Saving Alex : when I was fifteen I told my Mormon parents I was gay, and that's when my nightmare began

Cooper, Alex, 1994- author.

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The author recalls her experiences as a teenager in an unlicensed Mormon treatment program intended to cure her of lesbianism, detailing the beatings, verbal abuse, and cruelty she endured, as well as the historic legal case surrounding it.

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Cooper, Alex, 1994-

Latter Day Saint gay people United States Biography

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ISBN:

9780062374608
0062374605

Edition:

First edition

Description:

248 pages ; 24 cm

Contents:

Prologue : dead end
Families are forever
Cracks in the plan
Just this one girl
Opening up
"Get out. Just go!"
Welcome to Utah
"I'm going to be here a long time"
"You think you are gay, but that's not how God made you."
Free to choose
The burden of homosexuality
Invisible
Giving in
Going back to school
Can't take another day
Safe
Going home
Standing strong
Moving on
Sharing my story

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1692947

Other Authors:

Brooks, Joanna, 1971- author

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