![]() For further reading on the subject, click here. Conversion therapies, the diabolical (often religious) practice of “praying the gay away,” have not and will never work, yet many still continue the practice despite it being banned in countries around the world. This is the narrative that every kid in the LGBTQIA+ rainbow should read and reflect upon. ![]() This is a compelling story of queer trauma, yes, but also of queer resilience. MY RATING: I GIVE SURRENDER YOUR SONS FOUR AND A HALF OUT OF FIVE STARS FOR THE WAY THIS SCOOBY-DOO BAND OF TRAUMATIZE QUEER TEENS REFUSE TO TAKE THESE ZEALOTS’ SHIT FOR ONE MORE MOMENT. Author Adam Sass handles this brutal topic with the weight and voice that it deserves. Joke’s on her, I wasn’t allowed ANY kind of therapy as a teen!īut the reality that so many teens have and do experience the trauma that is so-called conversion therapy isn’t something to be taken lightly. This book is an emotional sucker-punch.Īs a queer person who (unwisely) came out to my parents while still a teen living at home (bad idea), there was a moment when an aunt very casually mentioned that I should be sent to conversion therapy. ![]() ![]() Little does he know his mom has conspired to get him shipped off to a conversion camp. Connor, a newly-out gay teen who is not impressed by the way his un-closeted-ness is going at home. ![]()
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