Straight for a Month

“We all make choices about how we conduct our lives. But there are fundamental aspects of ourselves about which we don’t get a choice—eye color, fingerprints and left- or right-handedness, for example. We also don’t get a choice about our feelings of sexual attraction. I didn’t choose my same-gender feelings of sexual attraction any more than my brother and sister chose their opposite-gender feelings of sexual attraction” –Eric Marcus

Teaser Trailer

We've always asked God to lighten the burden; to take away the weight on our shoulders. Being gay is the only minority which forces teenagers to face alone in secret. We make every attempt to convince ourselves that our feelings of attraction are wrong. How could we ever expect acceptance when we are unable to accept ourselves? Dare we risk rejection and reveal ourselves or spend our life living an unconditional lie…

And they call it a choice.

Now at the peak of our pride, with stronger backs we carry each other’s weight in an attempt to make the gay community one with in a common society with the world. Sharing our mutual faith that our efforts will one day grant us equality and acceptance.

Since gay rights started it’s upslope, dozens of tests have been done to conclude that being gay isn’t a choice but it was never enough to convince the world. None have gone deep into the morality of both gay and straight youth to capture the emotions behind sexuality. ‘Straight for a Month’ is a documentary about gay and straight teenagers spending a month as the opposite sexual orientation to simply demonstrate and prove that preferences in attraction are not a choice.

After the release of this films teaser trailer, it’s gained a lot of attention and support nation wide. The anticipated final production of ‘Straight for a Month’ is expected to be released in Spring 2009 but it cannot be completed without your support. You can show your support by getting involved. Whether that be telling people about the film or being in it. We are currently looking for true stories and interviews that would fit this documentary. If you want to get involved, please send us an email:

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