Tomorrow,
several organizations are hosting the first local screening of Straightlaced: How Gender’s Got Us All Tied Up, a documentary that explores the pressures teens endure to conform to accepted gender boundaries.That film is dedicated to Hannah, who was one of the 50 young people producers interviewed to gauge the restrictions society puts on teens in defining their masculinity or femininity.Hannah was a good friend of Josh, an openly gay student at Paul Laurence Dunbar High School who committed suicide in October 2006. He was 15....
The Kentucky Theatre website says:
Straightlaced: How Gender's Got Us All Tied Up
Straightlaced: How Gender's Got Us All Tied Up
FREE (donations requested) to benefit suicide prevention program
When: Sat Jan 9 11am – 12:30pm Eastern Time
When: Sat Jan 9 11am – 12:30pm Eastern Time
The message of the film is one of acceptance of others regardless of their dress, sexual orientation or desire to wear a particular color, said Woloch. That epitomizes what Hannah stood for. “In the movie she said people ask her why she was friends with Josh, and she said, ‘Why not?’” Woloch said. “These are stories of kids who identify as gay, straight, bisexual or whatever,” she said. “It’s about the biases we have and the determinations we make based on nothing. Hers was just acceptance and love. Acceptance for who they are.” Hannah’s father, the Rev. Richard Landers, a retired Baptist minister, said the documentary is well-done. ...The film is intended as a starting point for discussions...
