In Depth

One man explains his gay conversion practice experience

Isobel Cootes
February 22 2021 - 8:00pm
"There is deep, deep conflict, because you're well aware you are meant to tick boxes of boy meets girl, they fall in love, get married, have kids. For me, I just knew I couldn't tick the boxes." Photo: file
"There is deep, deep conflict, because you're well aware you are meant to tick boxes of boy meets girl, they fall in love, get married, have kids. For me, I just knew I couldn't tick the boxes." Photo: file

John* has recounted the denial, grief and trauma he experienced growing up in Tasmania as a homosexual man in a Christian church, including an exorcism he was forced to partake in.

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Isobel Cootes

Isobel Cootes

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Sports reporter at The Canberra Times. A Novocastrian with a passion for football (or soccer as they call it in the capital) via The Examiner and The Port Lincoln Times.

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