Gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) students and their allies face unique challenges of violence and harassment in schools. SPEAK UP! explores what these students and their allies have done to transform their schools into safer and more welcoming environments. Interviews with students, parents, teachers, administrators and national activists highlight not only the need for transformation, but offer resources and advice for those actively working for change.
Gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) students and their allies face unique challenges of violence and harassment in schools. SPEAK UP! explores what these students and their allies have done to transform their schools into safer and more welcoming environments. Interviews with students, parents, teachers, administrators and national activists highlight not only the need for transformation, but offer resources and advice for those actively working for change.
Lenore Miller’s size has always earned her teases and jeers in her school’s hallways, but this clothes-loving teenager is about to set the world on fire with her own line of inclusive fashion designs.
Megan is an all-American girl. A cheerleader. She has a boyfriend. But Megan doesn't like kissing her boyfriend very much. And she's pretty touchy with her cheerleader friends. Her conservative parents worry that she must be a lesbian and send her off to "sexual redirection" school, where she must, with other lesbians and gays learn how to be straight.
A teacher from New York moves to a small town in Texas, gets fired for being gay, and returns disguised in drag to get revenge on the people who were nasty to him.
ครูผู้หยิ่งยโสและแหกกฎเกณฑ์กลับมาเป็นอาจารย์ใหญ่ที่โรงเรียนมัธยมศึกษาตอนปลายอันสวยงามซึ่งเขาเคยถูกไล่ออกก่อนหน้านี้เพราะพบว่าที่นั่นเป็นแหล่งรวมของยาเสพติด ความรุนแรงจากแก๊ง และความสิ้นหวังในเมือง ในที่สุดเขาก็ประสบความสำเร็จ แต่แนวทางที่แหกกฎเกณฑ์กลับนำไปสู่การปะทะกับเจ้าหน้าที่ของเมืองซึ่งคุกคามที่จะทำลายความพยายามทั้งหมดของเขา อิงจากเรื่องจริง
วัยรุ่นจากบรู๊คลินต้องเผชิญกับความขัดแย้งในตัวตน และเสี่ยงต่อมิตรภาพ ความอกหัก และครอบครัวในการค้นหาการแสดงออกทางเพศอย่างสิ้นหวัง
The story of teenager Billy Bloom who, despite attending an ultra conservative high school, makes the decision to run for homecoming queen.
An investigation of how Hollywood's fabled stories have deeply influenced how Americans feel about transgender people, and how transgender people have been taught to feel about themselves.
In the 1970s, five men struggling with being gay in their Evangelical church started a bible study to help each other leave the "homosexual lifestyle." They quickly received over 25,000 letters from people asking for help and formalized as Exodus International, the largest and most controversial conversion therapy organization in the world. But leaders struggled with a secret: their own “same-sex attractions” never went away. After years as Christian superstars in the religious right, many of these men and women have come out as LGBTQ, disavowing the very movement they helped start. Focusing on the dramatic journeys of former conversion therapy leaders, current members, and a survivor, PRAY AWAY chronicles the “ex gay" movement’s rise to power, persistent influence, and the profound harm it causes.
Jean, a PE teacher, is forced to live a double life. When a new student arrives and threatens to expose her sexuality, Jean is pushed to extreme lengths to keep her job and her integrity.
A sensitive young man recalls his time in boarding school when the only person who seemed compassionate towards him was his housemaster's wife.