Echoes of Resilience: LGBTQ+ Experiences in the U.S.

Join us in celebrating the resilience of LGBTQ+ Americans through a film and discussion series that places interpersonal, intergenerational, and LGBTQ+ experiences in a historical context.

🗓️ Schedule:
Tuesdays at 6 PM
📍 Location: Ames Public Library, 515 Douglas Ave, Ames, IA 50010-6215, United States

🤝 Co-hosts:

• Ames Pride
• Collegiate Presbyterian Church (CPC)
• Collegiate United Methodist Church and Wesley Foundation
• One Iowa
• Ames United Church of Christ
• LGBTQIAmes
• Ames Public Library Friends Foundation

🎬 Event Lineup:

• June 9: Stonewall Uprising — A major turning point in the modern gay civil rights movement.
• June 16: The Celluloid Closet — Narrated by Lily Tomlin, this film presents a dazzling history of LGBTQ+ representation on screen.
• June 23: Boy Erased — The story of a college student who faces conversion therapy after coming out to his religious parents.
• June 30: Limited Partnership — The love story of Richard Adams and Tony Sullivan, early same-sex marriage pioneers.
• July 7: Daddy and Papa — Challenges faced by same-sex couples and their families.
• July 14: The Times of Harvey Milk — A documentary on the life and legacy of the first openly gay elected official.
• July 21: We Were Here — Exploring the impact of the AIDS epidemic in the early 1980s.
• July 28: The Believers — Follow the world's first transgender gospel choir, founded in 2001 in San Francisco.