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I Couldn’t ‘Pray the Gay Away,’ so I Went to Conversion Therapy. It Nearly Killed Me.

June is Pride Month. As told to Nicole Audrey SpectorI grew up in a chaotic household. There was a lot of moving around, anger and abuse. My parents divorced when I was 8. I never really knew what a healthy, happy family looked like, but I certainly knew what an unhealthy, unhappy family looked like. By my teenage years, I was determined to be nothing like the adults around me. In high school I found stability within a supportive friend group — kids who had the traditionally normal lives I’d always craved. They had happy families who did Sunday dinner and went on vacations together. They were...