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February 19–21 (Toronto) and […]
When
1979-02-19 – 1979-02-21
Description
February 19–21 (Toronto) and February 22–24 (Montréal) Save Today's Oppressed Peoples/Sauvez tous les opprimés du peuple (STOP), a Christian counselling service formed to help men and women renounce homosexuality, held conferences that included testimony from "gays gone straight." Rev. Francis Cormier, a former transsexual and reformed homosexual, formed STOP. A graduate of the Ontario Bible College, Cormier was the author of the book The Boy Who Wanted to Be a Nun. STOP was affiliated with Exodus International, based in Minnesota. These were the first two conferences of their kind held in Canada.