Queer Woman Who Recounted Tale Of Anti-Gay Abduction, Brainwashing To Speak In SF Tonight

Wednesday, June 15 2011
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Xandir O'Cando recalls abuse at Cross Creek Program for LGBT & 'troubled teens'

SF Appeal

 

When an account of a queer teen kidnapped and sent to a Utah reprogramming (to make her straight! Because that's how it works) "camp" was posted to social news site Reddit a few weeks ago, sites like Queerty and tiny nibbles* reacted in anger, as did Appeal readers who discovered that story in yesterday's newsletter. Though some online commentary expressed skepticism that the teen's story was true, she's responded with both an interview elaborating on her experience and will be speaking tonight, in SF.

"I almost wish you hadn't included those links to the gay teen reprogramming camp," one newsletter reader who requested anonymity wrote to me. "It brought back a lot of memories on how this was done to me nearly 16 years ago."

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Capitol Hill Briefing - February 2009

Abuse of Youth in Residential Placements: A Call to Action
The growth of the troubled teen industry, including wilderness camps, therapeutic boarding schools, and boot camps, has given rise to allegations of inhumane treatment of youth, and exploitation of families who are desperately seeking help for their teenagers. This topic, previously the subject of two hearings (1, 2) in Congress and two special reports by the GAO (1, 2), was examined further on Feb. 19th 2009, at a meeting sponsored by the Alliance for the Safe, Therapeutic, and Appropriate Use of Residential Treatmenton (ASTART) and CAFETY on Capitol Hill.