I Am Michael Page #3

Why?

Carrot thief.

Here's our very uncool

soccer mom Van.

Whoo!

Who are these guys?

July 23rd, 2002.

Road trip.

Road trip.

I'm driving across America

with Bennett and Tyler

for an exciting new project

I'm working on.

I guess both beds are taken.

I don't know where

you're gonna sleep.

Eenie, meenie, miney, Moe.

This is the most fun

I've ever had in my whole life.

Really?

No.

We are making a documentary

about queer youth in America,

because discrimination

against LGBT youth

must be eliminated.

I just wish people could see

that these kids have faces,

names, and voices

that need to be heard.

Growing up in the church

and realizing that you're gay

is very difficult.

You know, your family

has never talked about it.

I mean, I'm 13

and it's the first time

I've heard the word.

And when I heard the word

and knew what it was,

then it was like,

"hey, I know that.

I understand that.

That's me."

My mom, she's trying.

She's like really in the closet

about it.

She won't mention it to anybody

or anything like that.

Like, she tries to still act

like I'm straight

and expects me to act like

I'm straight along with her

when I'm not like that.

And this was

probably more overwhelming

when I tried

to kill myself, uh...

But I felt so invisible

to everyone around me

who was straight.

There are times when I realize

that I'm just as much a creation

of god as everyone else.

Olympia, Washington.

This is kind of somber.

But even though I grew up here,

because both my parents

don't live anymore,

it feels like this place

is a part of a past

that doesn't exist anymore.

And I wasn't gay here.

I mean, you couldn't be.

There was this kid that everyone

just thought was gay

and he had to leave school

'cause he got picked on so much.

What's it like here?

Liberty is Falwell territory.

So as you can imagine,

it's not very gay-friendly.

So why do you stay?

Uh...

Well, I...

I don't know. I, um...

I didn't come out

to friends and family

until last year.

And I have another year

before I graduate.

I'm a Christian.

So...

Which a lot of people

think is impossible,

but I think that's

just as ridiculous

as the anti-gay right, so...

Just a second.

Hey, Sof.

Do you want us

to call them for you?

We're just gonna... We're gonna

wait with you until he comes, okay?

Her mother just passed.

Do you mind not filming us?

So awful.

Here, let's pray.

Let's pray for her, okay?

All right, turn it off.

We just wanna ask, father,

that you would

just give her the strength

to get through this

incredibly difficult time

and we pray that you

would just fill us all

with the compassion to know

what she must be going through

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