Conversion therapy group founder comes out as gay

A founder and former leader of a South Carolina faith-based conversion therapy program has come out as gay.

McKrae Game, 51, is speaking out in a new interview after he announced he was gay. McKrae Game, the man who founded one of the largest conversion therapy programs in the country and led the homophobic organization for 20 years, has come out as gay. The founder of one of the nation’s largest conversion therapy group founder comes out as gay therapy programs, who spent decades leading the organization, now says he is gay, apologizing for his role in the practice.

McKrae Game, the founder of the South Carolina-based conversion therapy ministry Hope for Wholeness, came out as gay this summer, nearly two years after being fired from the organization he. The founder of one of the US’ largest conversion therapy programs has come out as gay, two years after he was suddenly fired from the faith-based conversion therapy program. McKrae Game has opened up about his journey to coming out, his own suppression of his sexuality, and the hurt he has caused.

Game, now 51, is one of several former conversion therapy advocates who have come out as LGBTQ and condemned the practice of conversion therapy. Eighteen states plus the District of Columbia have banned the practice for minors, according to the Movement Advancement Projectthough a slim majority of Americans still live in jurisdictions where conversion therapy is still legal for minors.

No credible evidence exists that any mental health intervention can reliably and safely change sexual orientation; nor, from a mental health perspective does sexual orientation need to be changed. The man who founded Hope for Wholeness, one of the most prominent conversion therapy groups in the United States, has come out as gay. He called himself a "religious zealot," saying: "People said they attempted suicide over me and the things I said to them.

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McKrae Game: Founder of conversion therapy group comes out as gay

Personal Finance. The contentious practice has been condemned by nearly every major medical association and has been associated with increased rates of suicide attempts. Why would I want that to continue? Search Search. At the time, being in a same-sex relationship was considered criminal, and many doctors were looking into ways to reverse homosexuality.

Fed judge: Immigration officials can't stop people in L. Follow NBC News. Skip to Content. Firefighters battle 2 wildfires at the Grand Canyon. McKrae Game, who founded one of the ministries that does "gay conversion therapy," which offers therapy to "take the gay away" from young people, admitted to South Carolina's Post and Courier that he has always had feelings for men.

While he was considered one of the most prominent leaders of the modern conversion therapy movement, he resigned from Love in Action in and divorced his wife later that year. NBC News Logo. Some doctors, like Austrian endocrinologist Eugen Steinach, led testicle transplantation experiences in which gay men were castrated then given "heterosexual testicles" from other males. NBC News Logo. So Expensive.