My saving grace was competitive gymnastics. I was taught by my pastors, parents and peers to hate myself-and that worked. I tried repressing and denying who I was-but nothing changed inside of me. Practically living, eating and breathing the Bible didn’t work. Praying to God every night and pleading with Him to take my feelings away didn’t work. I was 9 years old when I recognized my attractions for the same gender. Supreme Court recently denied an appeal by anti-gay groups that sought to overturn the ban. I wept when I heard the news that the bill had been signed into law. In fall 2012, California became the first state to ban licensed mental health practitioners from using this practice on minors I testified in favor of the legislation. The harmful practice of sexual orientation change efforts-also known as ex-gay, reparative or sexual conversion “therapy”-involves attempts by a therapist to change the sexual orientation or gender identity of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) clients.
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