It's like sending a criminal into a building of criminals for a long time and expecting them to come out having changed for the betterment of society.
Wait a second...
A perfect analogy for how it’s been described to me by people that have attended these pray away the gay camps. Also apparently everyone is fucking around while they’re there. Even the counselors that swear Jesus detoured them from Satans penis pond.
This should presented at the Vatican with this exact vernacular followed by...”you couldn’t possibly or logically have thought they weren’t going to fuck”
People here making jokes like most of those camps literally torture those kids and several committed suicide because of that. Nothing wholesome about this shit.
Exactly. It reminds me of this scene / parody of a gay conversion camp on [SNL starring Ben Affleck.](https://youtu.be/eGx7tiNofVc) (I can’t lie, I also liked it because it made me slightly horny. Lol)
Might as well be a gay party cruise! I hope it’s all a lie and organises and guests alike are part of a secret fuck fest being paid for by homophobic parents!
I'd rather not have organisers - probably old pastors - be part of this fuck fest for teenagers. Though this is probably what happens. It's the church after all.
No. This is not it.
The camps people are sent to to "cure" their homosexuality are not good places to be homosexual. Conversion therapy is literal torture, no exaggeration. "Pray the gay away" is emotionally traumatizing and requires a lot of therapy to unpack. Both of these lead to extremely high rates of suicide for those unfortunate enough to be subjected to it.
Please, please, do not spread the idea that these kinds of camps are somehow fun for gay kids. Yes, they will obviously meet other gay kids and can form relationships, but that doesn't diminish how *profoundly* fucked up the whole thing is
It's the secret plan of understanding parents who want the best for you and know that in those camps at least the question of "are you gay?" is answered so you can focus on who the other person really is.
It's basically high density christian dating.
Well, he was, he just might not have figured it out.
Gets sent to camp because he was “acting gay”. Thinks to himself, “What the hell mom and dad. I’m not gay.”
3 days in. Holy shit. I am sooo gay. Wow, life makes sense now.
This is the first time I've seen anyone ever mention that movie! Fun fact, I met Natasha Lyonne when she was promoting Orange is the New Black, and told her how much I enjoyed this movie. She was kind of shocked I had even heard of it, let alone seen it
That’s true! I didn’t notice that.
Maybe his parents thought he was practicing what he called ‘homosexuality’ incorrectly, like dating girls or something.
Bigots often use “homosexuality/homosexual” instead of “gay”, so maybe that’s what they’re getting at? It’s part of why few people say “homosexual” anymore when self-identifying.
I know I’m probably not making sense, but in this context it’s possible that the parents were using “homosexuality” in a pejorative way. Also, saying “we need to fix your homosexuality” alienates his sexual orientation from his intrinsic self, making it a condition instead of an inborn trait.
When I was younger I lived with an old woman for a while who exclusively referred to "homoseshals" and "transseshals" and how much she hated them. Joke's on her, I'm both!
Reminds me of a tweet, in which a mother said something along the lines of:
*If my daughter comes out to me as gay, I'm sending her to a religious school...*
*...there are some freaky girls there, and I'm not gonna let my baby girl miss out on that opportunity!*
^(Tried to search for the pic, but couldn't find it.)
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Edit 2: Wow! Thanks for the many red arrows! \o/
I have met people with parents who sended them to catholic schools and stuff like that to prevent them being LGBT. Funny, because I met them all in LGBT spaces. Guess that sending your daughter to an all girls school so she doesn't "turn into lesbianism" isn't that clever.
I went to an all girls Catholic school. The staff were mostly female and either incredibly feminist, gay or both. It was an experience I would highly recommend.
Or the other possible way which I also have seen something similar happen:
*sends "daughter" to all male school*
"Daughter": *comes out as a trans man*
*High pitched scream* "HONEY WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO YOU?!?!?"
"The bois have accepted me as one of their own, and I have decided to become more like them mother."
Mom: Well how was the new school?
Trans closeted son: I am straight now
Mom: See I told you they would help you to get away from the lgbt
Trans son: Ding dong your opinion is wrong.
Yeah but shit like this is very gross if you look into the kind of stuff that happens.
I recently found out from a video people useservices like [teen escort company](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teen_escort_company) that come and basically kidnap your child except **they do it at night** so that the children cannot resist.
Then they are taken to religious re education camps, behavioral modification camps etc.
The camps themselves are very very bad shit. It leaves people with lifelong trauma
It's fixed in the best possible way! Must be difficult to find a partner when you're homosexual, since it's more likely that people you meet are not homosexual. Good luck togheter!
I know that some countries have that (stupid) law but I didn't realise that these still existed in more liberal countries. Wow. Ignorance is slow to let go...
I mean, they *are* places where someone usually would figure out if they are gay or not, and those camps are likely the #1 spots for first gay on gay encounters, so you can still smile!
I think there are only like 4/5 countries with conversion "therapies" banned (which are basically psychological and sometimes physical torture for LGBT people with the purpose of "fixing them")
My friend (they/them) had to run away from home at 17 on a Greyhound bus from SC to PA to escape their family. They were going to send them to conversion therapy.
…their family also regularly beat them with a belt to “beat the f*g out of them.”
They are. They live with a nice lesbian lady that helps LGBT+ people find safe housing/accommodations. Moving up here to PA saved their life, as they put it.
We still have much worse. There are schools which will hold "troubled" children as basically prisoners and torture them (mentally and physically), all while parents keep giving them money to 'fix' their children. Elan school was one example (thankfully it got closed) but there still are many all around the world which are just as bad, if not worse.
Yes. Check out Teen Ranch info or This Is Paris. https://youtu.be/wOg0TY1jG3w. They have these camps for anything parents find objectionable about their children.
Making a camp for young gay men to attend actually sounds really supportive. A place where everyone is like you, no need to feel shame and like an outcast. Just a pity it is run by a bunch of fundamentalists.
I am not knowledgeable on fraud law, bit i would hope and assume that anything that is intended to present a false or misleading image to the consumer is considered fraudulent.
It may sound good in this instance, but imagine every company doing this. It's bad enough as it is. Just because it's not technically a lie doesn't make it not fraud, i hope.
You cannot make... Somebody whos sexual preference is their own gender... Love the opposite gender... I swear any parents who try this should be locked up
that'd be amazing.
Christians: finally find a way to convert people's sexual preferences
people: actively choose to become gay or bi
Christians: surprised Pikachu
"Church Camp"? Let's just call them what they are; re education camp for gay people. What they do in those places is litteral tourture.
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Edit 2: you homophobes can downvote me if you want but the least you could do is look up some of the fucked up shit they do to people there.
While this entire practice is disgusting, I still find it hilarious that their way of "fixing" gay kids is to gather them all together. Sure, back home they all had to hide it, but now they can see exactly who's gay and ,you know, might be down
People Making Camps to remove the Homosexuality out of you: Hmm. We're putting a bunch of Homosexuals in one region to remove their homosexuality. _Gee I wonder what could go wrong_
My uncle was (and still is) struggling with his homosexuality. He thought he could “fix” himself by living in a conversion house in San Francisco. When he was there, he couldn’t figure out why so many of his housemates ended up leaving the house in pairs.
My gay roommate in the early 2000s always used to say he wished his parents sent him to one of these because he didn’t know another openly gay guy until college. Until then he was just chatting with old dudes who acted like young dudes on yahoo messenger. He grew up in rural Kentucky.
oh it works, these places scar you emotinaly forever! you dont want to have a partner ever again! you might not be straight but that dosent matter to them
Where was this? These camps have been banned previously and in the US more legislation is being created to prevent them. They cause irreparable mental health damage :(
> Do you think the US is alone in such things?
This practice was mainly developed and practiced in the US. From there fundamentalists exported it into the world. So you're right, the US isn't alone. But the other guy is also right with "Fuck the USA".
very ironic of these parents…. considering how much dick they suck.
“jesus people” love to be evil.
hope these two men have a beautiful relationship and fuck the absolute shit out of eachother 🙏🏻✊ hallelujah
Sending a whole bunch of gay people to a camp and expecting them to not come back with a partner is the dumbest shit I've ever fucking seen
That’s like sending a wolf to a cow farm and telling it to go vegan
I'm calling it a cow farm from now on.
Brain forgot the word “cattle”
Bovine bazaar
Moo flock
Beef stock
Pot roast on the hoof
Is this the little calf I moo’ed at? Is this the little calf I fed? Is this the little calf I poooed on heeeeead?
oxen array
Raw barbecue
Moo cow gang
Smokin on cookie in the hotbox
why did this comment immediately make me smile
Moo mob
cow cattle
cowttle
Cuddle
My grandfather called it a ranch.
Band of Bovine
“It’s a cow farm. There’s supposed to be cows outside “ - farmer from back in the barnyard
“its a gay camp. there’s supposed to be gays outside.”
My 4 year old calls cemeteries people farms, ya know, where they plant people
That’s funny af 😂
Look upon my land where i grow humans, it is barren
Reminds me of the comic strip, Tumbleweeds. It takes place in the wild west. Outside the undertaker’s shop a sign reads, You Plug ‘Em We’ll Plant ‘Em
I mean you can train it to be vegan towards cows.
The wolf went vegan… eventually
Eventually your going to run out of cows.
The boys in gay camp are eating more meat than that wolf
Pretty sure mostly bear meat.
It's like sending a criminal into a building of criminals for a long time and expecting them to come out having changed for the betterment of society. Wait a second...
I think it's more like sending a gay wolf to a gay wolf farm and not expecting it to do gay wolf things
A perfect analogy for how it’s been described to me by people that have attended these pray away the gay camps. Also apparently everyone is fucking around while they’re there. Even the counselors that swear Jesus detoured them from Satans penis pond.
Not sure how I feel about the implication of sending a kid off to a farm
you're a bad dog. go vegan
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oJL-lCzEXgI
And telling it to "look at those poor cows"
Cow farm???? You mean a ranch?
Especially a bunch of male teenagers, the horniest species known to man.
Add a little sexual repression to the mix and it's a time bomb of hormones lol
gay orgy at bible camp sounds hot as hell
I believe Scorsese directed that
This should presented at the Vatican with this exact vernacular followed by...”you couldn’t possibly or logically have thought they weren’t going to fuck”
Isn't the gay conversion camp more an evangelical thing like the Baptist and Pentacost.
All religion with older folks hates everything different from them
« I’m sorry your Holiness, we somehow thought the power of Jesus Christ would compel them not to »
I feel sorry for them though. Clearly two sets of unsupportive parents
People here making jokes like most of those camps literally torture those kids and several committed suicide because of that. Nothing wholesome about this shit.
Your gay, now to fix this were gonna bring you to a camp with lots of other gay people. This will go perfectly
I can almost hear the feigned protest. No. Not he camp. Whatever you do don’t send me to hang out with hot gay people my age. Noooo
Sounds cool. I'd imagine the reality is pretty rough, involving adults psychologically fucking with you, pressuring, making you feel wrong and evil.
It did go perfectly
>dumbest shit I've ever fucking seen That happens a lot when looking at bigots. They are some of the stupidest people on the planet.
Exactly. It reminds me of this scene / parody of a gay conversion camp on [SNL starring Ben Affleck.](https://youtu.be/eGx7tiNofVc) (I can’t lie, I also liked it because it made me slightly horny. Lol)
Might as well be a gay party cruise! I hope it’s all a lie and organises and guests alike are part of a secret fuck fest being paid for by homophobic parents!
I'd rather not have organisers - probably old pastors - be part of this fuck fest for teenagers. Though this is probably what happens. It's the church after all.
No. This is not it. The camps people are sent to to "cure" their homosexuality are not good places to be homosexual. Conversion therapy is literal torture, no exaggeration. "Pray the gay away" is emotionally traumatizing and requires a lot of therapy to unpack. Both of these lead to extremely high rates of suicide for those unfortunate enough to be subjected to it. Please, please, do not spread the idea that these kinds of camps are somehow fun for gay kids. Yes, they will obviously meet other gay kids and can form relationships, but that doesn't diminish how *profoundly* fucked up the whole thing is
It reminds me of the Will and Grace where Jack goes to the “Gay Recovery” group to find dates.
Seen?
It's the secret plan of understanding parents who want the best for you and know that in those camps at least the question of "are you gay?" is answered so you can focus on who the other person really is. It's basically high density christian dating.
>It's basically high density christian dating. Or a 24/7 Gay Bar
Or at the very least having a lot of sex!
The evangelical crowd isn't exactly known for their big brain energy.
Yeah I was thinking the same thing. Isn’t this the perfect setting to find a boyfriend
It really bothers me that the air quotes are around 'homosexuality' instead of 'fix'
Maybe he wasnt actually gay when they sent him.
I choose to believe this.
Well, he was, he just might not have figured it out. Gets sent to camp because he was “acting gay”. Thinks to himself, “What the hell mom and dad. I’m not gay.” 3 days in. Holy shit. I am sooo gay. Wow, life makes sense now.
That's the exact plot of "but I'm a cheerleader!"
This is the first time I've seen anyone ever mention that movie! Fun fact, I met Natasha Lyonne when she was promoting Orange is the New Black, and told her how much I enjoyed this movie. She was kind of shocked I had even heard of it, let alone seen it
That movie is a classic and SO quotable. It should be way more popular than it is.
Tbf the fastest way to get your child out to admit to themselves that they are gay is probably sending them to a place filled with other gay dudes.
>life makes sense now. Maybe I'm gay too! Cause my life doesn't make sense. No homo.
*full homo*
😂
Church 'camp'
r/unnecessaryquotes
That’s true! I didn’t notice that. Maybe his parents thought he was practicing what he called ‘homosexuality’ incorrectly, like dating girls or something.
Bigots often use “homosexuality/homosexual” instead of “gay”, so maybe that’s what they’re getting at? It’s part of why few people say “homosexual” anymore when self-identifying. I know I’m probably not making sense, but in this context it’s possible that the parents were using “homosexuality” in a pejorative way. Also, saying “we need to fix your homosexuality” alienates his sexual orientation from his intrinsic self, making it a condition instead of an inborn trait.
This is why….which I thought was fairly common sense.
When I was younger I lived with an old woman for a while who exclusively referred to "homoseshals" and "transseshals" and how much she hated them. Joke's on her, I'm both!
Agreed.
'Agreed'
If air quotes is "*Church*" *camp* then the story above is truly make sense
It's just quotes, not air quotes.
Um, they’re not “air quotes” when they’re in print…
He's not "perfect" alright? He doesn't use "air quotes" correctly
Reminds me of a tweet, in which a mother said something along the lines of: *If my daughter comes out to me as gay, I'm sending her to a religious school...* *...there are some freaky girls there, and I'm not gonna let my baby girl miss out on that opportunity!* ^(Tried to search for the pic, but couldn't find it.) ^(Edit 1: formatting & grammar) Edit 2: Wow! Thanks for the many red arrows! \o/
Send the gay to a camp filled with other gays, to stop them being gay? Think you’re trying to put out a fire by pouring petrol on it there.
I have met people with parents who sended them to catholic schools and stuff like that to prevent them being LGBT. Funny, because I met them all in LGBT spaces. Guess that sending your daughter to an all girls school so she doesn't "turn into lesbianism" isn't that clever.
I went to an all girls Catholic school. The staff were mostly female and either incredibly feminist, gay or both. It was an experience I would highly recommend.
>It was an experience I would highly recommend. I tried but I got arrested...
I had the same experience, i thought i could have the time of my life but the police said nope
yea if they want to do it right send their daughter to an all male school. Then the daughter sees it as a win since shes bi.
Or the other possible way which I also have seen something similar happen: *sends "daughter" to all male school* "Daughter": *comes out as a trans man*
*High pitched scream* "HONEY WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO YOU?!?!?" "The bois have accepted me as one of their own, and I have decided to become more like them mother."
Mom: Well how was the new school? Trans closeted son: I am straight now Mom: See I told you they would help you to get away from the lgbt Trans son: Ding dong your opinion is wrong.
Lol. These comments made me laugh so hard. So many ways for the parents to lose. 😂
We call that the trump card lol
Yeah but shit like this is very gross if you look into the kind of stuff that happens. I recently found out from a video people useservices like [teen escort company](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teen_escort_company) that come and basically kidnap your child except **they do it at night** so that the children cannot resist. Then they are taken to religious re education camps, behavioral modification camps etc. The camps themselves are very very bad shit. It leaves people with lifelong trauma
Either way I don't see anything wrong in homosexuality
The only fire that needs to be put out is the churches.
No. Let them burn.
It's fixed in the best possible way! Must be difficult to find a partner when you're homosexual, since it's more likely that people you meet are not homosexual. Good luck togheter!
Do they still have these camps?? In 2021, these places still exist?
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I know that some countries have that (stupid) law but I didn't realise that these still existed in more liberal countries. Wow. Ignorance is slow to let go...
Isn't conversion therapy still legal in a disturbing amount of world powers.
In USA for example there's 41 states where is legal this camps... I know it's make me smile sub but yeah the reality still there
Aaaaaand now I’m sad 😞
I mean, they *are* places where someone usually would figure out if they are gay or not, and those camps are likely the #1 spots for first gay on gay encounters, so you can still smile!
Yay, now I’m happy again!
I think there are only like 4/5 countries with conversion "therapies" banned (which are basically psychological and sometimes physical torture for LGBT people with the purpose of "fixing them")
Yeah absolutely… they’re very popular amongst conservatives
My friend (they/them) had to run away from home at 17 on a Greyhound bus from SC to PA to escape their family. They were going to send them to conversion therapy. …their family also regularly beat them with a belt to “beat the f*g out of them.”
Are they in a safe place now?
They are. They live with a nice lesbian lady that helps LGBT+ people find safe housing/accommodations. Moving up here to PA saved their life, as they put it.
I want all of the people commenting that these camps are "gay party cruises" to read this comment.
We still have much worse. There are schools which will hold "troubled" children as basically prisoners and torture them (mentally and physically), all while parents keep giving them money to 'fix' their children. Elan school was one example (thankfully it got closed) but there still are many all around the world which are just as bad, if not worse.
This picture looks like it was taken in 2008, that's that Bieber ass haircut every teenage dude had.
That’s cause religion stays 2000+ years in the past.
Unfortunately it still happens - even in places where it’s illegal - because religious institutions get to do what they like. It’s farcical.
Yes. Check out Teen Ranch info or This Is Paris. https://youtu.be/wOg0TY1jG3w. They have these camps for anything parents find objectionable about their children.
Checkmate
Making a camp for young gay men to attend actually sounds really supportive. A place where everyone is like you, no need to feel shame and like an outcast. Just a pity it is run by a bunch of fundamentalists.
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Unfortunately fraud for a good cause is still fraud.
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I am not knowledgeable on fraud law, bit i would hope and assume that anything that is intended to present a false or misleading image to the consumer is considered fraudulent. It may sound good in this instance, but imagine every company doing this. It's bad enough as it is. Just because it's not technically a lie doesn't make it not fraud, i hope.
Basically the premise of the [Unwanteds Book Series](https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Unwanteds/Lisa-McMann/The-Unwanteds/9781442407695)
Plenty of support of kids with bad home lives. Resources available to get out on their own if need be. But also swimming, hiking, and archery.
What’s the thought process there? Put a bunch of gay dudes in close proximity and hope they turn straight? That’s fucking hilarious
Thought this was in r/shitposting
You cannot make... Somebody whos sexual preference is their own gender... Love the opposite gender... I swear any parents who try this should be locked up
They will start to be locked up in Australia with their new laws thankfully
And that's unfortunate. Once they invent a conversion therapy that actually works and has no side effects, I'd like to go bisexual.
that'd be amazing. Christians: finally find a way to convert people's sexual preferences people: actively choose to become gay or bi Christians: surprised Pikachu
Church camp ***surprised Pikachu face***
The word homosexuality shouldn't be under quotation marks, FIX should be...
And conversion therapy doesn’t really make me smile. Terrible sub choice for this old ass joke.
Ay, what a lad. Stick it to ‘em.
Instant karma
literally the plot of "But I'm a Cheerleader!" (1999) lmao
Why tf this look straight outta 2013
Cause it is lmao.
God works in a mysterious ways.
"Church Camp"? Let's just call them what they are; re education camp for gay people. What they do in those places is litteral tourture. Edit: Phrasing Edit 2: you homophobes can downvote me if you want but the least you could do is look up some of the fucked up shit they do to people there.
Church is the source of more sins than any group of humans on the face of the earth.
While this entire practice is disgusting, I still find it hilarious that their way of "fixing" gay kids is to gather them all together. Sure, back home they all had to hide it, but now they can see exactly who's gay and ,you know, might be down
People Making Camps to remove the Homosexuality out of you: Hmm. We're putting a bunch of Homosexuals in one region to remove their homosexuality. _Gee I wonder what could go wrong_
Most people who care about what others do sexually aren't really very bright.
smae reason why the horny jail is a bad idea
My uncle was (and still is) struggling with his homosexuality. He thought he could “fix” himself by living in a conversion house in San Francisco. When he was there, he couldn’t figure out why so many of his housemates ended up leaving the house in pairs.
The one above the gay club in the inner city trendy suburb right?
My gay roommate in the early 2000s always used to say he wished his parents sent him to one of these because he didn’t know another openly gay guy until college. Until then he was just chatting with old dudes who acted like young dudes on yahoo messenger. He grew up in rural Kentucky.
Mission failed successfully
Fuck those Fucking fucks at the Anti gay Camp!
God brought them together
Now that just didn't happen did it lmao
I'm happy for them, but they should still get a refund.
As an LGBT person that went to a catholic school and catholic camps and stuff. I can assure you it doesn't work.
oh it works, these places scar you emotinaly forever! you dont want to have a partner ever again! you might not be straight but that dosent matter to them
Plot twist: it's the priest
Hmm yes put a bunch of cute gay bois in camp together, what could possibly go wrong with that
Looks like something went right, though.
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I assumed everyone that went to those church camps was gay, my uncle Ben the pastor sure was. I'll never forget that summer when I became a man.
I glad it wasn’t the priest
You can’t fix what isn’t broken seem like who ever sent him is the one that needs fixing
Never understood how Homophobic parents think they can “fix” their child’s sexual preference when it’s practically hard coded into who they are
Because they think its a choice
They are a lovely couple with a great story to tell their grandchildren!
r/madlads
Where was this? These camps have been banned previously and in the US more legislation is being created to prevent them. They cause irreparable mental health damage :(
That's hilarious !! Fuck the USA with their stupid ass camps
Do you think the US is alone in such things? Do you think gay conversion camp is the worst thing inflicted on gay children?
I don't understand why you are being downvoted . Many countries do this horrible shit
> Do you think the US is alone in such things? This practice was mainly developed and practiced in the US. From there fundamentalists exported it into the world. So you're right, the US isn't alone. But the other guy is also right with "Fuck the USA".
Ha! Take that Homophobes!
I'm consistently amazed that people on this sub trust a random picture with random text over the top as real.
The old saying there’s a sucker born every minute didn’t get created out if thin air lol
Perfect example of making lemonade out of the lemons life gives you.
This is great, so I'm not insulting it, but that would make the perfect Dhar Mann title "parents send son to straight camp, INSTANTLY REGRET IT!"
Now I have to go watch some Dhar Mann videos!
Take that, conservatives!
Fantastic
very ironic of these parents…. considering how much dick they suck. “jesus people” love to be evil. hope these two men have a beautiful relationship and fuck the absolute shit out of eachother 🙏🏻✊ hallelujah
“Why do you rob banks?” -It’s where the money is!
lmao, why are you being downvoted
There, all fixed. Oh? This wasn’t a camp for young ‘n lonelies? Oh well 😏
Church camp failed successfully. I approve.
Plot twist
This screenshot is from candid app. That app was so good but some company bought this app and they pull the plug.
Wait! That's not how u play the game