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Atonement: The John Paulk Story

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Conversion Therapy
Ex-Gay Movement
LGBTQ Community
Evangelical Community
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Christianity
Love In Action
Marriage
Exodus International
The Trevor Project
John Paulk
LGBTQ+ Youth
Alcoholics Anonymous
Drag Culture
Focus On the Family
Family
Oprah Winfrey

John was an ex-gay, ex-drag queen and an evangelical Christian. He married an ex-lesbian, had three children and became the poster boy for “conversion therapy” for over 15 years, traveling across the world to preach the idea you can ‘pray away the gay’.

John Paulk was living proof that they could change, that God would love them, and that they could live a “normal” heterosexual life. ​

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John’s marriage becomes the jewel in the ex-gay movement’s crown.

Soon the couple are everywhere: Oprah, national ad campaigns, even the cover of Newsweek. But beyond the spotlight, cracks are forming.

Atonement: The John Paulk Story is a produ... more

John makes his way to the residential program that will shape his life forever.

There, he meets John Smid, the former director of Love in Action. And the woman who would become his wife.

Atonement: The John Paulk Story is a production of iHear... more

John steps back into the story he once tried to outrun.

Alongside expert insights and survivors of “Conversion Therapy”, John begins peeling back the layers of how he became one of the most totemic figures of the ex-gay movement.

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John Smid
Former director of Love in Action, involved in ex-gay ministries
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Episode: 2. There’s No Place Like Home
Darrell Hershaft
Colleague at the Human Rights Campaign
Episode: 1. The Dancefloor
Casey Pick
Senior Director of Law and Policy at The Trevor Project
The Trevor Project
Episode: 1. The Dancefloor
Wayne Besson
Advocate against the ex-gay movement
Episode: 1. The Dancefloor
Curtis Thompson
John's first boyfriend and known figure in his past
Episode: 1. The Dancefloor
John Norman Paulk
John's father
Episode: 1. The Dancefloor
Vicki Paulk
John's stepmother
Episode: 1. The Dancefloor

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