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Of or pertaining to the movement that considers homosexuality a disease and claims it can be cured by conversion therapy..
Ex-gay ministries began as redoubts for men and women trying to reconcile their faith and sexuality.
Instead of fire-and-brimstone denunciations from the pulpit, the ex-gay movement allowed the Christian right to couch its condemnation of homosexuality in a way that seemed compassionate.
For two decades, McKrae Game was a top-tier figure among ex-gay Christians and a leading advocate for conversion therapy, a counseling practice with the goal of helping LGBTQ people suppress their homosexuality and become "straight."
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Ex-gay means Of or pertaining to the movement that considers homosexuality a disease and claims it can be cured by conversion therapy..
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Ex-gay ministries began as redoubts for men and women trying to reconcile their faith and sexuality.
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