![]() Could you describe what your personal journey with your LGBTQ+ identity has been like? ![]() I do a lot of advocacy work: often going around to universities, schools, nonprofit organizations, and sometimes companies to try to advocate for the ending of conversion therapy and, more largely, the eradication of the kinds of bigotry that I encountered in my youth. I wrote the book Boy Erased which was published in 2016 and then turned into a film last year. ![]() LTA: Could you introduce yourself and explain what you do? Garrard looks to give LGBTQ youth something he never had: acknowledgment of their uniqueness and struggle. One of his most notable works is Boy Erased, a book that has been adapted into a major motion picture. Rather than letting this exclusion paralyze him, Garrard decided to use his creativity and experience to create a literary space for LGBTQ readers. Part of this rejection includes being sent to a conversion camp in his youth. Growing up, Garrard Conley faced stark rejection of his LGTBQ identity by his town and family. ![]()
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