Sixty years ago, I saw this film, or one very like it, in my high-school P. E. class. Quite well-made for the time. There was much nervous laughter in the room: the shock of recognition.
Since puberty had already begun for me the previous summer, this was a timely message. But even more helpful was the book Boys and Sex by Wardell Pomeroy, one of Dr. Kinsey's associates. It told me everything I needed to know and more, simply and clearly, without moralizing. A great help to a gay boy just beginning the long, often painful journey of self-discovery in an uncomprehending world.
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