My So-Called Ex-Gay Life

[crossfire]

A deep look at the fringe movement that just lost its only shred of scientific support.

TW: Mentions of suicide, severe depression, and abuse.

Early in my freshman year of high school, I came home to find my mom sitting on her bed, crying. She had snooped through my e-mail and discovered a message in which I confessed to having a crush on a male

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[crossfire]

It's partially being aware of having it page-by-page, like bunnika said, and also partially because for longer articles I try and be aware of copyright and reuse issues.

[songfire3]

Thank you for posting this!

[little_rachael]

That was a very beautiful, well-written article. And for once, the comments were great. I didn't read all of them, but all the ones I did read were supportive.

This is an amazing article

[songfire3]

I think it deserves to be posted in full! And after reading the whole article, I'm pleasantly surprised to be able to say "read the comments!"! :D

[othellia]

According to Nicolosi, identification with a parent of the other gender is out of step with our biological and evolutionary “design.”

No.

Robert Knight of the Family Research Council called it “the Normandy landing in the culture war.”

There are so many things wrong with this I just can't.

“I love you enough to stop you from hurting yourself,” she said.

I almost stopped at this; glad I kept reading. And surprisingly the comments are wonderful for once. Thank you for posting.

And OMG I just can't get over the parents. So gung-ho on ex-gay therapy, but as soon as they hear that they're the "cause" they promptly distance themselves from it. Because, you know, there's something wrong with being gay and there's someone or something at fault, but it's not them. If the therapy doesn't "work", it's because the therapist focused on the wrong target.