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This former ‘exgay’ leader realized she was doing more harm than good. She’s now officiating same-sex weddings.

This former ‘exgay’ leader realized she was doing more harm than good. She’s now officiating same-sex weddings.

For years, Wendy Gritter led the ex-gay ministry New Direction (an affiliate of Exodus International), and her mission in life was to “cure” gay people.

She eventually put the pieces together and came to realize she was doing more harm than good, publicly apologizing for the harm she’s done.

And now, she’s clearly working to right her wrongs.

“It was kind of a mindf**k to realize the thing I was leading had traumatized people to the point of suicidal ideation,” she says in the below video.

To make up for her past indiscretions, she started to officiate gay weddings.

Watch more of her story below:

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