Garrard Conley, the Glossary
Garrard Conley (born) 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.[1]
Table of Contents
26 relations: American College of Sofia, Arkansas, Boy Erased, Boy Erased: A Memoir, Bulgaria, Cherokee Village, Arkansas, Christian fundamentalism, Conversion therapy, Equality Utah, GrubStreet, Joel Edgerton, John Smid, Kennesaw State University, Lake Thunderbird, LGBT, Lucas Hedges, Lyon College, Mountain Home, Arkansas, Outing, Pseudoscience, Queerty, Restoration Path, Southern Baptist Convention, Southern Utah University, Stonewall 50 – WorldPride NYC 2019, Stonewall riots.
- LGBT people from Arkansas
- People self-identified as ex-ex-gay
American College of Sofia
The American College of Sofia (ACS) (Bulgarian) is a school in Bulgaria, located in the capital city of Sofia.The college was founded in 1860 and is regarded as the oldest American educational institution outside the United States.
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Arkansas
Arkansas is a landlocked state in the West South Central region of the Southern United States.
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Boy Erased
Boy Erased is a 2018 American biographical drama film based on Garrard Conley's 2016 memoir of the same name.
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Boy Erased: A Memoir
Boy Erased: A Memoir is a 2016 memoir by Garrard Conley recounting his childhood in a fundamentalist Arkansas family that enrolled him in conversion therapy.
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Bulgaria
Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located west of the Black Sea and south of the Danube river, Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey to the south, Serbia and North Macedonia to the west, and Romania to the north. It covers a territory of and is the 16th largest country in Europe.
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Cherokee Village, Arkansas
Cherokee Village is a city in Fulton and Sharp counties in the U.S. state of Arkansas.
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Christian fundamentalism
Christian fundamentalism, also known as fundamental Christianity or fundamentalist Christianity, is a religious movement emphasizing biblical literalism.
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Conversion therapy
Conversion therapy is the pseudoscientific practice of attempting to change an individual's sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression to align with heterosexual and cisgender norms.
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Equality Utah
Equality Utah is an American non-profit 501(c)(3) organization which is Utah's largest LGBT rights group based in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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GrubStreet
GrubStreet, Inc. is a non-profit creative writing center located in Boston, Massachusetts that hosts workshops, seminars, consultations, and similar events.
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Joel Edgerton
Joel Edgerton (born 23 June 1974) is an Australian actor and filmmaker.
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John Smid
John J. Smid is the former director of the Memphis, Tennessee ex-gay ministry Love in Action, a group that claims to convert lesbians and gay men to heterosexuality. Garrard Conley and John Smid are American gay writers and People self-identified as ex-ex-gay.
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Kennesaw State University
Kennesaw State University (KSU) is a public research university in the state of Georgia with two campuses in the Atlanta metropolitan area, one in Kennesaw and the other in Marietta on a combined of land.
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Lake Thunderbird
Lake Thunderbird is a reservoir located in Norman, Oklahoma.
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LGBT
is an initialism that stands for "lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender".
Lucas Hedges
Lucas Hedges (born December 12, 1996) is an American actor.
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Lyon College
Lyon College is a private liberal arts college affiliated with the Presbyterian Church and located in Batesville, Arkansas.
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Mountain Home, Arkansas
Mountain Home is a city in and the county seat of Baxter County, Arkansas, United States, in the southern Ozark Mountains near the northern state border with Missouri.
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Outing
Outing is the act of disclosing an LGBT person's sexual orientation or gender identity without that person's consent.
Pseudoscience
Pseudoscience consists of statements, beliefs, or practices that claim to be both scientific and factual but are incompatible with the scientific method.
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Queerty
Queerty is an online magazine and newspaper covering gay- and LGBTQ-oriented entertainment and news, founded in 2005 by David Hauslaib.
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Restoration Path
Restoration Path, known as Love in Action (LIA) until March 2012, was an ex-gay Christian ministry founded in 1973.
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Southern Baptist Convention
The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), alternatively the Great Commission Baptists (GCB), is a Baptist Christian denomination based in the United States.
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Southern Utah University
Southern Utah University (SUU) is a public university in Cedar City, Utah.
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Stonewall 50 – WorldPride NYC 2019
Stonewall 50 – WorldPride NYC 2019 was a series of LGBTQ events and celebrations in June 2019, marking the 50th anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall riots.
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Stonewall riots
The Stonewall riots, also known as the Stonewall uprising, Stonewall rebellion, or simply Stonewall, were a series of spontaneous, violent demonstrations against a police raid that took place in the early morning hours of June 28, 1969, at the Stonewall Inn, in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City.
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See also
LGBT people from Arkansas
- Angie Craig
- Ashlie Atkinson
- Ben Piazza
- Bernice Goodman
- Beth Clayton
- Beth Ditto
- Chad Griffin
- Clint Catalyst
- Danielle Bunten Berry
- Diana Rivers
- Donika Kelly
- Fancy Hagood
- Garrard Conley
- Hunter Doohan
- Ivy Levan
- James Bridges
- Jeremy James (singer/songwriter)
- Jimmie Daniels
- Joe Brainard
- Jon Cozart
- Judd Deere
- Katharine Anthony
- Kyle Dean Massey
- Malcom Gregory Scott
- Melissa Scott
- Shea Diamond
- Symone (drag queen)
- Tony Carroll (psychotherapist)
- Wade Davis (American football)
People self-identified as ex-ex-gay
- Alan Chambers (activist)
- Anthony Venn-Brown
- Christine Bakke
- David Matheson (campaigner)
- Ex-ex-gay
- Günter Baum
- Garrard Conley
- John Paulk
- John Smid
- Justin Lee (activist)
- Peterson Toscano
- Wayne Besen