Shame-Sex Attraction by Chris Csabs, Chaim Levin, D. Apple, Megan Poirier, James Jordan Sullivan, Tyler Krumland, Gemma Hickey, Syre Klenke, Colin Bland, Jonathon Sawyer, Kim Kemmis, Nathan Xie, Gregory Elsasser-Chavez, Lucas F. W. Wilson, Garrard Conley, Peter Nunn, Lexie Bean, Rick Danielson

Shame-Sex Attraction

Survivors’ Stories of Conversion Therapy

Chris Csabs, Chaim Levin, D. Apple, Megan Poirier, James Jordan Sullivan, Tyler Krumland, Gemma Hickey, Syre Klenke, Colin Bland, Jonathon Sawyer, Kim Kemmis, Nathan Xie, Gregory Elsasser-Chavez, Lucas F. W. Wilson, Garrard Conley, Peter Nunn, Lexie Bean, Rick Danielson

About this book

*We are survivors.* *We were subjected to dehumanizing practices by people who sought our erasure.* *We believe telling our stories is both powerful and political.* This edited collection brings together the experiences of those who have been subjected to queer conversion therapy - it is an effort to expose conversion practices for what they are - pseudoscientific, bogus, ineffective, and wildly traumatic - and to recognise and listen to survivors. With contributions from Gregory Elsasser-Chavez, Chaim Levin, Lexie Bean, Syre Klenke, and many more from across the LGBTQ+ spectrum - this is an attempt to ensure that what happened within these pages cannot - and will not - happen to future generations.