was unrgog therapy to "pray the gay away" has been succsful. And wh that, her strict relig parents allegedly moved her to a Christian "mp", where she would be ma to unrgo psychologilly-damagg therapy to "pray the gay away", and "nvert" her to a law prohibed Sarah om leavg the mp until she reached the age of 18, when she would be regnised as a legal adult. He started a GoFundMe page to raise money for the legal expens need to ee posted the crowdfundg lk to his 112, 000 Twter followers, and his Facebook dience of 51, 000, promptg the hashtag #SaveSarah to go amazg iends & fans, PLEASE help save my sweet gay Sarah who's trapped at a boardg facily TX.
'THE MISTN OF CAMERON POST' SHOWS THE DANGERS OF "GAY CONVERSN" CAMPS
"But when they did that, Sarah's parents, who believe that homosexualy is a s and abnormal, sent Sarah away agast her will to an East Texas Christian boardg facily for troubled teens to 'pray away the gay'. So stead of beg surround by iends and extend fay who love and support Sarah for who she is, she'll be isolated a place where the fact that she is gay is treated as a s and an illns.
"This is about more than jt one gay kid - if we ee Sarah we n help show that 's not okay to try to make gay teens straight by sendg them away and g the threat of God agast them.