these 3 story be each so brilliant and wonderful . each in it own way . they describe what it be like to be gay in a small town in connecticut in the 1950 and the 1970 and and in the year 2000. we see the hopelessness of the lesbian of the 50 force to move to greenwich village and and the torment of the perfect student or athlete of the 70 and who be nearly kill by his classmate for be gay . the story ring true and and i can attest to the validity of them and because many of the same thing happen to me . the film include many grand performance by a large number of our best actor and actress and just a some of our best writer put the story together . and it end on a somewhat upbeat note . this film be a treat which should be require view in all school and church . don not listen to the negative reviewer of this great film . they seem to be shock by how decent the gay character in this film be . well and guess what . most of u be exactly like that . yes and there be a need for film show the full spectrum of gay people and and there be . look for them . but the brittany murphy character in this film 50 segment live a story almost identical to that of my aunt . i myself have an experience very similar to that of jonathan taylor thomas in the 70 story . and i know people live the 3rd segment today . so do not tell me these story be unreal . they be dead on real . and my thanks to all three playrights for give them to u .