Sigourney Weaver Hopes New Movie Will Help Gay Teens Come Out To Parents

Sigourney Weaver has a new made for TV movie called Prayers for Bobby. The Alien star plays the mother of tragic gay youth Bobby Griffith, who committed suicide after his parents spent years trying to ‘cure’ him.

Her hope is that teens can use this movie as a starting point for a conversation with their parents about their sexual orientation.

"Prayers For Bobby is the book kids give their parents when they come out. This (film) will be another way for them to sit down with your family and say, ‘I have something to talk to you about. Let’s watch a Sigourney Weaver movie.’

"There are no aliens in it, there are no ghostbusters, but it gets them in the room."

Eventually, the parents' efforts backfire against them, but in the end Bobby's mother learns from the experience.

"They (family) thought that they were doing the right thing they felt they were saving him and his soul. "She (Griffith) goes from thinking Bobby’s death is God’s will to feeling responsible, and finally talking to parents so they won’t lose their gay children to this kind of terrible ignorance."

The movie is based on a book by Leroy Aaron with the same name.

- imnotobsessed.com