Reclaiming the gaze since 1993
The 16th Annual Lesbian Looks is dedicated to the memory of Del Martin (1921-2008), a tireless activist for more than fifty years. With her partner Phyllis Lyon, Martin founded the Daughters of Bilitis in 1955, the first lesbian civil and political rights organization in the U.S.
Learn more in our post about the film No Secret Anymore: The Time of Del Martin & Phyllis Lyon (screened in 2003), and our post about the film One Wedding and a Revolution (screened in 2005).
This Academy Award-winning documentary chronicles the story of Detective Lieutenant Laurel Hester’s fight to give her earned pension benefits to her partner, Stacie.
Hester spent 25 years investigating tough cases in Ocean County, New Jersey, protecting the rights of victims and putting her life on the line. She had no reason to expect that in the last year of her life, after she was diagnosed with terminal cancer, her final battle for justice would be for the woman she loved.
It’s Elementary (1996) was the first film of its kind to address anti-gay prejudice by providing adults with practical lessons on how to talk with kids about gay people. Hailed as "a model of intelligent directing," It’s Elementary showed that children are eager and able to wrestle with stereotypes and absorb new facts about what it means to be gay or lesbian…
Céline Sciamma’s astonishingly assured first feature focuses on three schoolgirls of varying experience and élan who explore the alternately liberating and perilous possibilities inherent to their youth, burgeoning sexuality and fascination with synchronized swimming.
