8 Gay Conversn Therapy Survivors on Cameron Post

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We talked to 8 survivors of gay nversn therapy about seeg their own experienc reflected onscreen Diree Akhvan’s new film The Mistn of Cameron Post, starrg Chloe Grace Moretz.

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

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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. 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.

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. It's bee very lennial-driven bee there are younger people who've grown up homophobic and transphobic environments who are ready and willg to take the place of people like Randy. Conversn therapy, also known as “reparative” or “ex gay” therapy, refers to the practice of “curg” LGBTQ inti.

WHAT IT’S LIKE TO EXPERIENCE GAY CONVERSN THERAPY

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The Cut spoke wh Deb Cuny, a 37-year-old tn worker, about the nversn therapy she endured when she was a sophomore llege.

8 PEOPLE ON SURVIVG GAY CONVERSN THERAPY

I was tght that homosexualy was a s. If you were gay, you’d go to hell, simple.

I’d talk about “lezzi” and “homos”; you know, I was that kid who spread mors about the PE teachers.

FORMER DIRECTOR OF ‘EX-GAY’ MISTRY LOVE ACTN MARRI SAME-SEX PARTNER

It really sucks when you’re homophobic and you realize you’re gay. Exod ternatnal ex-gay mistri are all about “helpg” people return to their God-given genr exprsn and, you know, back to heterosexual relatnships. She met people like them and they got to meet people like me; she even started workg wh a lol ex-gay mistry.

'EX-GAY' CAMPS, THERAPY PROGRAMS ATTRACT CONTROVERSY

I was fally full-on openly gay.

TEXAS UPLE WHO RAN EX-GAY MP FOR ‘TROUBLED BOYS’ ARRTED, ACCED OF TRAFFICKG CHILDREN

At one pot I asked: If you get the mon of perversn out, will I no longer be gay?

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Former director of ‘ex-gay’ mistry Love Actn marri same-sex partner .

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