Ithaca College

The Out of the Closet and Onto the Screen film series will host a double feature on Thursday, September 3, in Textor 101. Two films will be screened: Sex and the Sandinistas at 7:00 p.m. and Gay Cuba at 7:30 p.m.

Sex and the Sandinistas
What really happened when the Sandinistas found their soldiers and revolutionary comrades falling in love with the wrong sex? The story of how gay and lesbian people in Nicaragua battled for their own space inside the Sandinista Revolution.

Gay Cuba
The 1959 revolution which gave Cuba its independence ushered in a new era of equality, blind to race and gender — but not sexual orientation. In contrast with the history of random arrests of bar patrons and the forced quarantine of HIV-positive citizens, this film casts a colorful and hopeful light on efforts to reform and humanize a society often maligned for its calcified rigidity.

Sponsored by the Ithaca College Center for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Education, Outreach, and Services, the film series this year will explore LGBT lives and stories from around the world. The series will present a total of eight films during the fall 2009 semester; additional screenings will take place during the spring. All are free and open to the public.

For a complete schedule visit the events section of the LGBT Center website (www.ithaca.edu/lgbt), or contact the LGBT Center for a fall film series postcard.