You're Going to a Conversion Therapy Camp Tomorrow

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About

You're Going to a Conversion Therapy Camp Tomorrow is a trauma dump comic about a furry who runs away from home after being told by his parents that he has to attend conversion therapy camp. The webcomic was posted to X / Twitter by artist @Fenrirwolfen at the end of June 2024 and went viral shortly after. It inspired memes over the following weeks, including photoshops of an exploitable panel featuring a speech bubble that reads "you're going to conversion therapy camp tomorrow" over the main character's head, which was recaptioned. The comic is similar to other viral trauma dump comics turned into meme formats, including I Might Go Homeless? and Your Favorite Student.

Origin

On June 29th, 2024, X^[1] artist @Fenrirwolfen posted a comic titled "You're Going to a Conversion Therapy Camp Tomorrow," garnering over 106,000 likes and 15,000 reposts in two weeks. The comic details a purportedly true story about the artist, a furry with a wolf fursona, who discovers he's gay after watching Brokeback Mountain, decides to come out and is later told he has to attend a conversion therapy camp by his parents. Instead of attending the camp, Fenrirwolfen decides to hold onto his pride and run away from home to live in an apartment on his own (full comic shown below, click to expand).

YOU'RE GOING TO A CONVERSION THERAPY CAMP TOMORROW. LUCKILY, BOTH OF MY PARENTS DO NOT KNOW ABOUT TECHNOLOGY AND HAVE LEFT ME TO DISCOVER THE INTERNET BY MYSELF. A DANGEROUS ACTION, BUT IT SERVED THE PURPOSE I NEEDED, WHAT ARE GAY PEOPLE? WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU LIKE MEN? WE HAVE AN IDIOM IN MY LANGUAGE "AN EGG IN A STONE". WHICH REFERS TO SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN RAISED IN A WAY WHERE THEY'RE VERY CARED TO. I WAS ONE OF THE CASES. MY FUTRE WAS DECIDED FOR ME. EITHER A DOCTOR OR A LAWYER. HAS TO BE THE #1 UNIVERSITY IN THE COUNTRY, TOO. BEING GAY IS OKAY! LOVE IS LOVE! CAN MEN KISS? YOU KNOW ABOUT PRIDE? CAN MEN HUG? PRIDE! ACCEPT CONVERSION THERAPY RUN AWAY FROM HOME (REQUIRES: COURAGE) PRIDE I HELD ONTO PRIDE. I HELD ONTO THE TINIEST PRIDE I HAD IN MY HEART AS I SAID TO MYSELF THAT THIS WILL BE OKAY. IT GAVE ME THE COURAGE I NEEDED. IT WAS SO BAD TO THE POINT WHERE I CAN'T EVEN GO VISIT A FRIEND, EVEN IN SUMMER BREAK. MY PARENTS WOULD LOCK UP ALL THE GAME CONSOLES DURING SCHOOL YEAR UNTIL SUMMER BREAK. I HAD ONE GAMEBOY COLOR HIDDEN IN MY CLOSET AND THAT'S THE ONLY FRIEND I HAD OFF SCHOOL. I WOKE UP 8AM THAT MORNING. TAXMET DRAGGED MY BELONGINGS IN A HUGE PLASTIC BAG. H 00 THE WALL STARTED TO CRACK. EVERY END OF THE DAY AT SCHOOL, MY PARENTS WOULD SEND A DRIVER TO COME PICK ME UP IN OUR FAMILY'S VAN THEY KEPT TELLING ME THAT WE ARE POOR. I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN SOMETHING WAS UP. MY FIRST EXPOSURE TO GAY MEDIA WAS UNFORTUNATELY DONE AS A JOKE. MY FRIENDS WERE SHOUTING IN ONE CORNER OF THE ROOM THAT THEY'RE WATCHING AN "ICKY" MOVIE. BUT THE POINT IS. I WAS NOT EXPOSED TO THE OUTSIDE WORLD AS MUCH AS I SHOULD HAVE BEEN. MADE AS LITTLE NOISE AS POSSIBLE. HOPPED ON A RANDOM TAXI. GOING FOR THE APARTMENT I SIGNED. A LOT OF PEOPLE HAS SHIFTED THEIR THINKING DUE TO THE VOICES OF BEING GAY IS OKAY. INCLUDING ME. I HAVE ACCEPTED MYSELF THAT BEING GAY IS OKAY. AND NEVER LOOKED BACK. I'm but Sorry Can't live together anymore. we IT WAS BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN. I LAUGHED IT OFF AS USUAL WITH MY FRIENDS. BUT SOMETHING INSIDE ME HAS PIQUED AN INTEREST. I KEPT ASKING MYSELF IF THIS IS POSSIBLE? COLLEGE YEARS WERE DIFFERENT. AND SO I HOLD ONTO THE TINY GAY FLAG FOR MY TINY GAY HEART HAPPY THAT PEOPLE HAVE CHANGED FOR THE BETTER OMG, YOU'RE GAY? I'VE ALWAYS WANTED A GAY FRIEND! OMG, YOU HAVE A BOYFRIEND?! YOU HAVE TO INTRODUCE HIM TO US! I WILL FIGHT FOR YOU IF ANYONE EVER BULLIES YOU! IT HAS BEEN ROUGHLY 10 YEARS NOW. BUT THE MEMORY OF THAT NIGHT IS STILL FRESH IN MY MIND. I'm but we Sorry Can't live together anymore THAT'S WHEN IT CONFIRMED WITHIN ME. I HAD AN INKLING SINCE A LONG TIME AGO BUT THE THOUGHT OF BEING WITH A MAN BRINGS ME JOY. I AM GAY. OF COURSE. DURING THAT TIME. PEOPLE WERE NOT.. FRIENDLY WITH THE THOUGHT. ESPECIALLY BOTH OF MY PARENTS EW, YOU'RE INTO MEN? LISTEN I AM OKAY BUT DON'T F*CK ME, ALRIGHT? EW. GET AWAY FROM US. EWWW.THE DISEASE IS HERE! YOU'RE GOING TO A CONVERSION THERAPY CAMP TOMORROW. EXCEPT THEM YOUR UNCLE SAID THE SAME THING. HE WAS CURED AFTER HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO US? WE RAISED YOU! DON'T WORRY. I HAD THERAPY. HELL, OUR COUNTRY JUST LEGALIZED I'M DOING OKAY NOW. GAY MARRIAGE TOO. I'VE GOT A STABLE JOB. PEOPLE KNOW I'M GAY. AND I HAVEN'T HAD TO HIDE EVER SINCE. THERE ARE 2 THINGS IN LIFE I WOULD LIKE YOU TO NEVER BE 1. ADDICTED TO DRUGS BEING THE WRONG GENDER, IT'S A RELIGIOUS CAMP, TOO! IT WILL HELP YOU! PLUS WE CAN GO VISIT YOU THERE AND PRAY THERE TOO! ISN'T THAT GREAT? GO TO BED, WE'LL LEAVE TOMORROW 10AM BEING BRAINWASHED BY FAMILY. I HAVE SUPPRESSED THE THOUGHT OF AFFECTION FOR MEN AS MUCH AS I COULD. I ACTED STRAIGHT. STRAIGHT AS I COULD EVER BE. UNTIL I'VE FOUND INTERNET. WE HAD A LONG TALK THAT NIGHT. THERE WERE ALSO OTHER REASONS AND ARGUMENTS BROUGHT UP. BUT IN THE END. YOU MAY NOT FEEL IT. BUT JUST YOU BEING YOU MAY HAVE SAVED SOMEONE. O PLEASE HAVE PRIDE. PLEASE HAVE PRIDE IN LOVING WHO YOU ALWAYS WANT TO LOVE GiGle I HELD ONTO PRIDE I HELD ONTO THE TINIEST PRIDE I HAD IN MY HEART AS I SAID TO MYSELF THAT THIS WILL BE OKAY. I HAVE NEVER CAUSE ASIDE FROM AND THE SOLE REASON THAT I MADE WHAT HAS ALL HAPPENED TO ME BEEN HAPPIER. THIS COMIC IS TO THANK YOU ALL.

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The comic went viral, garnering both praise and support from some and criticism from others, while also inspiring memes in which the image and text in the opening panel of the comic are edited.

On June 30th, 2024, X^[2] user @OG_Uncle_Ruckus posted a meme replacing the wolf character with Uncle Ruckus from The Boondocks, garnering over 1,200 likes in a week (shown below, left). On July 1st, X^[3] user @Hourgle posted an edit that references Fallout, garnering over 1,300 likes in a week (shown below, right).

On July 2nd, X^[4] user @Arc_5O9 criticized the "trauma dump comic" trend in a quote-repost to the comic, writing, "That homeless fat girl really started the most obnoxious trend," referencing the comic "I Might Go Homeless" comic, garnering over 14,000 likes in a week.

YOU'RE GOING TO A No-Racism THERAPY CAMP TOMORROW. made with mematic

YOU'RE GOING TO A NCR recruitment CAMP TOMORROW.

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External References

^[1] X – Fenrirwolfen

^[2] X – OG_Uncle_Ruckus

^[3] X – Hourgle

^[4] X – Arc_5O9

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