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This week on Outstanding Docs: Straight Acting

Film looks at gays who play contact sports

By OUTtv • December 18, 2008 7:00 pm EDT

Check out this week’s documentary on OutTV.

Sun, Dec 18, 6pm EST:

Straight Acting

Filmmaker Spencer Windes’ debut documentary film tells the story of how he evolved from a Morman missionary into a comfortably gay man by playing violent contact sports.

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