Jared’s Journey: A powerful Conversion Therapy Survivor Story
When Jared Dixon worked up the courage to come out to his parents it didn’t go well. His father said that being gay was “abnormal.” His mother and father began pressuring Jared to try “ex-gay” conversion therapy. This is a discredited practice that falsely claims to change sexual orientation or gender identity through prayer or […]
Patrick McAlvey: I was Exploited as a Teen by ‘Ex-gay’ Conversion Therapist
Patrick McAlvey entered therapy to change his sexual orientation at the age of 19. His former counselor, Mike Jones, was the director of Corduroy Stone, an affiliate of now-defunct Exodus International. He originally met Jones after he spoke at a Church youth ministry, while McAlvey was still in Middle School. The two connected years later, […]