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World Service,09 Jun 2021,23 mins

McKrae Game: Outlawing 'gay conversion' therapy

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In some countries, attitudes towards homosexuality have moved from prejudice and persecution to acceptance and legal protection. But very few nations have specifically outlawed 'gay conversion' therapy, a practice usually linked to religious movements which still demonise homosexuality. Stephen Sackur speaks to McKrae Game, who founded an organisation which told thousands of young gay Americans their sexual orientation was a “sin they must reject”. Four years ago, he quit. Now, he says he is sorry for the harm he did, but is it too little, too late?

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