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Watch the Emotional First Trailer for Gay Conversion Camp Drama Boy Erased
Watch the Emotional First Trailer for Gay Conversion Camp Drama Boy Erased
Nicole Kidman and Troye Sivan co-star!
By Taylor HendersonJuly 17 2018 / 5:21 PM
Taylor Henderson
Taylor Henderson is a PRIDE.com contributor. This proud Texas Bama studied Media Production/Studies and Sociology at The University of Texas at Austin, where he developed his passions for pop culture, writing, and videography. He's absolutely obsessed with Beyoncé, mangoes, and cheesy YA novels that allow him to vicariously experience the teen years he spent in the closet. He's also writing one! 
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We hope yopu have your tissues at the ready. The first trailer for the film adaptation of Garrard Conley's autobiography has arrived!
Boy Erased is the coming-of-age story of Jared (Lucas Hedges), the son of a Preacher who is outed as gay to his Evangelical Christian family and is forced into a conversion camp for gay youth. Scripted by Joel Edgerton (The Great Gatsby, The Gift), the film also stars Russel Crowe, Nicole Kidman, and Troye Sivan.
Watch the tear-jerking trailer in the video below!

        
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