OUUT Omaha GLBT Blog: February 2009

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

2nd Sunday movie April 12 "Stonewall"

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The birth of the gay rights movement gets a fictionalized treatment in this drama based loosely on the acclaimed documentary of the same name by Martin Duberman. In 1969, Matty Dean (Fred Weller) arrives in New York City's Greenwich Village hoping that life there will provide the sexual liberation forbidden to him by his small town upbringing. Matty falls in love with LaMiranda (Guillermo Diaz), a cross-dresser who introduces him to the regulars at the infamous Stonewall Inn, a popular gay bar. He is shocked, however, to learn that the NYPD regularly raids the Stonewall, harassing the clientele and closeted owner Vinnie (Bruce MacVitte). After one such incident, Matty ends up in jail, where he's attracted to Ethan (Brendan Corbalis), a gay activist preaching a moderate policy of conformity and peaceful protest. The latter is not possible, however, when police storm the Stonewall yet again and, led by Vinnie's lover Bustonia (Duane Boutte), enraged drag queens fight back in a riot of historical significance. ~ Karl Williams

About OUUT -- Omaha Unitarian Universalists for Tolerance

OUUT was formed in 2002 originally as a Interweave (UUA GLBT affiliated group) Group, but now is an independent group affilated with the First Unitarian Church of Omaha (and our friends at Second Unitarian Church of Omaha) and is dedicated to the spiritual, political, and social well-being of individuals who are confronting oppression as lesbians, gay men, bisexual persons, transgendered persons, and their heterosexual allies. It celebrates the culture and lives of its members. OUUT has four primary goals: ** To provide fellowship for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered persons for support, socializing, and sharing of life issues to members of the church and in the community at large. ** To extend invitation to the larger GBLT community to explore the religious alternative offered by Unitarian Universalism; ** To reduce prejudice by increasing understanding and acceptance among people of different sexual orientations by providing educational programs and workshops to the larger UU congregation and heterosexual community; and ** To support efforts of other community social, spiritual, and political groups to end all forms of oppression, including homophobia, heterosexism, sexism, racism, and ableism.

OUUT GLBT Film Festival -- Second Sunday Screenings

OUUT Gay and Lesbian Film Festival is now in its 5th year of showing gay and lesbian related films -- dramas, musicals, and documentaries. Second Sunday Screenings are held the second Sunday of each month at the First Unitarian Church (3114 Harney near Park Ave in Omaha, Nebraska) in the Common Room on the lower level of the church with the entrance on the west side of the building. Doors open at 6:30 PM and the film will begin at 7:00PM. Current film title showing will be blogged by the Film Festival coordinator (check the blog to the left). Join us for an evening of interesting film and discussion.