Texas Tech University Office of LGBTQIA and Women’s & Gender Studies proudly presents a film series, Queer Reels, Real Topics for the spring semester.
Serving as an extension of the classroom, this film series merges education with entertainment about the LGBT+ community.
Films of all genres serve an important community function by affirming lives, making the invisible, visible, and educating others about the stories and histories of people. Recognizing the diversity of identities and perspectives within the LGBT+ community, the films chosen for this year's series include identity, community, prejudice, normalcy, etc.
This film screening is FREE, and open to all students, staff, faculty, and the community. Each film will be followed by a commentary and analysis discussion.
On February 12, Brother Outsider: The Life of Freedom Fighter Bayard Rustin will be screened in the SUB Matador RM, at 7pm.
On November 20, 2013, Bayard Rustin was posthumously awarded the prestigious Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama. Who was this man? He was there at most of the important events of the Civil Rights Movement - but always in the background. BROTHER OUTSIDER asks "Why?" It presents a vivid drama, intermingling the personal and the political, about one of the most enigmatic figures in 20th-century American history.
One of the first "freedom riders," an adviser to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and A. Philip Randolph, organizer of the march on Washington, intelligent, gregarious and charismatic, Bayard Rustin was denied his place in the limelight for one reason - he was gay. This film contributes a fascinating new chapter to our understanding of both progressive movements and gay life in 20th-century America.
For more information and to check out the spring lineup, visit the Office of LGBTQIA web site at lgbtqia.ttu.edu
CONTACT: Tricia Earl, Program Manager/Academic Advisor, Women's & Gender Studies, or Jody Randall, Director, Office of LGBTQIA
