'Conversion therapy left me emotionally traumatised'
Growing up in the west of Scotland, Justin Hardie, formerly Justin Beck, said his life revolved around church.
When he was 13 he realised he was attracted to boys and looked to the Bible for guidance.
He found the passage "a man shall not lie with a man the way he lies with a woman".
He said this made him feel like homosexuality was a "sin" and set him on a path towards conversion therapy involving "exorcisms" to remove "demons" he believed were inside him.
It was a process which he said left him "completely emotionally traumatised".
This week a consultation is being launched on legislation to end conversion practices which aim to suppress a person's sexual orientation or gender identity.
Justin spoke to BBC Scotland in 2019 to highlight the campaign for a law banning conversion therapy in Scotland.
