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Garrard Conley (born 1984 or 1985) is an American author and LGBTQ activist known for his autobiography Boy Erased: A Memoir, recounting his childhood as part of a fundamentalist family in Arkansas that enrolled him in conversion therapy.
Garrard Conley is the author of Boy Erased, a memoir about his experience of conversion therapy, and the creator of the podcast UnErased. He is also a professor, a speaker, and a Peace Corps volunteer.
Nov 11, 2018 · Garrard Conley's memoir of growing up as the gay son of a conservative Baptist preacher has been made into a movie. He speaks with NPR's Michel Martin.
Aug 16, 2023 · Garrard Conley is a gay author and activist who wrote the memoir 'Boy Erased', which inspired the film of the same name. He was forced to undergo gay conversion therapy as a teenager and now teaches creative writing and speaks out against the practice.
Mar 26, 2024 · Garrard Conley makes his fiction debut with a story about a queer affair between a reverend and a doctor in Puritan New England.
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May 27, 2024 · The author Garrard Conley has spent his life exploring the overlap between Christianity and sexuality. His bestselling memoir "Boy Erased" was adapted into a 2018 film about undergoing conversion...
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Jun 19, 2018 · Conley had been outed to his parents by his rapist after being assaulted in college. But, to his Baptist preacher father and his mother, the crime was in him being gay.
