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Gay Man Describes Mormon Ex-Gay Experience

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By on Jul 11th, 2011

In this video, Steve, a former member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, describes his experience of Mormon conversion therapy. He spent 12 of his 35 years in Mormonism receiving treatment from Evergreen International, the main ex-gay ministry serving the LDS church. He says: Of the 15 men that were with [...]

BTB, CNN Reveal Story behind George Rekers ‘Sissy Boy’ Experiment

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By on Jun 7th, 2011

In 1970, a five-year-old boy named Kirk Murphy was subjected to an ex-gay experiment. Under the care of Dr Ivor Lovaas and George Rekers, then a doctoral student, of UCLA, he underwent therapy to eliminate supposed effeminate behaviors. In 1974, Lovaas and Rekers jointly published a paper about the boy they renamed “Kraig,” heralding his [...]