73: Documentary Filmmaker Jason Hanasik wants to save LGBTQ+ lives
Watch the BBC film here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ptvmahVE-s&feature=emb_logo
It’s been 30 years since the World Health Organization declassified homosexuality as a psychological disorder - being gay is no longer considered something that can be ‘cured’. 'Gay conversion therapy' attempts to change sexual orientation through psychological, spiritual and sometimes physical means. It's been widely labelled unethical and potentially harmful. But so-called gay conversion therapy is still widely available around the world.
BBC News Arabic has met a doctor in Jordan who’s been offering ‘gay conversion therapy’ and talked to people who have suffered as a result of going through this so-called treatment.
It is extremely rare for a doctor offering this controversial practice to speak openly and this is the first time anyone has covered this issue in depth in the Middle East.
This film highlights the emotional toll experienced by two young people who, in a desperate attempt to fit in, undergo ‘gay conversion therapy’. This film exposes the negative impact of such therapy and we hear details of what both characters experienced and how the treatment almost cost them their lives.
We also hear from a doctor who practices gay conversion therapy who believes homosexuality is a psychological disorder that can be cured. The film is about two people’s emotional struggle to be accepted and to love freely despite social stigma and family rejection.
A film by Jason Hanasik.
https://www.instagram.com/jasonhanasik/
http://www.jasonhanasik.com/
Animation by Leah Nichols.
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