(The Lesser Known) Luke Wilson
@lukeslamdunkwilson.bsky.social
PhD | Writer | Editor of SHAME-SEX ATTRACTION: SURVIVORS’ STORIES OF CONVERSION THERAPY https://www.indigo.ca/en-ca/shame-sex-attraction-survivors-stories-of-conversion-therapy/9781805011323.html
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Hey, new friends and followers! I thought I’d introduce myself. I’m a researcher, author, and editor—not to mention a big ole queer! My work centers on intergenerational trauma and literature, as well as white Christian fundamentalism and evangelicalism in the U.S. 1/
I’m SUPER proud of @syresetfire.bsky.social for sharing his story a/b his time in conversion therapy w/ @trevorproject.bsky.social. Syre’s a fab trans activist, whose story he shares in greater detail in my book SHAME-SEX ATTRACTION: SURVIVORS’ STORIES OF CONVERSION THERAPY. Link to full vid below!
January 29, 2026 at 3:02 PM
I’m SUPER proud of @syresetfire.bsky.social for sharing his story a/b his time in conversion therapy w/ @trevorproject.bsky.social. Syre’s a fab trans activist, whose story he shares in greater detail in my book SHAME-SEX ATTRACTION: SURVIVORS’ STORIES OF CONVERSION THERAPY. Link to full vid below!
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Super excited to be on the IndoctriNation Podcast to talk a/b my current research on conversion therapy, as well as my past research in Holocaust studies. I’m sharing the Spotify link here, but the episode is available wherever you listen to your podcasts! 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 open.spotify.com/episode/58mn...
Shame-Sex Attraction with Dr. Lucas Wilson
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January 28, 2026 at 5:27 PM
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Super excited to be on the IndoctriNation Podcast to talk a/b my current research on conversion therapy, as well as my past research in Holocaust studies. I’m sharing the Spotify link here, but the episode is available wherever you listen to your podcasts! 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 open.spotify.com/episode/58mn...
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2025 was a financially rough year.
If you value my voice and work and can afford to do so, please take out a paid subscription to The Bugbear Dispatch (now on Ghost!).
If you can’t afford it, I get it. I can’t afford all the subscriptions I want either!
Sharing is also a big help. Thanks!
If you value my voice and work and can afford to do so, please take out a paid subscription to The Bugbear Dispatch (now on Ghost!).
If you can’t afford it, I get it. I can’t afford all the subscriptions I want either!
Sharing is also a big help. Thanks!
The Bugbear Dispatch is back to help us American bugbears navigate 2026!
If you had to describe the first two weeks of this year in one word, which would you pick?
For me, the word is surreal. Here I discuss the situation and my thoughts on how to cope:
www.bugbeardispatch.com/fighting-the...
If you had to describe the first two weeks of this year in one word, which would you pick?
For me, the word is surreal. Here I discuss the situation and my thoughts on how to cope:
www.bugbeardispatch.com/fighting-the...
Fighting the Demoralizing Power of American Surreality
My fellow bugbears, I want to wish you all a happy New Year, but the phrase feels a bit awkward given how off the rails the illegitimate American regime has been since the beginning of the year.
If y...
www.bugbeardispatch.com
January 14, 2026 at 8:45 PM
2025 was a financially rough year.
If you value my voice and work and can afford to do so, please take out a paid subscription to The Bugbear Dispatch (now on Ghost!).
If you can’t afford it, I get it. I can’t afford all the subscriptions I want either!
Sharing is also a big help. Thanks!
If you value my voice and work and can afford to do so, please take out a paid subscription to The Bugbear Dispatch (now on Ghost!).
If you can’t afford it, I get it. I can’t afford all the subscriptions I want either!
Sharing is also a big help. Thanks!
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Lucas Wilson (@lukeslamdunkwilson.bsky.social) joins Michael Kwag, Dean Rasmussen, and Peter Graham TONIGHT to speak about conversion therapy. Wilson will present a broadened definition of conversion practices that seek to eradicate LGBTQ people.
Tickets: www.showpass.com/QueerHorizon...
Tickets: www.showpass.com/QueerHorizon...
January 22, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Lucas Wilson (@lukeslamdunkwilson.bsky.social) joins Michael Kwag, Dean Rasmussen, and Peter Graham TONIGHT to speak about conversion therapy. Wilson will present a broadened definition of conversion practices that seek to eradicate LGBTQ people.
Tickets: www.showpass.com/QueerHorizon...
Tickets: www.showpass.com/QueerHorizon...
I’m very excited to be collaborating with the Denver Family Institute on a program about #conversiontherapy next week! 🎉 The DFI is a fabulous org that does wildly important mental heath work. I’m so excited to be offering a talk (free to the public—details below) & learning from the DFI family! 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️✨
January 14, 2026 at 2:03 PM
I’m very excited to be collaborating with the Denver Family Institute on a program about #conversiontherapy next week! 🎉 The DFI is a fabulous org that does wildly important mental heath work. I’m so excited to be offering a talk (free to the public—details below) & learning from the DFI family! 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️✨
There is a glaring need for research on white Christian nationalism in light of today’s current political climate. Universities and funding agencies need to recognize this need, prioritize this research, and actually fund it.
December 18, 2025 at 2:31 PM
There is a glaring need for research on white Christian nationalism in light of today’s current political climate. Universities and funding agencies need to recognize this need, prioritize this research, and actually fund it.
Oi, gatãos 🐆
December 7, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Oi, gatãos 🐆
🎁 Holiday Deal! 🎁 Tag a friend & you both will receive a discount code in your DMs for my new anthology SHAME-SEX ATTRACTION: SURVIVORS’ STORIES OF CONVERSION THERAPY! Support queer art while helping your friend (or friends) save some $ (the more friends you tag, the more more $ everyone can save)!
December 3, 2025 at 2:18 PM
🎁 Holiday Deal! 🎁 Tag a friend & you both will receive a discount code in your DMs for my new anthology SHAME-SEX ATTRACTION: SURVIVORS’ STORIES OF CONVERSION THERAPY! Support queer art while helping your friend (or friends) save some $ (the more friends you tag, the more more $ everyone can save)!
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They call it "therapy." Scholars call it something else entirely. @lukeslamdunkwilson.bsky.social shares the truth behind conversion therapy.
➡️ Hear the full conversation: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/critically-speaking/id1463016517
➡️ Hear the full conversation: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/critically-speaking/id1463016517
November 21, 2025 at 7:01 PM
They call it "therapy." Scholars call it something else entirely. @lukeslamdunkwilson.bsky.social shares the truth behind conversion therapy.
➡️ Hear the full conversation: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/critically-speaking/id1463016517
➡️ Hear the full conversation: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/critically-speaking/id1463016517
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@lukeslamdunkwilson.bsky.social, author of "Shame Sex Attraction: Conversion Therapy Survivors." joins us to educate us on conversion practices beyond formal therapy programs.
We can't dismantle what we don't understand. 🎧 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/critically-speaking/id1463016517
We can't dismantle what we don't understand. 🎧 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/critically-speaking/id1463016517
November 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
@lukeslamdunkwilson.bsky.social, author of "Shame Sex Attraction: Conversion Therapy Survivors." joins us to educate us on conversion practices beyond formal therapy programs.
We can't dismantle what we don't understand. 🎧 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/critically-speaking/id1463016517
We can't dismantle what we don't understand. 🎧 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/critically-speaking/id1463016517
@tomatoslayers.bsky.social does it again! This article a/b #conversiontherapy is both insightful & powerful. I’m so grateful to have my voice included (& to see my friend @chelseaebin.bsky.social included as well!). Share w/ your networks, if the queer spirit leads! therevealer.org/we-need-to-t...
therevealer.org
November 6, 2025 at 2:59 PM
@tomatoslayers.bsky.social does it again! This article a/b #conversiontherapy is both insightful & powerful. I’m so grateful to have my voice included (& to see my friend @chelseaebin.bsky.social included as well!). Share w/ your networks, if the queer spirit leads! therevealer.org/we-need-to-t...
“I’m not sure if I told you, but I went to Yale” — Every Person Who Went To Yale
October 31, 2025 at 12:50 PM
“I’m not sure if I told you, but I went to Yale” — Every Person Who Went To Yale
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To me, horror is “about being human, being mortal, and letting go of the black and white certainty that Christianity claims makes us safe, when in fact it only makes us less stable and more prone to controlling and destructive behaviors.”
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the-flytrap.ghost.io/how-i-learne...
How I Learned to Love Supernatural Horror
The story of how one exvangelical trans girl found herself marathoning episodes of Supernatural.
the-flytrap.ghost.io
October 24, 2025 at 4:46 PM
To me, horror is “about being human, being mortal, and letting go of the black and white certainty that Christianity claims makes us safe, when in fact it only makes us less stable and more prone to controlling and destructive behaviors.”
the-flytrap.ghost.io/how-i-learne...
the-flytrap.ghost.io/how-i-learne...
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I’m super excited to be in conversation with my friend @timothysrodriguez.bsky.social on Instagram this Sunday about conversion therapy, SHAME-SEX ATTRACTION, and his forthcoming (and FABULOUS) new book CONVERSION THERAPY DROPOUT! Please join us for this Instagram Live! 💜
October 17, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I’m super excited to be in conversation with my friend @timothysrodriguez.bsky.social on Instagram this Sunday about conversion therapy, SHAME-SEX ATTRACTION, and his forthcoming (and FABULOUS) new book CONVERSION THERAPY DROPOUT! Please join us for this Instagram Live! 💜
I’m incredibly grateful to the inestimable @eocieslik.bsky.social for her incredible journalism & for elevating my voice, along w/ the voices of other #conversiontherapy survivors. This article is fabulous & so is Emma. Give her a follow & support her work! msmagazine.com/2025/10/07/s...
As the Supreme Court Appears Ready to End State Bans on Conversion Therapy, a Reminder: The Practice Is Harmful and Discredited
As the Supreme Court Appears Ready to End State Bans on Conversion Therapy, a Reminder: The Practice Is Harmful and Discredited
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October 17, 2025 at 1:26 PM
I’m incredibly grateful to the inestimable @eocieslik.bsky.social for her incredible journalism & for elevating my voice, along w/ the voices of other #conversiontherapy survivors. This article is fabulous & so is Emma. Give her a follow & support her work! msmagazine.com/2025/10/07/s...
I’m very grateful to @lgbtqnation.com for publishing my newest article about the SCOTUS case concerning the legality of conversion therapy for minors. Have a read—I’d love to hear your thoughts! 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Conversion therapy is abuse & torture. It should never be legal. - buff.ly/NDABk93
October 17, 2025 at 12:08 PM
I’m very grateful to @lgbtqnation.com for publishing my newest article about the SCOTUS case concerning the legality of conversion therapy for minors. Have a read—I’d love to hear your thoughts! 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
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I am grateful to @lukeslamdunkwilson.bsky.social, @cdamianwrites.bsky.social, @mfsavoices.org, and Darren Calhoun for courageously raising their voices for queer youth and for reform in religious communities. ❤️
The Supreme Court seems likely to overrule a law banning conversion therapy for minors, horrifying queer faith leaders and their allies after years of fighting to protect queer children.
sojo.net/articles/new...
sojo.net/articles/new...
The Christian Activists Supporting a Conversion Therapy Ban
“It’s about affirming that every person, including every queer person, bears the divine image and deserves to live free from psychological and spiritual harm,” Bridget Cabrera said.
sojo.net
October 16, 2025 at 8:17 PM
I am grateful to @lukeslamdunkwilson.bsky.social, @cdamianwrites.bsky.social, @mfsavoices.org, and Darren Calhoun for courageously raising their voices for queer youth and for reform in religious communities. ❤️
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Did conversion therapy laws in ~25 states accomplish much?
Not enough, unfortunately: No one was ever prosecuted, and only a half-dozen therapists were sanctioned.
What do we need instead:
1/3
Not enough, unfortunately: No one was ever prosecuted, and only a half-dozen therapists were sanctioned.
What do we need instead:
1/3
October 16, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Did conversion therapy laws in ~25 states accomplish much?
Not enough, unfortunately: No one was ever prosecuted, and only a half-dozen therapists were sanctioned.
What do we need instead:
1/3
Not enough, unfortunately: No one was ever prosecuted, and only a half-dozen therapists were sanctioned.
What do we need instead:
1/3
The #SCOTUS case concerning #conversiontherapy for minors is likely going to result in a decision that protects conversion therapists & harms minors. The lawsuit will most certainly have national implications. This article offers my two cents on the subject. www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/10/conv...
Conversion therapy is abuse & torture. It should never be legal. - LGBTQ Nation
Mental health organizations denounce the practice because it's so harmful.
www.lgbtqnation.com
October 16, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The #SCOTUS case concerning #conversiontherapy for minors is likely going to result in a decision that protects conversion therapists & harms minors. The lawsuit will most certainly have national implications. This article offers my two cents on the subject. www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/10/conv...