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Conversion Therapy Survivors Share Harrowing Experiences of ‘Gay Exorcism’ – WATCH

October 23, 2015 by Anthony Costello Leave a Comment

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Survivors of gay conversion therapy shared their harrowing stories with HuffPost Live last week after the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration released a report calling for the dangerous practice to end.

Survivor Josh Bryan Sanders gave a particularly chilling account of his experience of what he describes as a “gay exorcism-like” treatment:

“It’s not like ‘The Exorcist.’ It’s not like what you see on TV, but a very intense time of prayer, holy water, a dark room with candles. It’s traumatic and so for me, I experienced religious trauma syndrome … it’s similar to PTSD, so there’s triggers that I would have.”

Although opinions on conversion therapy are changing in the U.S., the practice is still used worldwide in many countries, specifically ones that are heavily anti-gay. Gay activists in China recently recorded sessions of electro shock therapy used to “cure” Chinese patients’ homosexuality as the Chinese government compliantly allows the practice to continue.

RELATED: Gay Christian Athlete Schools Kim Davis: Religious Freedom Isn’t a License to Discriminate – VIDEO

Watch Sanders elaborate on his conversion therapy experience and his PTSD symptoms after running into one of his “conversion therapists,” years later, below:

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: "Ex-Gays", abuse, Conversion Therapy, Gay Media, mental health, White House

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