Seventh grader creates stop-motion film for gay rights

Scarlett Dennis is a seventh grader from Los Angeles who created this stop-motion one-minute short about gay rights titled The Story of Larry and Gerald.

“I teach 7th grade in Los Angeles,” Scarlett’s teacher wrote in the video’s description on YouTube. “We have just finished our semester in Health and it has culminated in Activism Projects in which the students pick a cause they care about that we have covered in class and make a creative project to inspire others to think differently and more progressively about our world. Enjoy!”

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