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For the Bible Tells Me So - March 19, 2008

Award Winning Documentary:

“Enlightening, heart-wrenching and uplifting. Grade: A- !”

- Sean Means, Salt Lake Tribune



Does God really condemn loving homosexual relationships? Is the chasm separating Christianity from gays and lesbians too wide to cross? Is the Bible an excuse to hate? These questions and more are answered in this award-winning documentary, which brilliantly reconciles homosexuality and Biblical scripture – and reveals that religious anti-gay bias is based almost solely upon a misinterpretation of the Bible


 

George Takei - February 20, 2008

Where Few Have Gone Before:

Coming Out in Hollywood and the Asian American



This emotional and unexpectedly intimate talk engaged everyone in the audience on a personal level, a connection that spilled out in the question and answer period and persisted after the formal program was over.

 

Living With HIV - April 16, 2008

Pharmacist Becky Kolodchak,

Specialist in HIV Drug Therapies



What do you know about HIV? In the more than 25 years since the virus was officially recognized, HIV/AIDS has gone from front page news to an occasional article in the health section. Did you know that women are being infected at a greater rate than men, not only in the developing world but in the United States as well?  Did you know that African American and Hispanic populations are most at risk? Is HIV/AIDS now a chronic disease? What treatments are available? How much do they help? What quality of life do people with HIV experience? Is there a vaccine on the horizon?


 
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Anyone and Everyone - May 7, 2008 / 7:30 p.m.

Exciting new documentary tells the unique stories

of several families with a gay son or daughter.



KPBS has announced the release of a new documentary titled Anyone and Everyone. The film tells the stories of families from across the United States who are all connected by having a son or daughter who is gay. This poignant and often heart wrenching documentary by first-time local filmmaker Susan Polis Schutz reveals families struggles and desires to accept a child’s sexual orientation.





 

Wake Up Campaign! - May 21, 2008 / 7:30 p.m.

Speaker Ray Jennings Roberson describe his efforts to start a dialogue between religious congregations and the LGBT community.


Religion, which calls itself “the Good News,” is frequently very bad news for LGBT persons and their families. Kids are thrown out of the house, committed couples are denied civil rights, LGBT individuals’ lives are threatened, all in the name of “righteousness.” Does it have to be this way? Our next speaker, Ray Jennings Roberson, doesn’t think so. He is spending time, energy, and a lot of his own resources to launch the WAKE UP Campaign, to establish dialogue between religious organizations and the LGBT community right here in Los Angeles. ...