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What Are They Talking About? An Abridged List Of Conversion Therapy Speak

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Randy Scobey
Jul 26, 2021
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The language that conversion therapy groups, especially exgay ministries, can be confounding, confusing, and in some cases frustratingly offensive. Friends suggested that I write a post explaining exgay-speak, seeing as I helped coin some of it back in the day and spoke it for over two decades. So here is an abridged list of phrases, terms, and sayings …

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