History Film / Adam2019

18-year-old Adam (Nicholas Alexander) decides to spend his last summer of high school in [[BigApplesauce New York City]] with his older sister Casey (Creator/MargaretQualley). Openly queer and an LGBT+ rights activist, Casey introduces her brother to the LGBT+ scene there, which leads to his meeting Gillian (Bobbi Menuez), a young lesbian woman. Since they first meet at a party with LGBT+ people, she's mistakenly under the impression he's a trans man. Gillian tells Adam she'll date him, though he's the first guy she has been with. Adam, guiltily, goes along with her mistake. With the lies escalating, he moves further into the LGBT+ scene.

''Adam'' is a 2019 American independent {{coming of age}} comedy film directed by Rhys Ernst, adapted by Ariel Schrag from her own 2014 [[TheFilmOfTheBook novel of the same name]].

18 year old Adam decides to spend his last summer of high school in New York City with his older sister Casey. Openly queer and an LGBT+ rights activist, Casey introduces him to the LGBT+ scene there, which leads Adam to meeting Gillian, a young lesbian woman. As they first meet at a party with LGBT+ people, she's mistakenly under the impression he's a trans man. Gillian tells him she'll date him, though he's the first guy she has been with. Adam, guiltily, goes along with her mistake. With the lies escalating, he moves further into the LGBT+ scene.

The film is an adaptation of the book [[https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18222744-adam Adam by Ariel Schrag.]]

* BedTrick: Adam lets Gillian think that he's a trans man, having sex with her repeatedly (it later turns out she knew early on however). It's also then discussed as well in regards to a murdered trans woman, whom his friend Brad thinks was also doing this, leading to her murder by a man she'd slept with.

* TheFilmOfTheBook: It's based on a 2006 book of the same name.

The film is an adaptation of the book [[https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18222744-adam adam by ariel schrag.]]

!Examples:

* WhereEverybodyKnowsYourFlame: Casey takes Adam to a club where queer women and trans men all hang out with her friends. Later, while dating Gillian, they go to a queer female/trans male BDSM club too.

* CastFullOfGay: Most of the main and supporting characters are queer women, nonbinary people, trans men or trans women except for a couple, including Adam

18 year old Adam decides to spend his last summer of high school in New York City with his older sister Casey. Openly queer and an LGBT+rights activist, Casey introduces him to the LGBT+ scene there, which leads Adam to meeting Gillian, a young lesbian woman. As they first meet at a party with LGBT+ people, she's mistakenly under the impression he's a trans man. Gillian tells him she'll date him, though he's the first guy she has been with. Adam, guiltily, goes along with her mistake. With the lies escalating, he moves further into the LGBT+ scene.

* NWordPrivileges: A lot of the trans cast (but also some cis queer women) use “tranny” for trans people, which is usually considered a slur if anyone who isn't transgender says it.

* IfItsYouItsOkay: Gillian tells Adam she's never dated a trans guy (he's actually cis) but is open to the idea, and starts a relationship with him.

* OvershadowedByControversy: The film was criticized heavily over its portrayal of a cis teen boy pretending he's trans to date a lesbian, with some even calling for a boycott. However, the director Rhys Ernst himself is a trans man and defended the film.
* QueerCharacterQueerActor:
** Bobbi Salvor Menuez, who is nonbinary, plays Gillian. She initially identifies as a lesbian, then bisexual.
** Leo Sheng plays Ethan, a trans man like him.
** A number of the minor characters are also played by actors of the same gender or orientation.

Adam, a teenager, decides to spend his last summer of high school in New York City with his older sister Casey. Openly queer and an LGBT+rights activist, Casey introduces him to the LGBT+ scene there, which leads Adam to meeting Gillian, a young lesbian woman. As they first meet at a party with LGBT+ people, she's mistakenly under the impression he's a trans man. Gillian tells him she'll date him, though he's the first guy she has been with. Adam, guiltily, goes along with her mistake. With the lies escalating, he moves further into the LGBT+ scene.