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'The Happy Prince,' 'Boy Erased,' Two Films on Gay Exclusion


'The Happy Prince,' 'Boy Erased,' Two Films on Gay Exclusion
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Conversion therapy and social exile for being gay is the subject of two award-winning independent films this season. "The Happy Prince" by Rupert Everett and "Boy Erased" by Joel Edgerton are based on real life stories of gay men treated as pariahs by their communities. VOA's Penelope Poulou spoke with the filmmakers and authors of the stories about the challenges gays and lesbians continue to face.

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