Generation Q

November 2004

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Hosted by slam poet and "Def Poetry Jam" star, Staceyann Chin, In the life's, "Generation Q" looks at a New Jersey youth's battle to address the issue of bullying in his school; an 8th grader who is outted by his school and subsequently suspended; the Dallas Pentecostal Church's "Hell House"; the 2003 murder of 15-year-old lesbian Sakia Gunn; and facing homophobia in hip hop culture. In Out Takes, Harvey Fierstein discusses "Freedom Of and From."

See other episodes in the 13th Season

Walk Like a Man

IN THE LIFE examines the leading threat to LGBT youth: the devastating psychological, social, and physical effects of bullying. "Walk Like a Man" highlights the story of one teenager who single-handedly forced his New Jersey school's administration to deal with the problem.

Learning Curve

In "Learning Curve", ITL travels to Little Rock, Arkansas where the administration of a public junior high school outs an 8th grader to his parents, preaches to him, forces him to study the bible, and then suspends him for not keeping his punishment a secret.

Real to Reel: Hell House

Hell House features a new kind of haunted house in Dallas where a Pentecostal church is working to "scare the hell" out of 15,000 annual visitors. By acting out skits of "sins" in which the "sinners" die and demons drag them off to hell, the church aims to save souls and shape opinions.

Sakia Gunn

ITL revisits the 2003 murder of Sakia Gunn, a 15-year-old lesbian from Newark, New Jersey who was stabbed on her way home from Greenwich Village, and reveals what can happen when LGBT youth have "No Place to Go."

Off the Streets

In Minneapolis, ITL takes a look at how LGBT adults are keeping LGBTQ youth "Off the Streets" by opening their homes and giving them a second chance at life.

Bringin' the Noise

"Bringin' the Noise" takes an inside look at VIBE, the urban music and culture magazine, visiting with former Editorial Director, Emil Wilbekin. As an openly gay African-American, filling this position meant facing the homophobia in hip-hop for Wilbekin as well as having a shot at fighting intolerance.

OUT TAKES

Four-time Tony Winner Harvey Fierstein discusses "Freedom Of and From."