But I'm a Cheerleader is a 1999
satirical romantic comedy film directed by
Jamie Babbit and written by
Brian Wayne Peterson.
Natasha Lyonne stars as Megan Bloomfield, a high school cheerleader whose parents send her to a residential inpatient
conversion therapy camp to cure her
lesbianism. There Megan soon comes to embrace her sexual orientation, despite the therapy, and falls in love. The supporting cast includes
Melanie Lynskey,
Dante Basco,
Eddie Cibrian,
Clea DuVall,
Cathy Moriarty,
RuPaul,
Richard Moll,
Mink Stole,
Kip Pardue,
Michelle Williams and
Bud Cort.