What exactly are “gay converters” ? The image that instantly comes to mind is some sort of an engine that converts gays to electrical energy, but I know that can’t be right...
What Roland may have in mind is people who try to get gay people to become heterosexual. There’s frequently a religious component (“pray the gay away”) and strong promises that it will work if enough effort is put in.
What exactly are “gay converters” ? The image that instantly comes to mind is some sort of an engine that converts gays to electrical energy, but I know that can’t be right...
What Roland may have in mind is people who try to get gay people to become heterosexual. There’s frequently a religious component (“pray the gay away”) and strong promises that it will work if enough effort is put in.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ex-gay_movement
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conversion_therapy
Ok, I get it, somehow I’ve never heard this particular term before, but I am aware of the M.O.