QUEER FAITH FILM SERIES AT YALE, NOV 10-13
A WEEK OF FILMS EXPLORING HOMOSEXUALITY AND RELIGIOUS FAITH, FOLLOWED BY A PANEL DISCUSSION WITH MINA TRUDEAU, LINA ZERBARINI, JOHN GAGE, AND EMILE TOWNES. CLICK ON LINK FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Purpose: To Present A Series Of Programs To The Yale Community Discussing The Realities Of Queer Members Of Faith Communities, And To Encourage Positive Dialogue About Those Experiences.
COSPONSORS: CHAPLAIN & RSQUO'S OFFICE; COUNCIL ON MIDDLE EASTERN
STUDIES; MARIA TRUMPLER, SPECIAL ADVISOR TO THE DEAN ON LGBT ISSUES; WOMEN, GENDER & SEXUALITY STUDIES; SOCIAL JUSTICE NETWORK; QUEER PEERS; OFFICE FOR DIVERSITY
Monday, November 10
Movie Screening: /FOR THE BIBLE TELLS ME SO/, 7 pm, LC 317
Film Synopsis:
Can the love between two people ever be an abomination? Is the chasm separating gays and lesbians and Christianity too wide to cross? Is the Bible an excuse to hate? Through the experiences of five very normal, very Christian, very American families including those of former House Majority Leader Richard Gephardt and Episcopal Bishop Gene Robinson we discover how insightful people of faith handle the realization of having a gay child. Informed by such respected voices as Bishop Desmond Tutu, Harvard's Peter Gomes, Orthodox Rabbi Steve Greenberg and Reverend Jimmy Creech, FOR THE BIBLE TELLS ME SO offers healing, clarity and understanding to anyone caught in the crosshairs of scripture and sexual identity.
Tuesday, November 11
Movie Screening: /HINEINI: COMING OUT IN A JEWISH HIGH SCHOOL/, 7
pm, LC 211
Film Synopsis:
The inspiring story of one student's courageous fight to establish a gay-straight alliance at a Jewish high school in the Boston area and the transformative impact on her entire community.
Wednesday, November 12:
Master s Tea: Master s Tea with Director of Jihad for Love Parvez Sharma, 4 pm
Movie Screening/Q&A: /JIHAD FOR LOVE/, 7 pm, Whitney Humanities Center
Film Synopsis:
Fourteen centuries after the revelation of the holy Qur'an to the Prophet Muhammad (p.b.u.h.), Islam today is the world's second largest and fastest growing religion. Muslim gay filmmaker Parvez Sharma travels the many worlds of this dynamic faith discovering the stories of its most unlikely storytellers: lesbian and gay Muslims. Filmed over 5+ years, in 12 countries and 9 languages, A Jihad for Love comes from the heart of Islam. Looking beyond a hostile and war-torn present, this film seeks to reclaim the Islamic concept of a greater Jihad, which can mean an inner struggle or to strive in the path of God . In doing so the film and its remarkable subjects move beyond the narrow concept of Jihad as holy war.
Thursday, November 13:
Panel, followed by Reception, 7:00 pm, LC 102 + foyer
Panelists:
1) Mina Trudeau, Director of Al-Fatiha
2) Rabbi Lina, Associate Rabbi of Slifka Center
3) John Gage, United Church of Christ
4) Emilie Townes, Dean of Yale Divinity School
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