The University of Toledo

The University of Toledo will host a four-week film series titled “LightsOUT,” featuring movies that address the history, culture and contributions of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community in the United States.

The films will screen Tuesdays at 7 p.m. in Memorial Field House Room 2100 on Main Campus.

Listed by date, the films are:

• March 24: “Milk” reveals the struggles of San Francisco’s first openly gay public official, Harvey Milk, in 1977. The film is based on a true story and stars Academy Award winner Sean Penn.

• March 31: “Ke Kulana He Mahu” is a documentary about the relationship between the gay and transgendered communities among Hawaii’s indigenous people, the Kanaka Maoli. The film examines how Western colonization and modernization gave rise to the intolerance and homophobia in Hawaii.

• April 7: “Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin” is about the work of Bayard Rustin, an activist who has been called “the unknown hero” of the civil rights movement.

• April 14: “But I’m a Cheerleader” is a comedic film about a teenager who is sent to a gay rehabilitation camp by her strait-laced parents when they suspect she is a lesbian.

Each screening will be followed by an in-depth discussion facilitated by Tammy Kinsey, UT associate professor of film.

The free, public film series is sponsored by the UT Office of LGBT Initiatives.

For more information, contact Anthony Kapp of the Office of LGBT Initiatives at anthony.kapp@utoledo.edu.

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