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Leelah alcorn a transgender teen who committed suicide in december. she said i never got the therapy i needed to cure me of my depression. i got more christians telling me i was selfish and wrong and that i should look to god for help. joining me now is matthew, a spokesperson for nclr and a survivor of gay conversion therapy. thank you for joining me matthew. >> thank you. >> tell me about the gay conversion therapy that you underwent. >> so im 26 years old now. i was 16 years old when i came o...

To talk therapy. mine was talk therapy 101, group and a conversion camp in virginia. yes, my therapy was in four states and five years from ages 16 to 21. >> wow. >> and even though it was talk. i had to do certain things. so the belief is that the first steps in curing homosexuality is spend as much time as possible with men, spending at least time away from women. this is to make sure you dont pick up any feminine behaviors, keep women as the mysterious opposite sex while having healthy male b...

That can be cured. especially because i was so young and inexperienced sexually, this was the opportunity to do it now. and my father thought, you know trusting his advice and this is really just something in my head, it was worth a shot. and my fears as a 16-year-old that i wanted my fathers approval. and the fact that there was a university professor saying listen, you dont have to come out. theres other options. and that also meant, i dont have to come out to my peers in high school. thats so...

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