pray the gay away

English

Alternative forms

• pray away the gay

Verb

pray the gay away (third-person singular simple present prays the gay away, present participle praying the gay away, simple past and past participle prayed the gay away)

1. (informal, chiefly US) To renounce one's homosexuality as part of adopting the Christian religion.
   • 2014, Chris Dicken, Donny Wong, The Bumpy Road to Married Bliss‎^[1], HarperCollins UK, →ISBN:

     This was my secret problem, my sin, and I earnestly hoped and prayed nearly every day of my life that it would be taken away from me. But of course, because it was an intrinsic part of me (albeit a part that I hadn't yet come to embrace), I was never able to pray the gay away.

Derived terms

• trans the gay away

See also

• conversion therapy
• reparative therapy

Anagrams

• pray away the gay