Word Is Out: Stories of Some of Our Lives

2h 12m
Documentary
4.7

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
Self
Pat Bond
Self
John Burnside
Self
Elsa Gidlow
Self
Donald Hackett
Self
Harry Hay
Self
Pam Jackson
Self
Rusty Millington
Self
Trish Nugent
Self
Mark Pinney
Self
Rick Stokes
Self
George Mendenhall
Self
Nadine Armijo
Self
Dennis Chiu
Self
Nathaniel Dorsky
Self
David Gillon
Self
Tom Fitzpatrick
Self (as Roger Harkenrider)
Bernice Fladen
Self (as Whitey)
Freddy Gray
Self
Linda Marco
Self
Tede Mathews
Self
Michael Mintz
Self
Achebe Betty Powell
Self (as Betty Powell)
Ann Samsell
Self
Cynthia Gair
Self
Rosa Montoya
Self (uncredited)

Crew

Rob Epstein
Director
Nancy Adair
Director
Peter Adair
Director, Producer
Lucy Massie Phenix
Director
Veronica Selver
Director
Andrew Brown
Director
Trish Nugent
Music

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