Imagine A World Where Being "Gay" The Norm & Being "Straight" Would Be The Minority! [Short Film]

(fast-paced music)

(powerful music)

(crying baby)

- [Ashley] Some people say
that they are born the way

they are destined to be.

- Karen, it is a beautiful,
healthy baby girl.

(baby crying)

- Oh.

- [Ashley] Some people
say that it's a result

of how you were raised.

- We love you.

- That's it, good girl.

You're so good.

Oh, mommy's home.

- [Ashley] Problem with that theory,

is that I had the best,
most normal parents

anyone could have asked for.

- How's work?

- Good.

- She let me sleep today.

She let me sleep for two hours.

Show mommy how you do that.

That's it, sweetheart.

- [Ashley] Growing up I was a happy kid.

- [Party Guest] Happy birthday, Ashley.

- Thank you.

- [Ashley] We were really
the picture perfect

all-American family.

[Ashley] I was five when I
knew I wasn't like my family,

but it was at my uncle's wedding

that I had the first sinking feeling,

that I wouldn't grow up to be like them.

(light music)

(cheering)

[Ashley] Sometimes I wonder
that if I had just ignored

how that flower boy made me feel,

I could have turned out just like them,

normal.

What do you want to play now?

- I don't know, want to play house?

How about Ashley and I be the mommies

and you boys be our kids

and have to do whatever we say.

- No fair.

- Well, that's what mommies do.

- Hey, how about we be the daddies

and you do whatever we say.

- [Boy] Yeah!

- No way.

- I got an idea.

How about David and I
play mommy and daddy.

- That's really weird.

- No, it'd be fun.

- That's really disgusting.

What are you, some kind of breeder?

- No I'm not.

- [Girl] Are too.

- Am not.

- Are too.

- Am not.

- Are too.

Come on David.

We don't play with breeders.

I'm telling everyone that
you are a disgusting breeder.

- I tried really hard just
to be normal after that.

(bell ringing)

Hey guys, you did such a great job

in the suicide scene today.

It made me cry.

- Thanks, I thought it
went pretty well too.

- I wish Julio's part was for a girl.

- [School Boy] Ashley likes boys!

Ashley likes boys!

Ashley likes boys!

Ashley likes boys!

Ashley likes boys!

Ashley likes boys!

Ashley likes boys!

(slow piano music)

- Oh Ashley, you're so beautiful, kiss me.

- Ian, coming?

- Ashley, did you tell
your mom that you got cast

in the school play.

- School play?

- I thought we decided you were trying out

for the football team.

- I didn't make the team.

- What?

After all the coaching I paid for.

- I'm sorry mama.

I'm just not coordinated.

- But you're coordinated enough to act.

Isn't that for boys?

- No, it's for girls too.

We're doing Romeo and Julio.

I'm playing the nurse.

- That's wonderful, isn't it honey.

- Did you know that Shakespeare
wrote it for his true love,

the Duchess of Southampton.

- Duchess?

Shakespeare was a heterosexual?

- Yeah, well he loved her so much

but he couldn't divorce his husband,

so he wrote Romeo and
Julio to express his love.

- Who told you that?

- Oh, Mr. Thompson.

- Who's he?

- The drama teacher.

- We need to make a call to that school

and did you see who
moved in down the street.

- No.

- Hetero couple.

- How do you know?

- I saw them getting out of their car.

He put his arm around her

and they have a pink and
blue flag on their bumper.

(scoffing)

- Well that is really blatant.

- Ashley, I want you and Cooper

going around the other way to school.

- But that's twice as long.

- I don't care.

I'm not gonna have you exposed
to that perverted lifestyle,

men and women living together.

It's a sin.

It makes me sick just thinking about it,

so revolting.

Honey, can I get some more bread?

(soft music)

- In light of recent
events in the Netherlands,

where heterosexual
marriage is now allowed,

Pope Joan the seventh
wants to remind Catholics,

all over the world,

that the Church has not changed
its stance on this issue.

Her holiness reminds us and I quote,

"It is a sin for a man
to lust after a woman."

It is an abomination for
a woman to lie with a man

outside of the breeding season.

Any such person harboring
lust in their heart

for the opposite sex

will burn in hell.

Let us pray.

- Just admit you're a ro, ro.

- Paula, what are you
doing in the boys bathroom?

Come on, all of you get back to class!

Come on Paula, get going.

Ashley, over here.

You know, Ashley, this school
has a zero tolerance policy

for this kind of behavior.

Imagine if your mother's
had seen you holding hands

with a boy in public.

I should really call both of your parents

but I'll let this be punishment enough.

- Thank you, sir.

- This is just a phase
that you're going through.

You'll grow out of it.

- Yes, sir.

- You know, Ashley, maybe if
you got yourself a girlfriend

all this teasing would stop.

Now finish cleaning up and

get back to class.

- [Ashley] I really did hope
that it was just a phase

like Mr. Thompson had said

but then I remembered how
strong Ian's hand felt

and what the thought of
kissing him did to me

and I knew that it wasn't a phase

and I hated myself for it.

Romeo is banished and
all the world to nothing.

That he dares ne'er come
back to challenge you.

Or, if he do, it must be by stealth.

I think it best you
married with the county.

Oh, he's a lovely gentleman.

(subtle music)

(text message)

(multiple text messages)

- I can't do this anymore.

- What but I thought you liked me?

- I do,

did...

Look, my brother found out.

He threatened to tell my parents.

They'd kill me if they found out.

- No they wouldn't, they love you.

- You don't know my dads.

My Aunt Sara came out and the
entire family cut her off.

We're not even allowed to say her name.

Papa says God hates breeders

and they're all gonna burn in hell.

- Well, can I kiss you just one last time.

Please, I don't know when
I'm ever going to get

to kiss a boy again.

- Got you!

- What are you doing?

Get away from me!

- Ian?

- I don't know why she
keeps touching me like this.

I was just trying to be nice to her.

I hate you Ashley Curtis.

Stay away from me.

- That's the problem.

You can't be nice to heteros

but you can always teach them a lesson.

Grab her!

(somber music)

- You can run you little ro

but you won't get away.

- Come on, we'll play smear the queer.

- Yeah!

- Grab her!

- So this is the little queer bait

that tried to hold my brothers hand.

- He wanted me to.

- No he didn't.

You forced him.

- We saw her kiss him, just now.

Didn't we?

- Yeah.

- You freaking breeder.

Grab her!

- You queer.

Smear the queer!

Smear the queer!

Smear the queer!

Smear the queer!

Smear the queer!

Smear the queer!

Smear the queer!

Smear the queer!

Do us all a favor ro

and kill yourself.

- [Kids] Smear the queer!

- Beth, yes it's Karen,

Ashley didn't come home.

She left school.

- [Vicki] When did she pick her up?

- Ashley?

- [Karen] I know she hasn't
been home since school and...

right, well that was 2:45.

- [Vicki] Ashley?

[Vicki] Ashley.

What the hell happened to you?

- I'll call you later.

[Karen] Oh my god.

- Not again.

- Oh, Ashley, baby sweetie,

what happened?

- [Vicki] Who did this to you?

- [Karen] Look at me.

- Ashley, who did this to you?

- Nobody.

- Well you didn't do it
to yourself, now did you.

- That's enough.

Honey, please.

- Who did this to you!

I want to know right now.

- Paula, Schnider,

Andrew and Tilly.

- Oh Ashley, honey.

- Alright, then march yourself upstairs.

March upstairs and get yourself cleaned up

and you're gonna start
karate lessons tomorrow.

No, I'm not gonna have my
kid get beat up everyday.

- [Vicki] This is your
fault, you coddle her.

- [Karen] I don't coddle her.

- [Vicki] You would not let
me punish her after we found

that Miss Help magazine
under her mattress.

- [Karen] Oh god, Vicki,
she was eight years old,

what am I suppose to do.

- [Vicki] Well I am not going
to have a breeder growing up

in this home.

- Do you think I want her to be a breeder.

- I don't know, this isn't normal.

I don't know what's going on with her!

[Vicki] Kids don't act like this, okay.

No I'm not listening to you anymore

because, obviously, something
is going wrong with her.

- [Karen] Fine, fine, so maybe we just,

maybe we just pack up the
house and maybe we just move.

- Yeah, let's just move.

The same things gonna
happen in the next town.

What is wrong with her?

I don't understand her.

I don't know what's going on with her,

act like a normal child.

(squealing tires)

- [Angry Driver] Faggot, breeders!

We're watching you!

(multiple text messages)

- [Vicki] Do you think it's
okay for Cooper to have a sister

who's a breeder.

- [Karen] Okay, we're gonna move.

- [Vicki] Fine, fine, let's move.

- [Karen] What if she gets
beat up at the next place?

- [Vicki] Well you know what
Cooper's gonna get beat up here

if we stay here.

Cooper's gonna get beat up too!

(slow music)

(knocking)

- [Karen] Ash?

- Ashley likes boys.

- Why does everyone hate me?

- Ashley, sweetie.

Ashley, it's mom.

[Karen] Please, honey.

- Maybe there's a hetero heaven.

- Ashley.

(slow piano music)

(powerful music)

- [Karen] Oh my God!

(crying)