In & Out (1997)

In & Out is a good example of the stigmas attached to homosexual educators in America. When Howard Brackett is outed on live television by one of his former students, the media and society bombard this small town teacher’s life as a result of his alleged homosexuality.

In the film there is a scene with the principle where it becomes evident that his job is on the line because he decides not to pursue his wedding plans, giving further suspicion of his homosexuality. (Luckily the town rallies for him, saying they are all gay, to get him off the hook.) As an unmarried, possibly homosexual man, he is seen as a threat to the students in the form of a poor model of heteronormative society and is also threatening in that he might spread his homosexual tendencies.

There is also a scene where he walks into the boys locker-room (after the outing) and the boys instantly scrimmage to conceal their unclothed bodies under towels etc. This is an example of the stigma of sexual predators that society gives homosexual educators—in particularly males.