In an interview with Insider, Mathew Shurka, co-founder of the anti-conversion therapy organization Born Perfect and survivor of conversion therapy, said the way Anthony spoke echoes what's taught in some conversion therapy programs, and could be “incredibly dangerous” for viewers.Ĭonversion therapy, which has been renounced and deemed dangerous by a slew of human rights and medical organizations, can mean the attempt to change someone's sexuality, or it can be a means to suppress it - which seems to be what Anthony is talking about. While he notes in the video that he's “not here to condemn anyone, not here to say what is sinful and what isn’t sinful, not here to judge anyone,” the ideas Anthony perpetuated in his video could be harmful to young queer viewers.
