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PAGING DOCTOR BRAD!

From Embarrassing Bodies to The Today Show, Dr Brad McKay is Aussie TV’s dreamiest medic. But growing up, his sexuality brought him into conflict with his strict religious family. He tells Matthew Myers about his “pray the gay away” past, the post-HIV world, ghosts, UFOs and Kylie.

DNA: You grew up in New Zealand with a very religious family. How did that affect your coming out?

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