Truth Wins Out, an organization fighting against misguided attempts to turn LGBTQ+ people straight or cisgender. Speaking from his home in Orlando, Thomas relayed how he was lured into the conversion therapy industry.
Growing up in Nashville in the '80s, Thomas was exposed to constant homophobia, physically assaulted, and kicked out of his home upon coming out to his mother, who told him he was going to hell (they've since reconciled).
Thomas moved to Texas and fell into drinking and drugs, until he found a church that hosted an "ex-gay" ministry affiliated with Exodus International.
Assuaged by the friendly community and seeming concern for his well-being, Thomas quickly became involved in the conversion therapy movement, rising up the.