Watch: Pray Away 2021 123movies, Full Movie Online – Former leaders of the “pray the gay away” movement contend with the aftermath unleashed by their actions, while a survivor seeks healing and acceptance from more than a decade of trauma..
Plot: In the 1970s, five men struggling with being gay in their Evangelical church started a bible study to help each other leave the “homosexual lifestyle.” They quickly received over 25,000 letters from people asking for help and formalized as Exodus International, the largest and most controversial conversion therapy organization in the world. But leaders struggled with a secret: their own “same-sex attractions” never went away. After years as Christian superstars in the religious right, many of these men and women have come out as LGBTQ, disavowing the very movement they helped start. Focusing on the dramatic journeys of former conversion therapy leaders, current members, and a survivor, PRAY AWAY chronicles the “ex gay” movement’s rise to power, persistent influence, and the profound harm it causes.
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The elephant in the room is religion, not conversion therapy
At the end, Michael Bussee says that “as long as there is homophobia, there will be some form of an organization like Exodus”. He stops short of pointing the finger at religion which has been established by science as the primary source of homophobia.What these ex-gay people are exhibiting by identifying with their oppressors is nothing short of Stockholm Syndrome. It is like the American POWs who sided with their North Korean captors. People will rationalize anything that they want to believe in if they are desperate or vulnerable enough. As a gay atheist who did once attend church to find God, I question why the documentary did not focus on religion itself instead of conversion therapy which it spawned.
Why do some LGBTQ people still need to believe in Jesus and remain in the same religion that demonizes them, when they can get the sense of belonging they desire from within the LGBTQ community? Yvette Cantu said that she misses being part of the religious community, yet she had quite readily cast off her membership to the LGBTQ community in the 1990s.
I could not help noticing that the vast majority of people in this documentary are white, in spite of the diversity in the LGBTQ community. This is symptomatic of my experience as an Asian man in a LGBTQ community that does not treat its ethnic minorities equally. There is a growing body of evidence about discrimination and racism within the LGBTQ community that result in poorer mental health outcomes for those who are affected by such prejudice. Perhaps that could be Ryan Murphy’s next project, seeing how prodigious he is at documenting and validating the LGBTQ experience.
Disturbing and cultish
Very disturbing and didn’t go nearly far enough to point out the harm these religious superstitions cause. The dogma and cultish behavior of this middle eastern mythology is horrid.
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Runtime 1 hr 41 min (101 min)
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Rated PG-13
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Director Kristine Stolakis
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Actors Yvette Cantu Schneider, Michael Bussee, John Paulk
Country United States
Awards 4 nominations
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