Writer, Lipstick (2002 National West Contest Winner)

"Sexuality is such a broad topic – it covers almost anything. It could be anything from the way you walk, the way you talk, how you hold yourself."

- Dan Barnard

Dan Barnard wrote Lipstick with Simone Lance, Roxanna Garcia, Sophia Tavernakis and Emily Alvarez as peer educators for Planned Parenthood in Orange County, CA. Dan and his fellow peer educators felt that a lot of sex health education and awareness was geared towards heterosexual youth, while issues especially affecting gay and lesbian teens such as coming out and peer acceptance remained relatively unexplored. The young writers decided to tackle these subjects head-on in Lipstick, a bold decision that earned them the valuable experience of successfully overcoming community challenges to the film’s content.

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