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Today's film was the documentary

Word is Out: Stories of Some of Our Lives (1977)

This is a thirtieth anniversary of a film that helped change my life.

I had already come out enough to live in Boston and be around gay life. John and I had met but were still bumping off each other a lot of the time.

This film showed me real gay people with real histories and lives in a variety of forms that gave me great inspiration to stay the course and make a life for myself as a gay man.

I mean, I was doing that, but I was still in a lot of fear and uncertainty about where I was going and what had gotten me to this point.

This film is as relevant today as when it was made.

it got a huge showing around the country and, importantly, many straight people saw it.

It does not sand of the corners. The message is that out is good and the sooner you can get there the better for you, your family and the people you need to have around you. Community.

The people are very appealing and quite articulate. They interviewed 188 people to get 26 to be in the film.

They have restored the film and done some editing as a celebration of its anniversary. It is a 5 out of Netflix5 and I will come back to it again in time to keep those early years' experience green for me.

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