‘Gay Conversion’ Therapy Survivors Share Horrific Experiences In New Documentary

Filmmaker Zach Meiners is hoping to shed light on the covert and often deadly methods involved in so-called gay conversion therapy with a stirring new documentary. HuffPost caught a sneak peek at “Conversion,” which will be screened at Chicago’s Landmark Century Centre Cinema on Jan. 12, via the clip below. In it, LGBTQ rights activist Elena Joy Thurston recalls how her attempts to reconcile her queer sexuality with her Mormon faith drove her to seek out a “cure” for same-sex attraction. Advertisement “At 20, I got married. By 30, I’d had four kids,” Thurston explains. “We had a great friendship… Read Full Article