LGBTQIA+ History Month
October is LGBTQIA+ History Month!
Movie Screenings Every Wednesday in the Social Justice Center (Com 204)
Rustin
Wednesday, October 2, 2024-12:00PM
Rustin is the powerful true story of Bayard Rustin, the openly gay Black Civil Rights leader who dedicated his life to a quest for racial equality. He was one of the greatest activists and organizers the world has ever known. He challenged authority, never apologized for who he was, what he believed, or who he loved. Rustin shines a long overdue spotlight on the extraordinary man who, alongside giants like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Adam Clayton Powell Jr., and Ella Baker, dared to imagine a different world and inspired a movement in a march toward freedom.
Gay USA
Wednesday, October 9, 2024-12:00PM
Gay USA is the first American feature-length documentary by and about LGBTQIA+ people. Director Arthur J. Bressan, Jr. mobilized camera crews across the country to document the national Gay Freedom Day marches in June of 1977. Gay USA conveys the passion, anger, and defiant optimism of a community under attack.
Screaming Queens
Wednesday, October 16, 2024-12:00PM
When San Francisco police raided a popular late-night hangout for transgendered people in the city's impoverished Tenderloin district in 1966, the patrons unexpectedly fought back. It was the first known instance of collective, queer resistance to police intimidation in United States history. Screaming Queens tells the story of this little-known uprising that helped launch a broader fight for human rights in America.
P.S. Burn This Letter Please
Wednesday, October 23, 2024-12:00PM
A box of letters, held in secret for nearly 60 years, ignites a five-year exploration into a part of LGBTQIA+ history that has never been told. The letters, written in the 1950s by a group of New York City drag queens, open a window into a forgotten world where being yourself meant breaking the law and where the penalties for “masquerading” as a woman were swift and severe.
National Coming Out Day
Thursday, October 10, 2024
Join us in the Student Services Plaza from 10am-2:00pm and COME OUT with your good news! All particpants will receive a colored heart to fill out and share their good news. The hearts will be collected and used for a future art exhibit that will be displayed in the new LGBTQIA+ PRIDE Center.
Spirit Day
Thursday, October 17, 2024
What is Spirit Day? Spirit Day is the world’s most visible anti-bullying movement inspiring LGBTQIA+ youth, especially transgender and nonbinary youth to live their lives in their truth and authenticity. Commit to wearing purple on Thursday, October 17th and showing LGBTQIA+ youth you’ve got their backs! You can also stop by The Social Justice Center between 9:00am-4:00pm and receive a free Spirit Day sticker!