1. There's no evidence in your article he's a 'conversion-therapy' graduate
2. There's no research linking 'conversion-therapy' graduates to violence. That's like saying a few Muslims cause violence so we should ban Ramadan because it causes violence.
Sorry, I wasn't clear about that: The evidence was on his FB page, now closed so I can't prove it.
He said his church and Jesus saved him from those 'tendencies'.
Strangely, he also said that his newborn daughter "changed his life forever" ... and 2 months later he's smashing peoples' faces in (because they're gay), and going to jail ... where he was immediately beat up, and will have to do his time is solitary/protective custody.
Bizarre, violent young man.
And the other Christian homophobes attacking Pride Fest bear the same violent hatred of gays.
I expected the violence to come from the leather-and-tattoos neoNazis, but they were not the violent ones that day.
It was the ones with the religious signs and loud rants at the "sinners". Homophobia is a hatred by itself, maybe not always connected to racial or other hatreds.
There may presently be "no research" to say that conversion therapy produces violent bigots (I haven't looked thoroughly), but plenty of evidence of maladjustment (compared to non-converted LGBTQ people).
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/11/181108130522.htm There is some evidence that repressed homosexuality is present in homophobia and anti-gay bullying, especially for those from authoritarian homes.
Those participants who reported their heterosexuality despite having hidden same-sex desires were also the most likely to show hostility toward gay individuals, including self-reported anti-gay attitudes, endorsement of anti-gay policies and discrimination such as supporting harsher punishments for homosexuals.
The research may help to explain the underpinnings of anti-gay bullying and hate crimes, the researchers note. People in denial about their own sexual orientation, perhaps a denial fostered by authoritarian and homophobic parents, may feel a threat from other gay and lesbian individuals. Lashing out may ultimately be an indicator of the person's own internal conflict with sexual orientation.https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/homophobes-might-be-hidden-homosexuals/I don't want to derail this Scheer thread with this topic. Though related, it would be better to continue this discussion here:
https://canadianpoliticalevents.createaforum.com/manitoba-politics/hamilton-pride-police-shame/?message=50838