Conversion therapy group founder comes out as gay, apologizes [View all]

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Source: the hill




By Jessica Campisi - 09/03/19 12:17 PM EDT



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McKrae Game, who founded and led Hope for Wholeness in South Carolina, publicly announced he was gay in early June, more than two years after the organization’s board of directors abruptly fired him.



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Game is one of several former gay conversion therapy leaders who have since cut ties with the movement and have come out as LGBTQ.

Almost 700,000 LGBT-identifying adults have gone through some form of conversion therapy as of 2018, according to UCLA’s Williams Institute, The Post and Courier notes.

Eighteen states and at least 50 cities and counties across the country have laws or regulations "protecting youth from this harmful practice," the Human Rights Campaign says.

Read more: https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/459723-conversion-therapy-group-founder-comes-out-as-gay-apologizes

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So much damage was done by him and his followers for so long. so much


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Nothing surprises me anymore.
But what he did to countless young men I hope he pays for everyone he's hurt..
Donna Dettrick
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How many young men are dead or damaged by this man! Unfortunately these people breath. Share our air!
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What ever happened to Michelle Bachman’s husband?