Jewish Community Services (JCS), in partnership with JQ Baltimore and Keshet, is hosting a screening of the film “Straightlaced” on Sunday, October 25, 1:00pm at the Rosenbloom Owings Mills Jewish Community Center. Following the film will be a panel discussion with Rabbi Gila Ruskin from Temple Adas Shalom, Vera Kurlantzik, MS, President, Mindful For You, Jill Hollander, MSW, and Gidon Feer, George Washington University Student. The program is free and open to the public, pre-registration is required. For more information and registration, visit www.jcsbaltimore.org/parenting-series or call 410-500-5371.
“Straightlaced” unearths how popular pressures around gender and sexuality are confining American teens. The film shares the perspectives of teens who self-identify as straight, lesbian, gay, bisexual or questioning and represent all points of the gender spectrum. Their stories reflect a diversity of experiences, demonstrating how gender role expectations and homophobia are interwoven, and illustrating the different ways that these expectations connect with culture, race and class.
The program is part of the JCS Parent Discussion Series which addresses various challenges of parenthood from infancy to young adulthood.