Synopsis:
When 15-year-old Alex revealed she was gay to her devout Mormon parents, they feared so deeply for her soul that they took her from their Southern California home and placed her against her will in a conversion therapy home in Utah. Trapped for eight months with strangers, Alex faced horrible punishments and beatings that were intended to cure her homosexuality. After realizing she would have to submit to their rules in order to survive, Alex was eventually allowed to attend school, where she became friends with a boy that was the president of the gay-straight alliance. He helped Alex get in touch with an attorney, who later helped orchestrate her escape.
Quick Thoughts:
I’ll be honest and blunt – I haven’t seen this queer documentary yet. And not sure that I will. I’ve seen a few other fictional queer dramas with a similar plot regarding forced conversion therapy – and they are difficult to watch. So to watch a documentary of someone who truly lived thru the horror of this – it’s not really something I’m jumping up and down to watch. However, I WILL share knowledge of this documentary because many do not yet know the horrors of conversion therapy. And if you get to watch it before I do, let me know what you think!
Watched?
No
Reviewed?
No
Worth It?
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