Filmmaker Scott Bloom's Call Me Troy profiles a pioneer in the gay rights movement: Rev. Troy Perry, founder of the Metropolitan Community Church, the first Christian denomination specifically designed to meet the needs of the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender communities. Both biographical and autobiographical, the film combines home movie clips, photos, newsreel footage, and interviews with family, friends, and Perry himself, to trace the reverend's life story. Married with children, Perry was a Church of God minister until the revelation of a homosexual relationship forced his resignation and separation from his family. After surviving a suicide attempt, Perry found a fresh sense of vocation, not only beginning a new ministry in Los Angeles but also quickly establishing himself as a leading activist. Perry was instrumental in arranging the first gay pride parade, led opposition to both Anita Bryant's notorious anti-gay campaign in Florida and a California initiative to ban gays from teaching in public schools, ministered to AIDS victims in the initial stages of the epidemic, and even advised presidents. As an early advocate of gay marriage, Perry officiated at the nation's first same-sex ceremony, and more recently was plaintiff in the lawsuit that resulted in the California Supreme Court declaring the prohibition of same-sex marriages to be unconstitutional. Call Me Troy is a revealing portrait of an extraordinary man whose career can be seen as a virtual microcosm of the gay liberation movement in America. Recommended. Aud: C, P. (F. Swietek)
Call Me Troy
(2007) 100 min. DVD: $100: public libraries; $250: colleges & universities. Frameline Distribution. PPR. Volume 23, Issue 5
Call Me Troy
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