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It has been proven by researchers that conversion therapy doesn't work. If anything, these treatments are more a form of psychological torture than a way to turn your LGBTQ+ family members cisgender heterosexuals.
But there are still people who swear their experiences "turned them straight." These people are now calling themselves the "Changed" movement.
Though it's not so much a movement as it is a very small group of people, as they displayed at a "rally" in Washington, DC.
There’s an “ex-gay” rally happening in DC today… https://t.co/AjoL1iD3oU— @DCHomos (@@DCHomos) 1622923182.0
@DCHomos By the way they "dance" you can tell right away they were never truly gay to begin with— Bernardo Marra (@Bernardo Marra) 1623010063.0
@DCHomos It must have been tough for them to be gay and not be able to dance. They probably also have no fashion sense.— mike (@mike) 1623035371.0
@DCHomos I can never understand why people care SO much about what another person chooses to do with THEIR life. It… https://t.co/WGDhIyYAzR— JMilionair (@JMilionair) 1623026537.0
@DCHomos What a waste of energy. It’s hilarious they aren’t bother by the light attendance 🤷🏻♀️😂 https://t.co/5C05WPEJHO— Bree Sea (@Bree Sea) 1623022652.0
A social media post promoting the rally for the Changed movement described the event as a "diverse group of former LGBTQ individuals in worshipping, sharing our testimonies, and celebrating freedom in Christ publicly on the Mall in Washington!"
The group of mostly White people did not appear to match this description.
*blank stare* https://t.co/IK0daJGsz7— DJ Nah FR (@DJ Nah FR) 1623078964.0
scuse me A what ? https://t.co/fwGvGnmubW— Baby Fucking New Yr 🐐 (@Baby Fucking New Yr 🐐) 1623077162.0
some fire closeted guilt-laden homosexual intercourse about to happen here https://t.co/q3gE60us3B— alek_bot (@alek_bot) 1623070373.0
This is by far the worst thing I've seen this week https://t.co/I9S71v2Yt6— Skeptic Lefty (@Skeptic Lefty) 1623067513.0
they're totally not gay they're just having an outdoor event with live music, a dj, singing, dancing, and matching… https://t.co/MQNgx3Z3e7— Austin 🌻💌 (@Austin 🌻💌) 1623057794.0
The Changed movement actively lobby against LGBTQ+ equality, including the Equality Act currently making its way through Congress.
Elizabeth Woning, the group's co-founder, referred to the people in the Changed movement as "Christians with LGBTQ in our past. Many, like us, have changed. We left LGBTQ because we wanted to."
However, in the past few years, many ex-gay leaders have come out of the closet as still very very much gay, including David Matheson, a Mormon conversion therapist who quite literally wrote the book on ex-gay conversion therapy in the Church of Latter Day Saints. McRae Game, who lead a conversion ministry in South Carolina for 20 years also admitted he always remained gay.
This looks about as authentic and genuine as Jason Kenney and the UCP’s Pride Pancake Breakfast. https://t.co/XQUEtxKt16— Handmaids For Kenney (@Handmaids For Kenney) 1623032057.0
They not slick having diet Pride. https://t.co/Xuw7KXMuTi— Can you dig it? (@Can you dig it?) 1623026022.0
Me when I lie https://t.co/kmPlePT7sr— 𝓜 (@𝓜) 1623023592.0
This is so sad. https://t.co/X8XxJvdcZX— Amanda Quraishi (@Amanda Quraishi) 1623020852.0
Honey... Its too hot for self hate. https://t.co/wJ88SI2qhd— Baby Jr. 📟 (@Baby Jr. 📟) 1623016592.0
The idea queerness can be reversed is quickly becoming a relic of the past. Several states passed laws banning conversion therapy being forced on people against their will.