At TWO, we tend to focus on the official “ex-gay” ministries. However, there are many examples of GLBT families torn apart by “friends” and family members who will do anything to stop a person from living an openly gay life. It is sort of the unofficial ex-gay ministries.

Over the years, I have received calls or e-mails from men and women whose long-term partners had been persuaded to leave GLBT relationships by people who use coercion, brainwashing and mind-control. It is particularly easy to manipulate the individuals who suffer from mental disabilities.

On a new website, David Nahmod, a man who lives in San Francisco, tells a harrowing story of how a woman befriended his partner with the obsessive goal of breaking the couple apart. The “friend” allegedly poisoned the relationship and eventually lured the partner to live with her born again family in Arizona.

Such cases are difficult to track, but they can be very real and cause heartache and heartbreak for many in the GLBT community.