KIM KEMMIS: "I Had An Exorcism [To Change My Sexuality]"

In this episode, there is mention of severe homophobia, transphobia, and suicide. If any of the topics discussed is triggering for you, please seek help by visiting Lifeline's website at https://www.lifeline.org.au/ or by calling 13 11 14. You can also call QLife at 1800 184 527.

Kim was in his teens when he came across a beat in Cronulla in Sydney where he experimented with his sexuality and later found out that he was bisexual. It was the 1970s and Conversion Therapy was promising to rid queer Christian folk from their bodily sins. Now Historian Kim Kemmis takes us through what it was like for him to undergo an exorcism, live in fear of AIDS and the accompanying stigma, and navigate feelings towards men now that he was a married man. 

LINKS

• Find out about Kim's research at Sydney Uni https://bit.ly/48HJ48u
• Watch the Netflix doco "Pray Away" https://bit.ly/3S7Dh59
• Watch Kim's suggestion "Boy Erased" https://bit.ly/42bYFL9
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 CREDITS 

Host: Abbie Chatfield @abbiechatfield 
Guest: Kim Kemmis @kim.kemmis
Executive Producer: Lem Zakharia @lemzakharia
Co-Creative Producer: Oscar Gordon @oscargordon 
Social and Video Producer: Amy Code @amycode 
Managing Producer: Sam Cavanagh 

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