conversion therapy, the so-called ex-gay movement is very much alive and thriving. Whether fueled by religion, politics, or pseudo-psychology, the movement’s belief system — which teaches people that being gay, bi, trans, or gender-nonconforming is a sin or sickness, a faulty trait to be eradicated through piety and prayer, or by clinical intervention — persists, and persistently causes irrevocable harm in the lives of the most vulnerable.“We know that nearly 700,000 people have gone through this in the U.S.
alone,” says Kristine Stolakis, whose documentary Pray Away, just released on Netflix, examines the ex-LGBTQ movement from the perspectives of survivors and former leaders. “We know it happens on every major continent in the world.
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