Word Is Out: Stories of Some of Our Lives

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Overview

More than two dozen men and women of various backgrounds, ages, and races talk to the camera about being gay or lesbian. Their stories are arranged in loose chronology: early years, fitting in (which for some meant marriage), coming out, establishing adult identities, and reflecting on how things have changed and how things should be.

Cast: Sally M. Gearhart, Pat Bond, John Burnside, Elsa Gidlow, Donald Hackett, more

Director: Rob Epstein, Nancy Adair, Peter Adair, Lucy Massie Phenix, Veronica Selver, Andrew Brown

Genres: Documentary

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