A LIBRARIAN’S ORIENTATION
What this book explores
A memoir of growing up gay in a conservative Christian family and entering a conversion-therapy program.
EDITORIAL NOTE
Why it’s in the Library
It brings the human consequences of theological and therapeutic systems into view. The memoir makes it harder to evaluate conversion practices only by stated intentions while ignoring coercion, power, and lived outcomes.
Good starting place if…
You want to understand conversion therapy through one person's experience of faith, family, coercion, shame, resistance, and survival.
Know before you begin…
Conley recounts traumatic experiences that may be activating for survivors of religious or sexual harm. Memoir does not represent every LGBTQ person or family, and readers in immediate danger or crisis need direct support beyond a book.