Celebrities open up about the horrors they experienced during the ‘gay cure’

Gregory Mohd, known by his stage name Grag Queen, went viral when he revealed in a video that he underwent the “gay cure”. The drag queen, singer and reality show presenter Drag Race Brazil She said that, when she was 11 years old, she was taken to a clinic that falsely promised to change her sexuality.

In an interview with the project End of Healingwhich denounces methods of changing the sexual orientation or gender identity of people in the community, Grag said that he was taken by his parents to church when he was 11 years old, and the pastor said that it was necessary to expel a demon that existed within him.

“We had to stand in a line, with our eyes closed. Then there was this session. They wet our mouth, our head, and they had to give us so many shocks while we spoke, repeating several expressions: ‘I’m not gay’, ‘ I may be perfect, but God will make me perfect, I deny myself,'” she recalled.

In addition to Grag, other celebrities have also opened up about what they experienced in so-called “conversion therapies”. Remember some cases below:

Orlando Caldeira

Actor Orlando Caldeira, who was last on air in Go in Faith, on TV Globo, said that he underwent the “gay cure” when he was 18 years old. He recalled that his mother took him to a psychologist who promised to do regression therapy that would supposedly be able to change his sexuality.

“It was a time when people didn’t talk about it, when there was a greater taboo about sexuality. It was even a great shame to have a gay relative, a gay son. Not that today is very different from that, but I think the discussions have already advanced, and We have somewhere to look for help”, reflected Orlando.

Bruna Linzmeyer

Bruna Linzmeyer also experienced the trauma of undergoing the “gay cure” in a psychology office. In an interview, the actress said that she suffered lesbophobia from the psychologist for years, which caused her to begin to repress herself.

Victor diCastro

Known for his astrology videos on social media, influencer and comedian Vítor diCastro has also opened up about his experiences. He said that, when he was 9 years old, the principal of the school where he studied advised him to go to therapy because he was “a very effeminate child.”

“It was an attempt at sexual conversion, a kind of ‘gay cure’ too, which did immense damage to me. It lasted about six or eight months. I don’t remember very well, as I think I blocked out details of the sessions, but I remember pointing out a ‘problem in me’ and thinking it was wrong to be who I was”, recalled Vítor.

Rodrigo Malafaia

Model Rodrigo Malafaia is the grandnephew of pastor Silas Malafaia, who has already been prosecuted for accusations of homophobia, and said that his family underwent gay healing.

“I went to church my whole life. When they found out I was gay, it was psychological terror. They took me to an evangelical therapist. I promised I would change. There was no way out, I was only 15 years old. I had no autonomy. I needed to obey or I would be grounded I even got a fake girlfriend. I only really came out at 20 because I couldn’t take it anymore. I said ‘either you have a gay son or you don’t have a son anymore’, but with some reservations”, he said in an interview with the newspaper. Extra.

Source: Redação Terra