# Films for LGBTQ Youth **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 7, 2003, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-for-lgbtq-youth/167104 "2003-04-07T17:28:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2003, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-for-lgbtq-youth/167104/41 "2003-04-09T01:03:12Z")
Anyway, depending on the feel I get from the kids tonight, I think I may go with _But I’m a Cheerleader_ next time. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2003, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-for-lgbtq-youth/167104/42 "2003-04-09T03:06:06Z")
And just as a small vocabularistic aside, _fortnightly_ is _semimonthly_. _Bimonthly_ means every two months. ---
**Author:** ![ratty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ccd318/32.png) [@ratty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratty)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2003, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-for-lgbtq-youth/167104/43 "2003-04-09T06:04:27Z")
Maybe a comedy would work well, just to lighten the mood every now and again? I really liked _But I’m A Cheerleader_. And I’m probably going to get hammered for suggesting this, but I’ve always been very partial to _The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert_. It’s basically a light comedy, although it does deal with some important issues, and for the escapists, it ends on a wonderfully upbeat note. It’s been criticized for propagating stereotypes, but I’ve always viewed it as a subtle way of mocking those stereotypes. Plus, you know, Hugo Weaving. 😉 On the other hand, I would not suggest _Kids_. From a cinematic standpoint, it’s a good movie, but it’s always made me uncomfortable in that it seems to glorify the type of behavior it depicts. Many teenagers I know who’ve seen this movie seem to feel the main characters are “cool”, which is exactly the opposite of what you’d want them thinking. I’d suggest something like _American History X_, but it seems to suffer from the same problem. Might I also suggest a viewing of a few episodes of _Queer As Folk_? I’ve only seen one of the American version, but it seemed pretty good, and I keep hearing good things about it. ---
**Author:** ![Iteki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/eada6e/32.png) [@Iteki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iteki)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2003, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-for-lgbtq-youth/167104/44 "2003-04-09T10:13:26Z")
Damn Ratty 🙂 I was coming back in because Priscilla was one of the films I had forgotten. It’s really fab, nice and campy but with tongue firmly in cheek. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2003, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-for-lgbtq-youth/167104/45 "2003-04-09T14:38:45Z")
_Queer As Folk_ is its own weekly event at the House. And I for one liked _Priscilla,_ though for a couple reasons I liked _To Wong Foo_ a little better. Anyway, to report, the activities director at LH forgot to tell anyone about this, the first movie night, AND he forgot to replace the missing DVD-TV cords, so we started an hour late and there were two youth in attendance. One left when her girlfriend beckoned, the other stayed through, and he seemed to enjoy it, but ducked the moment the credits began. The gour adult volunteers enjoyed it though . . . So, new plan: make my own damn fliers/posters, bring my own damn patch cords, and maybe start with some more youth-friendly fare. Thinking of showing _Bring It On_. Not gay-centric, but it has a couple nice gay-friendly moments. And I get the impression that the youth think the activities at the house tend to get preachy and Stonewally; I sensed some barely repressed eyerolls when I announced to last night’s present youth what _The Celluloid Closet_ was. _Great, more great moments in gay history_ was the unspoken reaction. So I think I’m going to indulge them for a while, get them invested in it–get a crowd on Tuesdays, if I can–and then show some more ‘sophisticated’ stuff. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2003, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-for-lgbtq-youth/167104/46 "2003-04-09T14:46:16Z")
"gour "? four. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2003, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-for-lgbtq-youth/167104/47 "2003-04-09T15:12:43Z")
Ungrateful brats. Don’t they know how much time we put in on this? ---
**Author:** ![mojave66](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@mojave66](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mojave66)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2003, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-for-lgbtq-youth/167104/48 "2003-04-09T19:01:13Z")
\> It’s been criticized for propagating stereotypes, but I’ve always viewed it as a subtle way of mocking those stereotypes. This reminded me, how out of line would it be to suggest John Waters’ “Desperate Living?” It’s another movie that spears of stereotypes, or an unabashedly celebrates of them, take your pick. It’s also damn funny, but it’s something where you’d have to take the sophistication of your kids into account. ---
**Author:** ![mojave66](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@mojave66](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mojave66)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2003, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-for-lgbtq-youth/167104/49 "2003-04-09T19:06:30Z")
Make that “spears stereotypes, or unabashedly celebrates them”. Curse that “YOU CAN’T EDIT, PLEBIAN!” security feature. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-for-lgbtq-youth/167104.md?page=2)