Actor and Bessemer native Glenn Shadix will appear alongside Wayne Besen for tomorrow night’s program exposing and debunking “reparative” therapy. Mr. Shadix, who came out to his parents as a teenager, endured aversion therapy under threat of losing contact with his siblings if he did not “beat this thing” and become straight (aversion therapy involves electrodes and shocks to certain parts of the anatomy if one exhibits the “wrong” response to same-sex pornography). Mr. Shadix will share his story.
Tomorrow night’s event will be held at UAB’s Alumni Auditorium in Hill University Center, 1400 University Boulevard. It begins at 7:00 PM, will run about two hours, and is free and open to the public.