Alex Cooper

Gay Mormons, reparative therapy, and the safe spaces of conservative religion

By Jana Riess — May 19, 2016
Historian Benjamin E. Park says the new memoir “Saving Alex” -- which chronicles a gay teen Mormon’s nightmare of conversion therapy -- is “a reminder of the lengths people are willing to go to in denying the authenticity of homosexual voices.”

Mormon statement officially denounces ‘abusive’ conversion therapy for LGBTs

By Jana Riess — March 17, 2016
Well, hallelujah. This is quite a turnaround for Mormon culture.
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