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Del Martin, 1921 to 2008

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).

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FRI, OCT 3, 2008, 7:30pm

February 16, 2019 by Susan Taunton

Freeheld

(Cynthia Wade and Vanessa Roth, 2007)
Followed by Panel Discussion
JC Olson, President, UA Pride Law; Vicki Gaubeca, OUTReach; Becky Corran, Co-chair, No on 102; Moderator: Cathy Busha, Director, UA Office of LGBQT Affairs
Modern Languages Auditorium / FREE
Post screening reception
Join us after the screening at Old Town Artisans with live music from Courtney Robbins.
Co-sponsored by Equality Arizona, UA Pride Law and OUTReach
Still from Freeheld

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.

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FRI, OCT. 17, 2008, 7:30pm

February 16, 2019 by Susan Taunton

IT’S STILL ELEMENTARY

(Debra Chasnoff and Helen Cohen, 2007)
Followed by Panel Discussion
Stephen Russell, Professor and Fitch Nesbitt Endowed Chair in Family and Consumer Sciences, and Director of the Frances McClelland Institute for Children, Youth and Families in the Norton School of Family & Consumer Sciences
Ernie McCray, Retired public school principal and UA alum,'60
Melissa Griebel, Rainbow Families
Zakary Skinner, student, Rincon/University High
Lola Woodz, EON
Modern Languages Auditorium / FREE
Co-sponsored by Wingspan, YWCA, Department of Language, Reading and Culture and Tucson Safe Schools Coalition
Still from It's Still Elementary

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…

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THU, NOV 6, 2008, 7pm

February 16, 2019 by Susan Taunton

Water Lilies

(Céline Sciamma, 2007, France)
The Loft Cinema
Still from Water Lilies

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.

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February 7, 2019 by Susan Taunton

2008 season flyer

Lesbian Looks flyer 2008

Filed Under: 2008, Scanned Flyers & News Articles

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