Youth In Motion is an exciting new partnership between Frameline and Gay-Straight Alliance Network that offers free LGBT themed movies to student clubs and teachers in middle and high schools throughout California!
Our goal is to give student activists and teachers new tools to educate their peers about lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender history and culture (and have fun doing it!). And we believe that an inclusive curriculum is one step to creating truly safe and welcoming schools.
Why LGBT films?
Even though many youth are finding the courage to come out in middle or high school, we know that our schools aren’t always the safest or most welcoming places for LGBT, questioning, or straight ally students, or for students with LGBT family members. Though we’ve achieved great victories like the passage of AB 537 (the California Student Safety and Violence Prevention Act), we still have a long way to go in ending ignorance, harassment, and violence. At the same time, even though we may have movies like Brokeback Mountain or shows like Queer Eye, we don’t usually get to see the diversity of our identities and experiences represented on the big or small screens.
Education & Action
Youth In Motion DVDs offer a new way to educate ourselves and our communities about diverse LGBT lives and issues. Accompanied by curriculum & action guides, they provide great starting points for discussion with our supporters (and opponents) in classrooms, assemblies, and community events, and they also offer ideas and inspiration for taking action!
We've got a great line of films covering hot topics like marriage equality and early leaders in the LGBT rights movement. Click here for descriptions of our latest releases!
Questions? Comments? Email youthinmotion@frameline.org.
Youth in Motion is made possible with the generous support of The James Irvine Foundation and The Bob Ross Foundation.
