Surviving Ex-Gay Therapy

Published: April 8, 2013, 9:57 p.m.

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The growth of the ex-gay movement in the last two decades gave rise to hundreds of therapy programs aiming to change people\\u2019s sexual orientation. Many were explicitly religious, and claimed to be able to \\u201cpray away the gay\\u201d. But there\\u2019s a growing movement, led by survivors of ex-gay therapy, to disprove and ban these harmful practices for good. On this edition, stories of recovery from conversion therapy, and becoming ex- ex-gay.

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