Boy Erased author Garrard Conley on 'surviving' gay conversion therapy

Garrard Conley's memoir Boy Erased, about undergoing gay conversion therapy, is now a major movie starring Russell Crowe, Nicole Kidman and Lucas Hedges (who plays him). On a recent visit to Canada, the author tells CBC's Eli Glasner about the harrowing details of what he went through, and why he wants to see a ban on these attempts to change sexual orientation.
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