A Think Queerly Leadership InterviewIn this episode I speak with Matt about,

• How trying to win the approval of his father made him seek out religion.
• Why this in part led him to become involved with conversion therapy.
• The years he spent in a private Facebook group (from about 18 to 23 years old) speaking with about 300 other men who classified as having “unwanted same-sex attractions,” how toxic that environment was with mental health issues and shaming, and how and why he was unable to leave.
• His experience when he attended a so-called “life-changing” conversion therapy camp weekend (Brother’s Road: Journey into Manhood — the subject of the Vice documentary video, below) in the US when he was 23.
• Why he remained connected with the weekend group for about 18 months, even though he no longer believed in the teachings or process.
• Matt’s involvement with “No Conversion Canada” and his media scrum on Parliament Hill when the Canadian government’s tabled the first reading of Bill C-8 to ban conversion therapy in Canada.
• And, what to do if you want to leave a conversion therapy program, or if you know someone you care about who needs help.

Read the complete post with additional details, resources, the videos of Matt speaking at Parliament Hill and the Vice documentary, “Living Through Gay Conversion Therapy” on my LGBTQ publication, Th-Ink Queerly on Medium:

Canadian Gay Conversion Therapy Survivor, Matt Ashcroft

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