Actress Stockard Channing with PFLAG Phoenix chapter president "PFLAG Nancy"

Phoenix PFLAGers (and other members of the Phoenix GLBT community) made their "professional" movie debuts in the made-for-TV movie "The Truth About Jane"on TV's Lifetime Channel!

Co-star Ellen Muth with PFLAG Phoenix member Phil

A major television movie -- with a significant focus on PFLAG -- was filmed in Phoenix during February, 2000.  The movie will air on the Lifetime cable network, which is planning to promote it heavily.

Titled, "The Truth About Jane," the film focuses on a 16-year-old girl's coming out to her mother.  The mother (played by Stockard Channing) considers herself quite liberal, but she has a very difficult time accepting this news about her own daughter (played by newcomer Ellen Muth).  Through PFLAG, the mother gradually becomes more accepting and supportive.  The emotional final scene of the movie takes place at a Pride rally, where PFLAG members cheer the mother for coming out in support of her lesbian daughter.  The movie also stars James Naughton and RuPaul, stripped of his drag-queen regalia.

Phoenix PFLAGers and other members of the Phoenix GLBT community volunteered their time to participate in the climatic Pride rally scene.  Which PFLAG members will make the final cut?  Tune in and find out!

The movie is tentatively scheduled to air on the Lifetime cable channel sometime on August 7th, 2000.