Breakg the silence surroundg gay and lbian teens.
Contents:
- HE FOUND ME 20 YEARS AFTER WE MET GAY YOUTH GROUP
- 12-YEAR-OLD'S IENDS DIDN'T CELEBRATE AFTER HE ME OUT AS GAY. SO A PARK FULL OF STRANGERS DID
- GAY YOUTH
- WHEN MERS AND GAY ACTIVISTS UNED: THE REAL STORY OF THE FILM PRI
HE FOUND ME 20 YEARS AFTER WE MET GAY YOUTH GROUP
A bullied and moralized gay stunt at an all-boys school a magil flower rived om Shakpeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ to turn many his muny gay, cludg a ely gby player for himself. While there are plenty of stereotyp and obvly gay tras clud this magil mil movie and some viewers might fd them offensive, they are ed a manner that dually embrac our queer inty while shatterg a few of those stereotyp.
12-YEAR-OLD'S IENDS DIDN'T CELEBRATE AFTER HE ME OUT AS GAY. SO A PARK FULL OF STRANGERS DID
Timothy (Tanner Cohen) is the outst at his all-boys boardg school small-town USA – all bee he’s openly gay. As rehearsal progrs, the tntg and jts of homophobia towards Timothy and the “queerns” of the play self ntue. Even Timothy’s mom qutns that the gay guy was st as the lead fairy, but she ends up remakg her weddg drs to fabulo fairy wgs to show her slowly buildg support for her son’s homosexualy.
As the magic spreads, even Nora and Timothy’s mother are affected when Timothy sprays Nora after she be disgted after disverg that Timothy is gay. Worse, some of the reasons for the weaker pots have nothg to do wh the film self but were a rult of homophobia om producers and even distributors.
In an terview wh Alt Film Gui, Tom Gtafson noted that they faced anti-gay bias not only tryg to st the rol, echog ncepts like “blacklisted” but also that they faced issu wh gettg the film to film ftivals and even distributn.
GAY YOUTH
So many of the characters unrgo chang that put them to the “other persons” sho: the homophobic straight ach sudnly is teachg ballet to the gby team wh very flamboyant and effemate mannerisms. Expandg upon the issu of homophobia, bullyg, and the prsur of beg gay at an all-male boardg school, this feature film versn also touch on areas the short film “Fairi” overlooks. Now we get to unrstand how Timothy’s mother p wh her son’s homosexualy and even fac homophobia by proxy (while equally standg up for her son).
When Timothy the flower’s magic to put a spell on the entire town, we even get a glimpse of a world where beg gay or different was not only legal but the norm.
WHEN MERS AND GAY ACTIVISTS UNED: THE REAL STORY OF THE FILM PRI
Michael (he/him) is the gay Wrer & Content Manager behd Sce g out as a teenager, Michael has veloped a fascatn for Queer films. Thanksgivg mak me thk of the people we ga and lose along the way, particular a long lost-iend om a gay youth group who promised to keep touch and did – two s later.
” Clearly other young gay alyt had reacted wh siar skepticism bee then he whispered, “I know sounds silly.