Summer Storm is not one's typical teen romantic comedy. The German-made film is sweeping into North American movie theatres this month. It features Tobi, an awkward teenage boy, falling in love with Achim, his best friend, at a summer rowing camp. He is befriended by Leo, a handsome boy who rows with the Queer Schlag, a team composed of all gay boys. A heart wrenching and melancholic coming of age tale ensues, in which Tobi must come to terms with his homosexuality. Marco Kreuzpaintner's beautiful motion picture and others like it are paving the way for the first wave of resilient and proud gay youth, in proportions never fathomed. Recent media exposure, growing support groups, the internet, and changes in popular opinion have created a new generation of gay teens who are coming out sooner to a more accepting society.

Valerie Korinek discusses in her article "Don't Let Your Girlfriends Ruin Your Marriage: Lesbian imagery in Chatelaine Magazine" some of the struggles that lesbian......

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Title: The Gay Teen Revolution
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