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It's Elementary: Talking About Gay Issues in School

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eighth-grade teacher dismantled stereotypes about people who are gay or lesbian while also having their students interview a gay man and a lesbian woman. A principal of an elementary school held a photography event at the school named "Love Makes a Family", in which "families with gay and lesbian couples at the heads of households" are depicted. A girl with lesbian parents read a
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The teachers that were surveyed had various teaching methods of educating about homosexuality. The educators included a fourth-grade teacher who "encourages her students to brainstorm on the words 'gay' and 'lesbian', and to talk about the roots of their associations, assumptions, and attitudes". An
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in schools. A 2018 screening was held at the Frameline Film Festival in honor of posthumously awarding Chasnoff the 2018 Frameline Award. The Frameline Film Festival said that the film "boldly turned the minefield of teaching about LGBTQ issues in elementary schools into a navigable playing field"
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shows children talking about homosexual households and other families that differ from the common household. The families include parents that are "divorced, adoptive, guardian, parents with drugs, multi-racial, multi-religious, or disabled". The film was directed by Chasnoff. It was released in
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wanted to direct an educational video series that deals with teaching children about issues involving people who are homosexual, but she learned that there was not much information about the topic that was aimed towards educators. She said, "The current conservative political climate, which is
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Conservatives such as the head of the Family Defense Council were upset with its release. Chasnoff and Cohen received backlash from groups that claimed that they "were promoting a homosexual agenda" and brainwashing children into a "homosexual lifestyle". Conservatives in
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subjects. The younger children were often more accepting of those who are LGBTQ. The film has two versions: one of which is just under 40 minutes long, and the other of which is 78 minutes long. The cut version was created as a training version.
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as "the first of its kind" to provide educators with information on how to prevent discrimination against people who are gay. It focuses on the education of elementary schoolchildren to not be intolerant of those who are gay or
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people. It was hard for them to gain entry into the schools, as multiple staff and parents did not want to be recorded. Some of the parents kept their children away from the school during filming. The schools are in
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In 1999, PBS refused to televise the film on its national affiliate stations, but the broadcaster sold the airing rights to other stations by using an independent company. At the time of a June 7, 1999 article in
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The lack of available information motivated Chasnoff to continue trying to complete the film. Chasnoff and producer Helen Cohen talked to American teachers who already had curricula involving
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were against public broadcasting of the film and set up billboards opposing the film. The American Family Association responded to the film with one of their own, titled
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Chasnoff said in 1999, "Sadly, part of the reason I think the film is being picked up is because of the time. Our campaign falls within the same window of time that the
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of New Hampshire said that the film discredits a speech that Smith gave in the Senate in which he describes education programs about gay people as "trash".
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essay about her mothers. A fifth-grade teacher noticed that her students have no issues with pictures and stories of children and their gay parents. A
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states that the film has "inspiring footage shot in schools across the country" and that it is "a topic that often leaves adults tongue-tied".
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Golden Eagle for Teacher Education and Best Educational Film at the Northern Lights International Film Festival. The film was awarded the
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Ruby Calvert said, "I've had lots and lots of calls from people in Wyoming," adding that she was struggling with scheduling the film.
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incredibly hostile to the mere mention of homosexuality, has made many teachers afraid of talking to kids about gays and lesbians".
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stations. Chasnoff and Cohen started a campaign to motivate people to ask local television stations for the film to be aired.
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Rainbow Family Collections: Selecting and Using Children's Books with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Content
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out of context and makes it seem that the children are being "taught to be homosexual in the classroom".
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Voices of Transgender Children in Early Childhood Education: Reflections on Resistance and Resiliency
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used the film as an example of LGBTQ issues included in academia for young students. The sequel
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was used as an example of the success of LGBTQ programs in schools, including a decrease in
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Education Council, Brad Mitchell, and teachers from Pink T.I.G.ers who attempt to prevent
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Ginny Markell, the president of the PTA, presented one of the film's sequels,
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was directed by Chasnoff. It was released in 2007, and is 47 minutes long.
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and Helen Cohen. It provides educators with information on how to teach
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held a 2008 screening for the short version of the film and its sequel
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Suffer the Children: Answering the Homosexual Agenda in Public Schools
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Directed by Chasnoff and Cohen, the film was described by the book
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was released in several film festivals. The film was released on
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It's Still Elementary: Reexamining LGBT issues in schools
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reported that the film would be broadcast on at least 60
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Sullivan, Ashley L.; Urraro, Laurie L. (June 29, 2019).
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in 1997. The film received the Silver Spire from the
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It's Elementary (disambiguation)
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Debra Chasnoff
Fawn Yacker
Alex Zakrzewski
New Day Films
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documentary film
Debra Chasnoff
elementary schoolchildren
tolerant
gay and lesbian people
conservatives
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American Family Association
GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Documentary
Reeling Film Festival
San Francisco International Film Festival
Debra Chasnoff
gay
San Francisco
New York City
Madison, Wisconsin
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Matthew Shepard
murder of Billy Jack Gaither
Columbine High School massacre
lesbian
LGBTQ
Mother's Day

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