Kevin Bacon wants to end conversion therapy

Kevin Bacon, 20 July 2013
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Kevin Bacon wants to help end conversion therapy.

The 64-year-old actor was horrified when he began researching the practice – in which emotional or physical therapy is used to try to stop or suppress someone from being gay, or from living as a different gender – for his new movie ‘They/Them’ and is keen to raise awareness of the horrors is can cause.

As a result, a new campaign has been launched through his charity, SixDegrees.org to raise funds to support Born Perfect – a scheme from the National Center for Lesbian Rights, which works within the legal system to keep LGBTQ+ people safe – and to end conversion therapy altogether as at present, more than half of the US’ LGBTQ+ population lives in a state which has not outlawed the practice.

Kevin hopes to raise at least $50,000 with the initiative and to “spread awareness of these practices and shine a light on Born Perfect, which is looking to dismantle any legitimacy they have.”

To date, more than $20,000 has already been raised through a raffle for a premiere experience with the ‘Footloose’ star.

Kevin reflected on how he first came across the “dumb” practice.

He told People magazine: “I remember thinking…

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