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The film opens with Henry Kray (Matt Newton) being interviewed
by a reporter about the events about to unfold on-screen. Henry is
the son of a powerful and conservative Senator from North Carolina. Senator Kray (Michael
Lerner) has gained a national reputation in part by attacking
homosexuality. Unknown to the
senator, Henry is gay.
The senator plans to kick off his re-election campaign at a
luncheon at Henry's college campus and he expects Henry to
deliver his introduction. Henry's sexuality is something of an
open secret around campus, to the extent that the campus gay
activist group has created a chart of his sexual partners. The
night before Senator Kray is scheduled to arrive, Henry hooks up
with Anthony (Jack Noseworthy), a former ACT
UP activist who's drifted away from activism.
The day of the speech, Anthony is approached by a campus
activist who wants to enlist his help in outing Henry. Anthony and his friend Izzie
(Valerie Geffner) have an argument about it and Izzie (who is
HIV-positive) storms off. She's hit by
the limousine transporting the senator and his wife Eunice (Karen
Allen). The senator's party brings her along with them and
Eunice takes a shine to her. She gives Izzie a suit and invites her
along for the luncheon.
Henry invites Anthony as well, insisting that he sit at the dais
with him. Henry introduces his father, who begins his speech. As
the speech continues, Henry stands up, pulls Anthony to his feet
and kisses him in full view of the national media, outing himself
before the activists have the chance to. In the firestorm of
controversy, the Senator and his team decide to spin the event by stressing
that the Senator still loves his gay son. Meanwhile, one of the
campus activists congratulates Anthony for outing Henry, and even
though Henry decided to "out" himself, the bond of trust
that had started to form between him and Anthony shatters.
The film closes with Henry summarizing the aftermath. He and
Anthony don't see each other. Izzie has died of AIDS. The Senator won re-election despite, or
perhaps because of, the controversy.
source: Wapedia
by a reporter about the events about to unfold on-screen. Henry is
the son of a powerful and conservative Senator from North Carolina. Senator Kray (Michael
Lerner) has gained a national reputation in part by attacking
homosexuality. Unknown to the
senator, Henry is gay.
The senator plans to kick off his re-election campaign at a
luncheon at Henry's college campus and he expects Henry to
deliver his introduction. Henry's sexuality is something of an
open secret around campus, to the extent that the campus gay
activist group has created a chart of his sexual partners. The
night before Senator Kray is scheduled to arrive, Henry hooks up
with Anthony (Jack Noseworthy), a former ACT
UP activist who's drifted away from activism.
The day of the speech, Anthony is approached by a campus
activist who wants to enlist his help in outing Henry. Anthony and his friend Izzie
(Valerie Geffner) have an argument about it and Izzie (who is
HIV-positive) storms off. She's hit by
the limousine transporting the senator and his wife Eunice (Karen
Allen). The senator's party brings her along with them and
Eunice takes a shine to her. She gives Izzie a suit and invites her
along for the luncheon.
Henry invites Anthony as well, insisting that he sit at the dais
with him. Henry introduces his father, who begins his speech. As
the speech continues, Henry stands up, pulls Anthony to his feet
and kisses him in full view of the national media, outing himself
before the activists have the chance to. In the firestorm of
controversy, the Senator and his team decide to spin the event by stressing
that the Senator still loves his gay son. Meanwhile, one of the
campus activists congratulates Anthony for outing Henry, and even
though Henry decided to "out" himself, the bond of trust
that had started to form between him and Anthony shatters.
The film closes with Henry summarizing the aftermath. He and
Anthony don't see each other. Izzie has died of AIDS. The Senator won re-election despite, or
perhaps because of, the controversy.
source: Wapedia
