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The Student News Site of Ithaca College

The Ithacan
The Colin Higgins Foundation presented Olad with the Youth Courage Award.

Student wins award after escaping gay conversion therapy

By Laura O'Brien, Assistant News Editor • September 2, 2018
Junior Mahad Olad has received the Youth Courage Award following his successful escape from gay conversion therapy in Kenya in Summer 2017.
Editorial: College's efforts to support Mahad Olad are admirable

Editorial: College’s efforts to support Mahad Olad are admirable

February 14, 2018
The faculty and staff coordinated Olad’s arrival and made sure he would be financially secure while staying at the college. Their efforts should be recognized.
Sophomore Mahad Olad, a columnist for The Ithacan, visited family in Kenya in May 2017. Olad’s Muslim family tried to subject him to conversion therapy, but he escaped with help from the U.S. embassy and Ithaca College.

Escaping gay conversion therapy in Kenya

By Mahad Olad • February 7, 2018
That is why I’m sharing my story: so the U.S. and other governments can do more to protect the vulnerable youth of Muslim backgrounds whose parents abuse them in the name of religion and culture.
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