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By packaging it in a genre people love -- horror -- Bacon said he hopes they can reach a wide audience and maybe change some minds.

\"Hopefully we reach those kids who I described before, but also hopefully we reach people who do click on it because it is a horror movie and maybe think that maybe gay conversion isn't all that bad, and they can possibly change their mind about this and get a different kind of perspective,\" he said. \"That would be the real win.\"

\"Conversion therapy\" is defined as any effort that aims to change a person’s sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. It has been denounced by most mainstream medical organizations as dangerous, and has been shown to be harmful to LGBTQ+ people who are subjected to it.

\"They/Them,\" also starring Theo Germaine, Anna Chlumsky and Carrie Preston, is now streaming on Peacock.

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