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(EDIT 4) Removed the embed altogether because they keep getting deleted from Youtube, and I can't find a replacement. (/EDIT 4)
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Here, at least, is a trailer. Until that also gets removed at some point, anyway.
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I'd never heard of this film prior to today, when someone postedthe abovethe previously embedded but now removed Youtube video to their wall on Facebook.
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I am a heterosexual, cis male. I'm not one of those straight guys who "has a lot of gay friends." No, I don't have any friends who are (at least to my knowledge) homosexual. (EDIT 2) And by that I meant people with whom I interact in person on a day-to-day basis. I do know some of the people on my LJ/FB/Twitter lists are gay, but I wasn't counting that for this (for some reason). (EDIT 6, May 14, 2020) Interestingly enough, one of the guys I used to work with in WA (which would have been at the time this post was originally written) is bisexual, though I only found out about it when he posted about it on his FB page a few months ago. (/EDIT 6) (/EDIT 2) As I say this, as I write this, I feel like I am kind of admitting to something bad. Like I am, dare I say, coming out of the closet, in a way. That's completely ridiculous, I know, but still. Why do I say that? Well, for one thing, I've gotten the subtle impression that some people back home in North Carolina probably think I'm gay. Why? Well, I often speak out against homophobia, against the way gay people are generally treated by society. (A lot of people seem to have the perception that one necessarily has to be gay themselves in order to support gay people. I think that's stupid.) <sarcasm> And, also, I like ponies so clearly that means I'm gay, right? </sarcasm> Well, I'm not gay. Just getting it out there, for anyone who might have been wondering. I'm not saying this because I feel the need to establish my "man credentials" or whatever, I'm just saying it in order to give what I'm going to say below (hopefully) some more weight. (EDIT 3) Also, the idea that someone might mistakenly think that I am gay, for whatever reason, is not offensive to me. No, it is the idea that someone might mistakenly think that I am gay and, as a result, think lesser of me because of it that is offensive to me. Just as it is offensive to me that someone would look at an actual gay person and think lesser of them merely because they are gay, regardless of any other concerns. (/EDIT 3)
With all of that said, I think that gay people are treated like shit by mainstream society. It may not be quite as bad as it used to be, and it's getting better, thankfully, but we still have a very long way to go as a society as a whole. I think the reasons that people have for publicly denouncing gay people are, at best, incredibly asinine and, at worst, outright evil. I don't care if that offends anyone who may hold those beliefs. I don't apologize for making you feel bad if you happen to be a homophobe. In my opinion, you should feel bad, even if you actually don't. You should.
And so, to bring this back to the topic of this post, before I started watching that film, I figured I'd probably watch maybe two or three minutes of it and then close it, because hey why would I need to watch it since it'd essentially be preaching to the choir, in my case. And yet, here I sit, around two hours later, having watched the whole thing. When I started, I couldn't stop. It's definitely one of the best films I've watched in quite a while.
And now, since it's after 1:00am, I need to go to bed, because I've been up since 7:30am and I'm pretty tired.
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(EDIT 5)
Here, at least, is a trailer. Until that also gets removed at some point, anyway.
(/EDIT 5)
I'd never heard of this film prior to today, when someone posted
(EDIT)
I am a heterosexual, cis male. I'm not one of those straight guys who "has a lot of gay friends." No, I don't have any friends who are (at least to my knowledge) homosexual. (EDIT 2) And by that I meant people with whom I interact in person on a day-to-day basis. I do know some of the people on my LJ/FB/Twitter lists are gay, but I wasn't counting that for this (for some reason). (EDIT 6, May 14, 2020) Interestingly enough, one of the guys I used to work with in WA (which would have been at the time this post was originally written) is bisexual, though I only found out about it when he posted about it on his FB page a few months ago. (/EDIT 6) (/EDIT 2) As I say this, as I write this, I feel like I am kind of admitting to something bad. Like I am, dare I say, coming out of the closet, in a way. That's completely ridiculous, I know, but still. Why do I say that? Well, for one thing, I've gotten the subtle impression that some people back home in North Carolina probably think I'm gay. Why? Well, I often speak out against homophobia, against the way gay people are generally treated by society. (A lot of people seem to have the perception that one necessarily has to be gay themselves in order to support gay people. I think that's stupid.) <sarcasm> And, also, I like ponies so clearly that means I'm gay, right? </sarcasm> Well, I'm not gay. Just getting it out there, for anyone who might have been wondering. I'm not saying this because I feel the need to establish my "man credentials" or whatever, I'm just saying it in order to give what I'm going to say below (hopefully) some more weight. (EDIT 3) Also, the idea that someone might mistakenly think that I am gay, for whatever reason, is not offensive to me. No, it is the idea that someone might mistakenly think that I am gay and, as a result, think lesser of me because of it that is offensive to me. Just as it is offensive to me that someone would look at an actual gay person and think lesser of them merely because they are gay, regardless of any other concerns. (/EDIT 3)
With all of that said, I think that gay people are treated like shit by mainstream society. It may not be quite as bad as it used to be, and it's getting better, thankfully, but we still have a very long way to go as a society as a whole. I think the reasons that people have for publicly denouncing gay people are, at best, incredibly asinine and, at worst, outright evil. I don't care if that offends anyone who may hold those beliefs. I don't apologize for making you feel bad if you happen to be a homophobe. In my opinion, you should feel bad, even if you actually don't. You should.
And so, to bring this back to the topic of this post, before I started watching that film, I figured I'd probably watch maybe two or three minutes of it and then close it, because hey why would I need to watch it since it'd essentially be preaching to the choir, in my case. And yet, here I sit, around two hours later, having watched the whole thing. When I started, I couldn't stop. It's definitely one of the best films I've watched in quite a while.
And now, since it's after 1:00am, I need to go to bed, because I've been up since 7:30am and I'm pretty tired.
(/EDIT)
