A survivor of conversion therapy is setting down her experiences in ex-gay and evangelical Christian organizations in a book slated to come out June 22.
Julie Rodgers, the author of "Outlove: A Queer Christian Survival Story," also appeared in the documentary "Pray Away," which came out last year.
Rodgers, 35, said she was first taken to conversion therapy as a teenager. "My mom took me to conversion therapy when I came out at 16," Rodgers, a lesbian, told the Bay Area Reporter. "I was there, trying to be straight, for 10 years.
At the end, I decided I am definitely gay and this is harmful." Rodgers started conversion therapy with Living Hope Ministries in Texas, which worked with Exodus International — an umbrella organization of groups