tagged w/ Free to Be You and Me
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This is sure to make you smile despite all the sadness.
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This is the story of two rural teens who had the courage to stand up to bigotry and intolerance in their schools - and the determination to tell their stories to the world.
Homophobia is one of the last "permissible" forms of prejudice. Its effects are especially acute for youth, who often suffer alone and in silence. Two thirds of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender youth experience harassment or violence in school, and the suicide rate for this group is four times the average.
When C.J. Bills is gay bashed in the school locker room, then arrested for disorderly conduct because he protests to an administrator about the harassment he has experienced, he decides to fight back by making a documentary about discrimination. With his family's help, he also initiates an investigation by the state human rights commission and shames the school district into developing an anti-bullying and diversity training program.
C.J.'s documentary project also leads him to Tim Dahle, a former high school student who challenged the years of anti-gay harassment he suffered in a neighboring town. In Tim's case, the school district that failed to protect him agreed to one of the largest sexual harassment settlements in history, sending a signal to school districts around the country that such behavior can be costly.
We Belong demonstrates that young people have the power to change their communities and the world, and that helping youth to tell their stories, in their own way and on camera, is enlightening, empowering, and effective.This is the story of two rural teens who had the courage to stand up to bigotry and... more
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Who says you need to be thin to be sexy? Club Bounce is the progressive LA nightclub that caters to women who are fun, sexy and BIG! VC2 producer Carlos Aguilar profiles this club, its promoters and its patrons.Who says you need to be thin to be sexy? Club Bounce is the progressive LA nightclub... more
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The legacy of slavery has left African-Americans with an interracial disparity between light-skinned and dark-skinned blacks. This candid conversation between black women of all shades asks, "Is the black community still color struck?"The legacy of slavery has left African-Americans with an interracial disparity between... more
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Arturo De Vera has chosen to be a male nurse, and is from a family of ICU nurses. His dream was to be in the music industry, but he promised his dying mother
to follow in her and her husband's footsteps and become an ICU nurse.Arturo De Vera has chosen to be a male nurse, and is from a family of ICU nurses. His... more
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Gender is not a static state of being.
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Let's Ro-de-o! Meet some of the hippest young cowgirls around -- they're firey, tough, bright, and muddy -- plus, they're roping to win -- in tropical Hawaii.
Though few on the mainland have heard about Hawaiian Paniolos (cowboys), the lifestyle these native Hawaiians brazenly pursue echoes hundreds of years of Hawaiian tradition -- and American culture -- as they remain the historically first-ever cowboys (and cowgirls) to tame the wild west.Let's Ro-de-o! Meet some of the hippest young cowgirls around -- they're... more
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Mariana van Zeller visits a library in Sweden that actually loans out humans of all shapes and sizes as a means of promoting tolerance and understanding.Mariana van Zeller visits a library in Sweden that actually loans out humans of all... more
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