by John Smid | May 3, 2022 | Church and Religion, ExExGay - Conversion Therapy, John's Current Blog, LGBTQ Related Content
In 2017, Garrard Conley wrote a memoire, “Boy Erased”, about his life and his experience with Love In Action, a residential recovery program purporting to help homosexuals leave homosexuality. The program Director at the time was me, John Smid. ...
by John Smid | Oct 11, 2021 | ExExGay - Conversion Therapy, ExExGay - I Acknowledge, John's Current Blog, LGBTQ Related Content, MyLifeStory
National Coming Out Day 2021 – Anniversary of life When I was in high school, all I wanted was to find someone with whom I could have a significant relationship. I met a girl that I was head over heels in love with. I was just 15 years old. She was a very special...
by John Smid | Mar 23, 2020 | Church and Religion, John's Current Blog, LGBTQ Related Content
I was walking on the track with a friend today. He asked about how I was in some general terms then he said, “John, so how are things with Grace Rivers?” I was quickly drawn to a conversation I had just yesterday with a man who had contacted us after he...
by John Smid | Mar 23, 2020 | ExExGay - Conversion Therapy, John's Current Blog, LGBTQ Related Content, Love In Action
Throughout the years I was involved in leadership with ExGay ministries those in the LBGT community often said that we were causing suicides. I often dismissed their accusations, as I perceived them to be attempts only to discredit our work. Last week, January 2016,...
by John Smid | Jun 6, 2019 | ExExGay - Conversion Therapy, John's Current Blog, LGBTQ Related Content, Love In Action
Today is the 18th anniversary of the “infamous” protest of the Love In Action program for LGBTQ youth. Monday morning, June 6th, 2005 numerous protestors came to the new to us campus in Memphis, TN to say they were there to support a youth called...
by John Smid | Mar 25, 2019 | ExExGay - Conversion Therapy, John's Current Blog
My heart has been heavy the last couple of days. I’m overwhelmed with the number of LBGTQ people who are suffering with the effects of PTSD in their current life. I began to evaluate my own life while talking with my husband, Larry, last night. Damn, just...
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