Gay conversion therapy is still happening in the U.S., and through increased awareness, Chloë Grace Moretz is hoping her new movie can help put a stop to it.
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00:00You're not alone in that no matter how dark and scary it may seem,
00:05there are people out there who accept you and are there for you.
00:16After my brothers came out, I was only 10 years old, so for me it was
00:23kind of like obvious that I would fight for their rights because I love them
00:27and I knew that it wasn't a choice. I knew that they were born that way
00:31and so for me it was kind of a no-brainer, but then as you see the the tides shift in America
00:38and you know things that didn't feel that you had to be as outspoken about,
00:42now you have to be so outspoken and you have to you have to fight for it.
00:57I want people to you know look up what conversion therapy is after this. I want them to see the
01:13realities of it that 77,000 young people annually are subjected to conversion therapy in America,
01:19that over a million people are currently affected by
01:22conversion therapy in America. It conditions people to hate themselves.
01:28All of a sudden this movie was already important to us, but in that moment this movie became one
01:37of the most important things that we can be doing, you know using our art for the betterment of
01:42society and fighting for the rights of LGBT people and educating people on their realities.
01:52Actually I've kind of taken it upon myself to really want to lift the lid on conversion therapy.