Outfest Wraps With World Premiere Of Kevin Bacon Horror Film ‘They/Them’

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The 40th edition of the Outfest LGBTQ+ film festival in Los Angeles is in the books after the closing night world premiere of Peacock’s horror film They/Them (pronounced They-Slash-Them). Kevin Bac…

and Carrie Preston star as a couple who run a Christian-oriented ‘gay conversion therapy’ camp in a remote, wooded area, preaching a contradictory philosophy of self-acceptance and what amounts to self-denial. A fresh busload of LGBT and non-binary youths show up for ‘treatment,’ most of them dispatched by their families hoping they will learn to conform to societal norms.

He helped the cast wade in by providing Bacon and his co-stars with ample information about gay conversion therapy, which has been banned in 20 states, including California, Colorado, Illinois, and Utah. “John wanted to make a movie that he thought might have the possibility of getting some eyes on it,” Bacon commented. “If you make a dark little indie, you can get a couple of people to watch it, but they’re probably going to already be on board with the idea that gay conversion is not something that should be happening. So, if you frame it in a nice, fun, wild ride horror movie, then maybe it gets some more eyes on it.

According to the Human Rights Campaign, “So-called ‘conversion therapy,’ sometimes known as ‘reparative therapy,’ is a range of dangerous and discredited practices that falsely claim to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity or expression. Such practices have been rejected by every mainstream medical and mental health organization for decades, but due to continuing discrimination and societal bias against LGBTQ people, some practitioners continue to conduct conversion therapy.

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