therapy after coming out to his religious family has shared his experience to help others affected by the cruel practice. Blair Anderson, from Glasgow, was 14 when he told his family he was gay and from them on he endured years of intimate, non-physical abuse from someone who intended to 'cure' his homosexuality.
Conversion therapy is defined as 'any practise that seeks to repress sexual orientation or gender identity', Glasgow Live reports.
It can take place in different forms including baptisms, ‘exorcisms’ and bible-readings that are “continuous shouting of scripture”.Scottish Greens' Blair said: “Most people’s idea of conversion therapy is a formal one, taking place maybe in a medical practise or a church camp.“My experience was.