Full
A-Z list of video titles
After
Stonewall (:86), 1999. Chronicles the history of lesbian
and gay life from the riots at Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York
City, to the end of the century.
I
Just Want to Say: Parents, Students, and Teachers Talk about Anti-Gay
Bias in Our Schools (:13). Tennis champion Martina
Navratilova hosts a candid and moving discussion of the anti-gay
climate faced by youth in our schools today and offers suggestions
for how educators can work to teach respect for all.
It’s
Elementary: Teaching about Gay Issues in Schools (:37),
1997. Award-winning video which explores school activities, faculty
meetings, and classroom discussions about the challenges and benefits
of integrating lesbian and gay issues in school curriculum.
Out
of the Past: The Struggle for Gay and Lesbian Rights in America (:65),
1998. A seventeen-year-old high school student in Salt Lake City,
Utah, embarks on a history-making experience of forming a “Gay
Straight Alliance” in her public school. The ensuing protests,
legislative battles, and national media attention serve as a counterpoint
to the history of human rights movement.
Straight
from the Heart (:24), 1994. Examines the issues parents
face in coming to terms with having a gay or lesbian child. It presents
simple stories about real people: a police chief who speaks proudly
of his lesbian daughter; a Mormon family whose son is believed to
be the first person in Idaho to have died from AIDS; and an African
American woman and her two lesbian daughters who had been accused
of “catching” their lesbianism from white people. Straight
from the Heart shows that homophobia is a form of bigotry inseparable
from other manifestations of prejudice, particularly racism.
Transgender:
The Law & Employees (1:53), 1997. Presented by
the Iowa City Human Rights Commission. Video offers a comprehensive
look at transgender identity from a personal, medical and legal
perspective.
What
Sex Am I? (:58), 1984. Looks at the manifestation
of gender confusion in transsexuality and transvesticism through
personal case studies that illustrate the dilemmas and emotions
faced by those who are asking “What sex am I?”
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