Human Sexuality Movie Paper!! NO PLAGIARISM !!

The following films are approved by me for this assignment. If you want to select another movie that is not on the list, please see me, I MUST approve your alternate film selection.

The Birdcage (1996) A gay cabaret owner and his drag queen companion agree to put up a false straight front so that their son can introduce them to his fiancé's right-wing moralistic parents. (Comedy, Gay)

Boys Don’t Cry (1999) A drama film based on the real-life story of Brandon Teena, a transsexual man who was raped and murdered by his male friends after they discovered his gender history. The movie received lots of media attention when its star Hilary Swank, who played Brandon, won the Academy Award for Best Actress.(Drama, Transsexual)

Brokeback Mountain- Sexuality of both characters portrayed as fluid. The film displays a love relationship between same-sex male partners in the American West; who are simultaneously struggling with their opposite gender relationships. Self-acknowledgement and self-acceptance in recognizing one’s own sexual identity is portrayed. (Drama) (Gay, questioning)

The Crying Game (1992) The Crying Game is about the experiences of Fergus (Stephen Rea), as a member of the IRA, his brief but meaningful encounter with Jody (Forest Whitaker) who is held prisoner by the group, and his unexpected romantic relationship with Jody's transgendered girlfriend, Dil (Jaye Davidson) whom Fergus promised Jody he would protect. However, unexpected events force Fergus to decide what he wants for the future, and ultimately what his nature dictates he must do. (Psychological thriller)

Flawless (1999) An ultraconservative police officer (DeNiro) suffers a debilitating stroke and is assigned to a rehabilitative program that includes singing lessons - with the drag queen next door.

In and Out Howard Brackett's high school English students are astonished. Is it really true that their favorite high school teacher may be gay? But hey, he can't be gay; he's about to get married! Then again, he also teaches the drama class and boy, does he love those Barbra Streisand records. (Comedy, Gay, questioning)

Kinsey is a 2004 biographical film written and directed by Bill Condon.[1] It describes the life of Alfred Kinsey (played by Liam Neeson), a pioneer in the area of sexology. His 1948 publication, Sexual Behavior in the Human Male (the first of the Kinsey Reports) was one of the first recorded works that tried to scientifically address and investigate sexual behavior in humans.(Drama, sexuality research)

Midnight Cowboy-Hustler Buck forms an unlikely friendship with junky Rico "Ratso" Rizzo. Academy Award winner for Best Picture. (Drama, Male Prostitution)

Milk (2008) The story of Harvey Milk (Sean Penn), and his struggles as an American gay activist who fought for gay rights and became California's first openly gay elected official. (Drama, Gay rights)

Monster is a 2003 crime drama film about serial killer Aileen Wuornos, a former prostitute who was executed in Florida in 2002 for killing six men (she was not tried for a seventh murder) in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Wuornos was played by Charlize Theron and her fictionalized lover, Selby Wall (based on Wuornos' real lover Tyria Moore), was played by Christina Ricci.

Philadelphia- When a man with AIDS is fired by a conservative law firm because of his condition, he hires a homophobic small time lawyer as the only willing advocate for a wrongful dismissal suit.

Reader- Focuses on the definition and consequences of sexual abuse. It involves the relationship between a teenager and a much older woman (Kate Winslet) in post WWII Germany.

Secretary. Shainberg's exploration of Gyllenhaall's levels of s&m (from her cutting to complete submissive to Spader) actually pulls its audience into her world allowing us to feel some level of pain. Is it uncomfortable and painful to watch at times? Yes, and that is what makes Secretary a perfect film about s & m. Spader plays the part of the domineering boss to a tea with little hints of him being submissive to Gyllenhaal.

Taken- A retired CIA agent travels across Europe and relies on his old skills to save his estranged daughter, who was kidnapped on a trip to Paris to be sold into prostitution. Sex (Drama, Sex Trafficking)

To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar- Three drag queens (Wesley Snipes, Patrick Swayze and John Leguizamo) travel cross-country until their car breaks down, leaving them stranded in a small town. (Comedic drama, transsexuals)

TransAmerica (2005) A comedy-drama starring Felicity Huffman, who plays Bree, a transsexual woman. At its heart, "Transamerica" (Weinstein) explores familiar themes of family bonds, interpersonal connection and parent-child dysfunction, but with an unconventional and morally problematic twist: The parent here is a preoperative transsexual man.

Human Sexuality HED 3400.17 Page 4 of 11 Jonathan T. Moss Ed.D

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