Saving Alex - Alex Cooper
Category: Autobiography & Biographies
Tags: Autobiography & Biographies, LGBT, Lesbian, Adults
Length: 8 hrs and 48 mins Unabridged Audiobook Release Date:03-01-16 Number of Files 1 FileType M4B Chapterized Bitrate 62kb Sample Rate 22,050kHz Lossless conversion using inAudible, Publishers Summary, Days after Alex Cooper told her parents she was gay, they drove Alex from their home in Southern California to Utah, where they signed over guardianship to fellow Mormons who promised to save Alex from her homosexuality. For eight harrowing months, Alex was held captive in an unlicensed residential treatment program modeled on the many therapeutic boot camps scattered across Utah. Alex was physically and verbally abused and forced to stand facing a wall for up to 18 hours a day wearing a heavy backpack full of rocks. Gods plan does not apply to gay people, her captors told her, using faith to punish and terrorize her. With the help of a dedicated legal team in Salt Lake City, Alex would eventually escape and make legal history in Utah by winning the right to live under the laws protect
