Throwaway Teens
Description
In this program, ABC News anchor Connie Chung explores the plight of young people who are disowned by their families because of their sexual orientation and are forced to live or die on the streets. Intimate case studies involving three teenagers struggling to exist in Los Angeles, Des Moines, and New York City provide insights into homelessness, child prostitution, drug abuse, and attitudes toward homosexuality. A sampling of services available to street kids, provided by organizations such as the Hetrick-Martin Institute and the Iowa Homeless Youth Center, are profiled.
Runtime
27 min
Subjects
Genre
Date of Publication
[2013], c1999
Database
Films on Demand
Direct Link
Similar Films
Out in the open
Rock Hudson, All that Heaven Allowed
Sunday morning. Hold on!
Les pensées de Paul
The Mommy mystique. Anxiety of modern motherhood
Rocking the cradle. Gay parenting
Gay in middle America. One town's struggle with religion and bigotry
Les Gazolines. Passionnément, à la Folie
Gay Rights, Marriage, and the Supreme Court
Transforming History
The Stroll
Intimacy through life's changes
What Is Family? Defining the Tie that Binds
Learning to Hate
Making Grace