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I tried to convert myself from gay to straight. It doesn’t work
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By Holden Sheppard
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When I was growing up, I didn’t want to let myself exist.
In 2004, I thought I was a normal boy. But puberty’s tsunami of hormones changed everything. When I watched footy, I suddenly noticed my favourite AFL players’ bulging muscles. I couldn’t take my eyes off them.
WA author Holden Sheppard tried to ‘pray the gay away’ and now knows the trauma associated with the practice.
‘Gay conversion therapy roadshow’ hits WA churches with ‘reformed’ gay man at the helm
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‘Gay conversion practices’ are legal in WA but banned in Victoria and Queensland
Researchers believe the practice can cause serious psychological harm
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A ‘gay conversion therapy’ roadshow visiting West Australian churches has sparked outrage and renewed pressure on state and federal governments to outlaw the controversial practice.
Albany Baptist Church last week hosted two Real Lives presentation events by True Identity International, which claimed to “tell stories of hope, vision and dignity beyond LGBTQ+.”