Holden Sheppard
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The Bookshelf
The Bookshelf at the State Library of NSW
But yeah, strongly recommend.
The Bookshelf
The Bookshelf at the State Library of NSW
And the one I mentioned earlier, Boy Erased by Gerard Conley.
The Bookshelf
The Bookshelf at the State Library of NSW
It's a few years old now, but they made it into a movie that came out earlier this year.
The Bookshelf
The Bookshelf at the State Library of NSW
That one is about teenagers in America.
The Bookshelf
The Bookshelf at the State Library of NSW
I don't know if it's been outlawed in all states yet.
The Bookshelf
The Bookshelf at the State Library of NSW
I don't think it has.
The Bookshelf
The Bookshelf at the State Library of NSW
Going to conversion camps and conversion therapy to fix them for being gay.
The Bookshelf
The Bookshelf at the State Library of NSW
Pray the gay away, that kind of thing.
The Bookshelf
The Bookshelf at the State Library of NSW
But this is told from Gerard Conley.
The Bookshelf
The Bookshelf at the State Library of NSW
And he went through it when he was a teenager.
The Bookshelf
The Bookshelf at the State Library of NSW
and it messed him up.
The Bookshelf
The Bookshelf at the State Library of NSW
So if this is something you're interested in or you don't know about and you want to know more about it, that's a really fascinating book to read.