BEING GAY

Being Gay: Coming Out in the 21st Century.
Cambridge Educational, 2003
Presents the accounts and stories of gays who have recently taken the step of coming out. Interviewees and experts discuss the benefits of this important transition by examining the six stages of coming to terms with one's sexual identity. HQ76.8.U5 B456 2003 General

On Being Gay: A Conversation with Brian McNaught.
TRB Productions, c1986
VHS (75 min.)
Author, counselor, and lecturer Brian McNaught dispels myths about homosexuality. He talks about growing up gay in a straight world and discusses such topics as Bible-based bigotry, stereotypes, transvestism, transexualism, and AIDS. HQ75.8.M3 O6 1986 General

HISTORY

Before Stonewall: The Making of a Gay and Lesbian Community.
MPI Home Video, 1989, c1986
VHS (87 min.)
A social history of homosexuality in America from the 1920s to 1969, showing how this group has moved from a secret shame to the status of a publicly visible minority group. Tells how a group consciousness coalesced after the 1969 police raid on Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York City, and the three-day riot that followed gained them national publicity and the birth of the gay movement. HQ 76.3 .U5 B4 1989 General & Circulation Desk

Out of the Past.
A-Pix Entertainment, 1998
VHS (70 min.)
Reviews the struggle for lesbian and gay rights in the United States. Features the struggle of the Gay Straight Alliance at East High School in Salt Lake City. HQ76.8.U5 O89 1998 General

A Simple Matter of Justice.
The Committee for the March on Washington, 1993
VHS (56 min.)
Includes sections on civil rights, AIDS and health care, the military, and gay families, woven together from coverage of the music, comedy, speeches and marchers of the weekend. A powerful and moving piece on the state of the lesbian, gay and bisexual movement today.

The Times of Harvey Milk.
Telling Pictures Distribution, c1984
VHS (88 min.)
A portrait of the life and career of Harvey Milk, a charismatic grass-roots activist, and one of the first avowed homosexuals elected to political office. Through television news footage and interviews, follows him from his early days as a Castro Street businessman to his murder, along with San Francisco Mayor George Moscone, in 1978. Relates these events to the ongoing movement for gay rights in the United States. HQ76.8.U5 T56 1986 General

HOMOPHOBIA

The Laramie Project.
HBO Home Video, c2002
DVD (96 min.) In October 1998, 21 year-old Matthew Shepard was found savagely beaten, tied to a fence and left to die in Laramie, Wyoming. This film is a dramatization of a town forced to confront itself in the reflective glare of the national spotlight, responding with love, anger, sympathy, support, and defiance. Based on the play by Moisés Kaufman. PR9333.9.K38 L37 2002 General

The Laramie Project and Beyond: An Evening with Moises Kaufman.
College of DuPage Lecture Series, 2004.
VHS (1 hr., 43 min.)
Moises Kaufman discusses the experiences he and his actors shared in the creation of the play and HBO special "The Laramie Project" which explores the town of Laramie, Wyoming in the year following the murder of gay college student Matthew Shepard. Kaufman also shares his ideas about theater, film and the techniques he has developed. Includes a question and answer session and a short clip from the HBO film: The making of the Laramie project. PR9333.9.K38 L372 2004 General

MARRIAGE

For Better or Worse: Same-Sex Marriage.
ABC News, c1996
VHS (45 min.)
Correspondent Elizabeth Vargas looks at the controversial issue of same-sex marriage. She follows the stories of four gay couples and learns why they decided to marry.>br> HQ76.3.U5 F6 1996 General

Gay Marriage and the Constitution.
Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c2004
VHS (23 min.)
Ted Koppel moderates a debate about gay marriage and its legal ramifications.
KF539 .G38 2004 General

Gay Rights, Marriage, and the Supreme Court.
Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c2004
VHS (21 min.)
Discusses the United States Supreme Court's decision in the Lawrence et al. v. Texas case concerning private consensual sex between same-sex partners and the legalization of gay marriage in Canada, and the impact these two developments have had on the issue of legalizing same-sex marriage in the United States. Includes news footage and analysis by correspondents Michel Martin and Nina Totenberg and an interview of George Washington Law School faculty member Jeffrey Rosen by host, Ted Koppel. HQ1033 .G39 2004 General

I Can't Marry You.
Wolfe Video, 2003
DVD (57 min.)
Explores the real life stories of 20 long term gay and lesbian couples, and reveals the obstacles they encounter due to not being able to marry in the U.S. Hosted by Betty DeGeneres, mother of comedian, Ellen DeGeneres.
HQ1034.U5 I336 2003 General

Tying the Knot: The Union That's Dividing America.>br> New Video Group, 2005
DVD (83 min.)
Tying The Knot explores the ferocious political battle in the U.S. over equal marriage rights. It uncovers the meaning of marriage, focusing on rights, privilege, and love.
HQ1033 .T956 2005 General

Why Thee Wed?
Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c2006
DVD (51 min.)
Presents interviews with same-sex married couples who share their views on marriage, religious and political opposition, child adoption, and love. Also includes interviews with their families, the lawyer who represented them, and gay rights activist Jane Rule--who takes issue with the institution of marriage.
HQ1033 .W49 2006 General

PARENTING

Daddy & papa.
New Day Films, c2002 DVD (57 min.) A documentary exploring the personal, cultural, and political impact of gay men who are making a decision that is at once traditional and revolutionary: to raise children themselves. Taking us inside four gay male families, this documentary traces the critical issues that inevitably intersect their private lives, the ambiguous place of interracial families in America, the wonder and precariousness of surrogacy and adoption, the complexities of marriage and divorce within the gay community, and the legality of their own parenthood. HQ75.28.U6 D33 2002 Circulation Desk

In My Shoes: Stories of Youth with LGBT Parents.
COLAGE, 2005
DVD (30 min.)
Five young people whose parents are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender discuss their own views on marriage, making change, and what is means to be a family. HQ777.8 .I6 2005 General

RELIGION

One Nation Under God.
First Run Features, 2004 (Originally produced in 1993)
DVD (83 min.)
Two former leaders of an "ex-gay" ministry expose and ridicule therapies and techniques used by some Christian organizations to attempt to change the sexual orientation of homosexuals along with commentary from gay leaders.
BV4437.5 .O54 2004 BV 4437.5 .O54 2004 General

YOUTH

From a Secret Place: America's Families Cope with the Coming Out Process of Gay and Lesbian Youth.
Guilford Press, c1993
VHS (40 min.)
Young lesbians, gays, and their families describe their own "coming out" experiences, clearly and poignantly.
HQ76.25 .F76 1993 General

Gay Lives, Culture Wars.
Democracy Media, 1995.
VHS (27 min.)
Gay men and women describe the difficulties of growing up gay, while their parents tell how the family dealt with the gay child's dilemma and tried to help him/her cope. Reviews the Oregon Citizen's Alliance campaign to pass anti-gay laws in the state.
HQ 76.25 .G39 1995 General

Hate, Homophobia & Schools.
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, c1995
VHS (58 min.)
A forum including gay and straight youth and adults discusses growing up gay in America. Features the Madison, Wisconsin Shabazz City School non-harassment and diversity policy is featured.
HQ76.3.U5 H3 1995 General

The Oprah Winfrey Show. School for Gay Teens.
Harpo Productions, 1995], c1994
VHS (59 min.)
Oprah Winfrey interviews lesbian, gay, and straight teenagers about conflict they experience in high schools and colleges. Discusses "open" behavior; harassment; death threats; fundamentalist Christian attitudes; gay self-hatred; gays with a healthy sense of self-identity; runaway gay teenagers; and a high school for gay teenagers in New York City.
HQ76.25 .O6 1995 General

Out: Stories of Lesbian and Gay Youth.
Filmakers Library, c1994
VHS (43 min.)
Records the personal stories of gay and lesbian youth who are faced with social isolation, rejection by family and peers and the threat of homophobic violence, yet despite the odds are able to make it through and get on with their lives.
HQ 76.25 .O97 1994 General

Twenty Straws: Growing Up Gay.
Youth Video Outreach, 2007
DVD (28 min.)
Follows the lives of nine Midwestern teenagers as they come into their identities as out, gay youth. These talented young artists share their stories of coming out and staying out in high school.
HQ 76.25. A18 2007 General

Youth Outloud!: A Film Addressing Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Youth Issues in Our Schools.
Sun & Moon Vision Productions, 2000
VHS (46 min.)
Chronicles the real life stories of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth in high school and highlights the youth activism that initiates change from local school districts to state and federal laws.
LC2575 .Y688 2000 General

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