Last year, Academy Award-winning screenwriter Lance Black ("Milk") participated in The Homecoming Project, Live Out Loud's grassroots initiative that brings successful gay adults back to their high schools to share their stories, lessons, and hope with today's students.

Black's extraordinary visit to North Salinas High School in California's conservative Central Valley is captured in the powerful short video.

To find out how you can support The Homecoming Project, visit www.liveoutloud.info.