What it feels like to talk to conversion therapy advocates

Content warning: I discuss sexual assault, parental abuse/neglect, self harm, disordered eating, and street violence here

Talking to people who promote conversion therapy is traumatic. I’m going to try and see if I can commit to not doing it any more, for my own good. But I’m going to talk about why it’s traumatic for me.

I didn’t go through anything which could formally be described as a conversion therapy. But from the point I came out about being trans, I did go through many active efforts from my…