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The Good Fruit Project
Sweet fruit for LGBTQ Christians and their supporters
The Trevor Project and Q Christian Fellowship partnered to launch the Good Fruit Project to make a faith-based case against conversion therapy. Although other religions are included, the Good Fruit Project is primarily aimed at Christians. Their name comes from the idea that attempts to change one’s sexual orientation or gender identity bear bad fruits such as high levels of homelessness, unhealthy relationships, and misinformation about what it means to be LGBTQ.
Conversion therapy takes on a wide variety of forms from seeking assistance from conversion-therapy dedicated organizations (e.g. Exodus International, Changed) to individual spiritual counseling. Others may take a more “prayer warrior” approach and use either exorcism or laying of hands to pray away any undesired characteristics in a person or offer conversion therapy as part of otherwise legitimate therapy practices. Both of these attempts to change sexual orientation and/or gender identity are, unsurprisingly, quite damaging to those who undergo them.
Despite an overwhelming body of evidence that suggests that conversion therapy is objectively harmful, some religious institutions and individuals are reluctant to acknowledge the damage that their beliefs have done. A survey conducted by the Trevor…
