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BECAUSE WE ARE: Film Screening Schedule Saturday, June 26, 2010
2 pm & 4 pm
"Freeheld" / (2007) 40 min Director: Cynthia Wade
www.freeheld.com
info: Lieutenant Laurel Hester is a veteran police officer who has dedicated 25 years of her life to serving the community. Upon learning that she has been diagnosed with terminal lung cancer, Hester seeks to provide for longtime partner, Stacie Andree, by transferring her pension. A wrinkle arises in Hester's plan, however, when the elected officials of New Jersey county -- The Freeholders -- deny Hester's humble request. Without transfer of the funds, Andre will lose the home that the couple has spent their lives building together. Now, as their friends and neighbors rally around in support of the couple, Hester is forced to spend her final days not simply enjoying the company of the one she holds dearest, but racing against the clock to ensure that the love of her life won't be destitute due to a broken and biased system.
 Saturday, July 10, 2010
2 pm & 4 pm
"For The Bible Tells Me So" / (2007) 95 min Director: Daniel G. Karslake
www.forthebibletellsmeso.org
Through the experiences of five very normal, very Christian, very
American families -- including those of former House Majority Leader
Richard Gephardt and Episcopal Bishop Gene Robinson -- we discover how
insightful people of faith handle the realization of having a gay
child. Informed by such respected voices as Bishop Desmond Tutu,
Harvard's Peter Gomes, Orthodox Rabbi Steve Greenberg and Reverend
Jimmy Creech, FOR THE BIBLE TELLS ME SO offers healing, clarity and
understanding to anyone caught in the crosshairs of scripture and
sexual identity.
 Saturday, July 24, 2010
2 pm & 4 pm
"Hope Along The Wind" / (2001) 57 min. Director: Eric Slade
www.harryhay.com
Hope Along the Wind: The Life of Harry Hay tells the compelling story
of Hay's work creating the framework for the modern US lesbian and gay
rights movement. The film traces Hay's roots in the Communist Party and
the Labor Movement, where he learned the organizing skills he needed to
bring together "America's most hated minority." Hope Along the Wind
follows the founding of the group, the dramatic court trial that puts
Mattachine in the spotlight, and the group's politically charged break
up. The film continues with Hay's life to present, including his
co-founding of The Radical Faeries, counter culture gay people who
explore a spiritual dimension of the sexuality.
 Saturday, August 14, 2010 / 2 pm & 4 pm
"ITSOFOMO" / (1989) 48 min Director: David Wojnarowicz, Music: Ben Neill
www.ppowgallery.com
Itsofomo: In the Shadow of Forward Motion is a collaborative reading
performance by visual artist/writer/performer David Wojnarowicz and
musician Ben Neill. His writings deal with fear and sense of loss over
the impact AIDS has with a heartbreaking radical historical
perspective.
 Saturday, August 28, 2010
2 pm & 4 pm
"Outrage" / (2009) 90 min Director: Kirby Dick
Academy Award nominated filmmaker Kirby Dick delivers a searing indictment of the hypocrisy of closeted politicians who actively campaign against the LGBT community they covertly belong to. OUTRAGE boldly reveals the hidden lives of some of our nation’s most powerful policymakers, details the harm they've inflicted on millions of Americans, and examines the media's complicity in keeping their secrets.
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Photo of Dan Choi at the National Equality March on Washington, 2009
credit: Timothy Gonzalez
BECAUSE WE ARE
opens Saturday, June 19, 2010 from 7 - 10pm.
This exhibition presents the work of 10 distinguished artists who are dealing with issues
regarding Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transexual civil rights. Fundamental concerns include
gay marriage, the AIDS crisis, religious and legislative persecution, hate crimes and gay
sexuality.
Gay marriage is a controversial issue and a subject that Brooklyn based artist Patricia Cronin
personally confronts through her well-known classically sculpted funerary monument Memorial
To A Marriage. She also presents her intimate series of erotic watercolors. The AIDS crisis
devastated the gay community beginning in the 1980s. Outspoken artists affected by this
disease explored its effects in their artwork. One of the most influential figures of this time was
New York based artists David Wojnarowicz. His “Untitled” (One Day this Kid...) reveals an
intimate narrative that shows how devastating this disease is. More recently, Daniel
Goldstein’s Medicine Man approaches AIDS on conceptual level. The suspended human-
shaped sculpture consists of steel wire threaded with nearly 300 donated empty HIV medication
bottles and 139 syringes. The sculpture is beautiful in spite of its foundation in hopelessness
and despair. Arthur Robinson Williams presents intimate portraits of transgendered
individuals and couples undergoing physical and emotional transformation in his photographic
series My Right Self. Zanele Muholi takes us on a photographic journey through post-apartheid
South Africa focusing on the subjective experiences of black lesbians in two of her series Only
Half The Picture and Being.
The following artists are included in this exhibition:
Eric Avery (Texas)
James Morrison (New York)
Patricia Cronin (New York)
Zanele Muholi (South Africa)
Daniel Goldstein (California)
Conrad Ventur (New York)
Brian Kenny (New York)
Arthur Robinson Williams (Pennsylvania)
Slava Mogutin (New York)
David Wojnarowicz (New York)
Featuring the poetry of Staceyann Chin (New York)
These 10 artists express their most intimate feelings and strive for recognition through their own
fine art. This exhibition consists of a range of media including sculpture, photography, video,
and mixed media. Coinciding with Houston’s Annual Pride Festival, this exhibition shares
aesthetic, philosophical, and political views and experiences from a legitimate segment of
society.
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The Human Rights Campaign is America’s largest civil rights
organization working to achieve lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender
equality. By inspiring and engaging all Americans, HRC strives to end
discrimination against LGBT citizens and realize a nation that achieves
fundamental fairness and equality for all.
For more information visit www.hrc.org.
We represent a grassroots force of more than 750,000 members and
supporters nationwide. HRC envisions an America where LGBT people are
ensured their basic equal rights and can be open, honest and safe at
home, at work and in their communities.
Founded in 1980, the Human Rights Campaign advocates on behalf of LGBT
Americans, mobilizes grassroots actions in diverse communities, invests
strategically to elect fair-minded individuals to office and educates
the public about LGBT issues.
Through research, educational efforts and outreach, the HRC Foundation
encourages lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans to live
their lives openly and seeks to change the hearts and minds of
Americans to the side of equality.
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This exhibition will be on view on view from June 19, 2010 through September 19, 2010.
This exhibition was curated by Tim Gonzalez with the help of the staff of the Station Museum.
The Station Museum is open Wed – Sun, 11am – 6pm. The museum is located in Midtown at
the corner of Alabama and La Branch. Admission is always free. Please call to schedule tours.
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