Conversion therapy and coercion in the contemporary south

[MutantAndProud]

I’ve written in replies over my time here, and to a lesser degree on a older profile a while ago, about some negative experiences with family and conservatives who ended up essentially targeting me for my orientation, lobbying me to change my political views and orientation, exhibiting layers of deceitful/coercive/manipulative behavior over the years, and covering up a past violent abduction and forced participations in religion etc under the guise of various ‘treatments’.

With everything so hostile to the LGBTQ+ community in many southern states none of this is truly surprising. What is new to me is being targeted and harassed by my family and contacts, and having them lie to other family/friends/outsiders and manipulate the situation so intentionally.

What is everyone else’s experience with these kinds of family and ‘friends’ or dangerous encounters stemming from targeted encounters from religious nutjobs lurking on gay apps, and what resources would you turn to if you were essentially isolated, targeted/stalked/tailed, and not financially independent enough to leave a hostile environment without assistance?

I can’t be the only one that’s fallen into traps like this.