But I’m A Cheerleader

Together for climate & diversity
An event organised by FREDA. The FREDA autumn cinema programme is more than just film. Network with like-minded people and discuss climate and LGBTQIA+ with us. Admission free. Registration required.

Following the film screening, we cordially invite you to an exciting expert discussion, moderated by Yvonne Laussermayer, known from the podcast ‘A fat queer feminist’.
The event will conclude with refreshments in the foyer.

The parents (Bud Cort and Mink Stole) of high school kid Megan (Natasha Lyonne) are worried: their daughter has preferences and behaviours that don't conform to heteronormativity! She is to be ‘rescued’ by being sent to the ‘True Directions’ re-education camp, where teenagers are supposed to find their way to heterosexuality in a five-stage programme. Megan meets the rebellious Graham (Clea DuVall) there - and soon becomes a rebel herself...