Conversion therapy has been hyped throughout this year. The premise is simple: you take your gay kid to a (probably not registered) gay-be-gone camp and after some time your kid will (hopefully) no longer be gay. There are basically no laws protecting children from being thrown into such camps and the program has even began to gain popularity in countries like Africa, South America and Asia.
Even John Smid, former Director of Love in Action, a well-known conversion camp, has admitted these do not work and that are potentially very damaging to the kid’s mental health. .
“I knew that my feelings were not going away. I blamed myself; I wasn’t trying hard enough. My depression was serious. I gained 60lbs . I felt suicidal all the time.”
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