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Off The Record with Mathew Shurka, Co-founder, Born Perfect and Tyler K. Allen, Tyler Allen Law Firm

Published: Feb. 11, 2020, 8:28 p.m.

b'Mathew Shurka, Co-founder, Born Perfect

Mathew Shurka is a conversion therapy survivor and Co-Founder of Born Perfect, a campaign that has become a global movement to end conversion therapy. Mathew leads the campaign alongside a team of lawyers and other conversion therapy survivors committed to protect LGBTQ+ people through legislation, litigation, and public education.


Tyler K. Allen, Tyler Allen Law Firm

Originally from Salt Lake City, Utah, Tyler K. Allen is an attorney in Arizona. As a teenager, Tyler spent five years in conversion therapy. During his experience, he saw therapists use religion to shame and silence people into depression and despair. At one point, Tyler even considered suicide. Today he speaks out about his own experiences with conversion therapy, and advocates against the practice.'