Teach Your Children Well - A Film About Homophobia and School Violence - Narrated by Lily Tomlin

Teach Your Children Well is a documentary short (39 min) narrated by Emmy Award winning actress and comedienne, Lily Tomlin.

The film explores the often tragic effects of homophobia, bullying, and school violence against lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans-gender young people. It tells its story through interviews with parents, teachers, students, and professionals from various gay and lesbian service organizations.

With the recent media emphasis on bullying, and in particular the suicides resulting from bullying, the film is very timely. The film includes an on-camera recounting of the recent suicide of 13 year old Seth Walsh, by his mother, Wendy Walsh. Seth was one of the four teen suicides who made national headlines in September, 2010.

The film's primary goal is to bring homophobia and its harmful repercussions to light, and to hopefully effect a change in society's consciousness such that the bullying and violence against our L-G-B-T young people is greatly reduced -- and ultimately eliminated.

More information at:
www.TeachYourChildrenWell-TheMovie.com

Category:

Education

Tags:

• gay
• lesbian
• lgbt
• bullying
• teen suicide
• school violence
• Seth Walsh
• Lawrence King

[TheScottlex]

@cold197 Oh, come on! "Fruit" has been a slang term for homosexual almost as long as the F word, if not longer. What if you were constantly called "breeder" because you're straight? Would you blame the school system for the way it made you feel to be defined solely by your sexuality? I don't think so.

[cold197]

when i look at the chalkboard at the end, i'm thinking how is being called fruit an insult?? =L lol

schools are becoming horrible now, and kids are turning more and more words into insults :(

[jdcinsf]

i love this vid