Straightlaced Premiere
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
NOVELLA THEATER
http://groundspark.org/our-films-and-campaigns/straightlacedGroundSpark will premiere the latest film in The Respect For All Project, Straightlaced - How Gender's Got Us All Tied Upon January 14, 2009. Filmed in the same intimate style as That's a Family! and Let's Get Real, the heart of Straightlaced is candid interviews with more than 50 teens form diverse backgrounds.
There is no disputing the fact that gender-based stereotypes and anti-gay attitudes affect the lives of all students today. The pressure to conform to conventional expectations about gender is strongly tied to anti-gay attitudes the girls who won't play sports because they don't want to be called "lezzies"; the boys who make crude comments about girls' bodies just to prove to their peers that they aren't gay; the students who won't raise their hands in class because it's gay to be smart.
