Line #17 Film/TheTruthAboutJane


1	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/91c2owc7esl_ri.jpg]][[caption-width-right:350:''[[TagLine She knew it all her life.]]'']]
2	In this Lifetime Original Movie, Jane (Creator/EllenMuth) is a regular teenage girl who loves her parents, barely tolerates her bratty kid brother, and hangs out with her friends. Then she meets Taylor, a cool girl who captures her attention, and they begin a relationship on the sly. When they are outed, everything goes wrong for Jane.
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4	Currently can be streamed free on Tubi.
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9	* AbusiveParents:
10	** Taylor's alcoholic mom, who blames her for her dad leaving.
11	** Jane's formerly loving parents turn steadily more abusive in their attempts to turn Jane straight, until her teacher reveals that Jane is [[spoiler:contemplating suicide, which snaps them out of it]].
12	* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Most of Jane's school mates mock her after she's been outed as gay.
13	* BitchInSheepsClothing: Jane's so-called friends from the beginning of the movie.
14	* ClosetKey: Taylor is one for Jane, who realizes she's gay by her attraction to her.
15	* ComingOutStory: A big part of the story is Jane revealing she's gay to her family, and then dealing with the fallout.
16	* CoolTeacher: Miss Walcott, whom Jane can turn to when her parents reject her.
17	* DisappearedDad: Taylor's parents were divorced when she was little and she's lived with her mom ever since. Her dad seems to be out of the picture.
18	* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: After lots of hostility toward her and her {{gayngst}}, Jane's parents accept her, going to a Pride parade at the end.]]
19	* FagHag: Jane's friend Ned gets in a fight with some guys who call him this.
20	* ForcedOutOfTheCloset:
21	** Jane, by her shithead brother.
22	** Jane slips up and accidentally outs her teacher to her parents.
23	* {{Gayngst}}: Jane suffers from anxiety over realizing she's gay, and then her fear of people's reaction. After a poor reaction from her parents, it gets worse, to the point that Jane considers suicide.
24	* HeelRealization: Jane's parents when they find out she's [[spoiler:thinking about suicide]].
25	* HeteronormativeCrusader: Jane's parents, especially her mother, react quite poorly to her coming out as gay, saying it's unnatural. This is despite one of her mom's closest friends also being gay. Eventually they come around.
26	* ItDoesntMeanAnything: Freaked out after they have sex, Jane gives this line to Taylor.
27	* LipstickLesbian: Jane isn't ''super'' feminine, but feminine enough in her clothing, with long hair, and Taylor exceeds her. Ms. Walcott is even more so also, with a slightly old-fashioned feminine hairstyle and clothing, while her girlfriend is a bit less.
28	* MadeForTVMovie: On the Lifetime network.
29	* OutOfTheClosetIntoTheFire: After she gets outed as gay Jane suffers mockery by most other students plus a hostile reaction from her parents and she even considers suicide as a result.
30	* SecretlyGayActivity: Jane and Taylor use the ruse of simply being friends visiting each other's houses and hanging out for dating as a lesbian couple.
31	* SecretRelationship: Jane and Taylor date secretly as a result of homophobia before the pair are outed.
32	* TheirFirstTime: Jane and her girlfriend Taylor clandestinely have sex at Taylor's house (Jane's, not Taylor's, first at least).
33	* TwoferTokenMinority: The only person of color in the cast is Jimmy, a Black gay man. His identity gets discussed when he tells Jane that while she's a lesbian, she'll get it easier due to being White.
34	* WeUsedToBeFriends: Jane's three friends at the beginning of the film turn rather mean when Jane, admittedly, stops hanging out with them because she's hanging out with Taylor, but when they find out she's gay, they turn ''nasty'', gleefully tormenting her.

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