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Contents:
- GAY USA: ARTHUR BRSAN’S DOCU, SHOT ON ONE DAY
- 'GAY USA,' THE HISTORIC 1977 FILM, IS NOW ON VIMEO
- GAY USA
- BUZZFEED PRI: GAY USA
- A GAY GIRL’S GUI TO THE 2023 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP
- KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
- DIPLOMATIC TENSN REPORTEDLY RISG BETWEEN UNED STAT AND JAMAI OVER GAY AMERIN DIPLOMAT
- JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY
GAY USA: ARTHUR BRSAN’S DOCU, SHOT ON ONE DAY
Like Word is Out, Gay USA is a llective productn, ma unr the banner of Artists Uned for Gay Rights. However, unlike Word Is Out, was filmed on one day, June 26, 1977, and was the product of one filmmaker, Arthur Brsan, who nceived the project and shaped s form. * gay usa bressan *
Like the semal documentary Word is Out, Gay USA was a llective productn, ma unr the banner of Artists Uned for Gay Rights. In the wake of the Miami feat of a gay rights iative on June 7, Brsan cid to jo the San Francis monstratn at Cy Hall. ), g their paras to document an emergg gay nscns.
If Word is Out explor personal liv and private experienc, Gay USA ptur munal excement.
'GAY USA,' THE HISTORIC 1977 FILM, IS NOW ON VIMEO
June 27-30: Watch Arthur J. Brsan Jr.'s 1977 Pri documentary GAY USA, part of BuzzFeed Pri. Free RSVP! * gay usa bressan *
In Gay USA, Brsan orchtrat a diversy of life styl: lbians, sympathetic straight fai, drag queens, profsnals, youths, ex-prisoners, dyk on bik, blacks, school teachers, anti-gay dissenters. A proponent for repealg laws agast gays is juxtaposed wh an anti-abortnist who supports Ana Bryant.
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A rerd number of out LGBTQ players make this year’s tournament a feast for gay fans. * gay usa bressan *
A statement by a young gay Catholic, who voic his prott agast Church polici, is followed by a fundamentalist cg the Bible for nmng homosexualy as an “unnatural way of livg. “Dyk on Bik” lead off the procsn, followed by thoands of women sportg banners: “We are your teachers, ” “Gay, Alive and Healthy, ” and “Remember the Wch Hunts.
BUZZFEED PRI: GAY USA
The film picks up further momentum wh the “Are You Gay” sequence, which a handheld trackg mera, cuttg om rponse to rponse, chronicl a diversy of reactns, rangg om “I don’t thk I n classify myself” to “that’s none of your bs. The kaleidospic visn imparted by Gay USA b some ivolo joy wh more ser attus.
Even an environment such as San Francis, where gay guys n openly pursue a “ee” life, there still is timidatn, abe, and vlence. Brsan dit Gay USA to him and clos wh a memorial at Cy Hall.
Brsan’s iologil and athetic ntrasts unrle the differenc wh the gay muny on var issu, cludg cross-drsg, drag for fun, and so on. Jotly, Word Is Out and Gay USA reflected the polics of a rapidly growg gay mory, wh each film givg a platform and propagatg voic long nied accs to the mass media due to bigotry and opprsn. Unfortunately, when ially aired on Public TV, the two documentari were mostly seen by gay viewers, ultimately failg to realize their potential as nscns-raisg tools outsi of the gay muny.
A GAY GIRL’S GUI TO THE 2023 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP
's historic documentary Gay USA.
Rtored by the UCLA Film & Televisn Archive llaboratn wh Framele and Outft, Gay USA is the first Amerin feature-length documentary by and about LGBTQ+ people. (bt known for his 1985 gay drama Buddi) mobilized mera crews across the untry to document the natnal Gay Freedom Day march June of 1977. One of the pneers of pennt gay cema the 1970s and '80s, Brsan, Jr.
For Gay USA, he mobilized mera crews across the untry to document the natnal Gay Freedom Day march June of 1977.
KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
The film nveys the passn, anger, and fiant optimism of a muny unr attack ( that month of June 1977 alone: California's anti-gay Briggs Iniative had jt been announced, Ana Bryant's vic homophobia had helped repeal Miami's gay rights ordance, and a gay man named Robert Hillsborough had only days earlier been the victim of a fatal gay-bashg San Francis).
A remarkable muny portra, Gay USA illtrat the triumphant power of love and pri. Betifully rtored by the UCLA Film & Televisn Archive llaboratn wh Framele and Outft, Gay USA is the first Amerin feature-length documentary by and about LGBTQ+ people. Gay USA nveys the passn, anger, and fiant optimism of a muny unr attack ( that month of June 1977 alone: California's anti-gay Briggs Iniative had jt been announced, Ana Bryant's vic homophobia had helped repeal Miami's gay rights ordance, and a gay man named Robert Hillsborough had only days earlier been the victim of a fatal gay-bashg San Francis).
DIPLOMATIC TENSN REPORTEDLY RISG BETWEEN UNED STAT AND JAMAI OVER GAY AMERIN DIPLOMAT
Brsan weav d of some of those homophobic voic and giv an overview of historil homophobia, cludg an acunt of gays and the Holot - and then illtrat the triumphant power of love and pri.
In addn to the magnificent cross-sectn of footage om the march San Francis, New York, Los Angel, Chigo, San Diego, and Philalphia, Gay USA also giv a fantastic look at rare footage shot by Lilli Vcenz of the very first gay pri para New York Cy 1970 (which was then known as Christopher Street Liberatn Day) as well as showg Brsan's own prevly shot footage om San Francis's first major gay pri celebratn 1972. As an timated 250, 000 celebrants enjoy the 1977 ftivi San Francis (more than double the attendance of the prev year), Brsan's mera crews terview dozens of atten who share their stori - the lbian uple who fled the homophobia of Wicha; the self-proclaimed androgyno hermaphrode who scrib feelg "like a whole person stead of jt half a person;" the olr straight woman ally who explas that, "Whenever anyone group our society is attacked, we all mt e to their aid;" and the irristible guy standg the middle of Market Street who proclaims: "Today I'm more than gay, I'm jubilant. Gay USA's natnwi release, after s Augt 1977 San Francis premiere, brought imag of out and proud LGBTQ+ people to ci across the untry.
Jt a few months later, Harvey Milk was sworn as a San Francis Supervisor, beg one of the first openly gay people elected to public office and liverg a triumphant ncln to that harrowg year.
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY
Gay USA offers a vibrant and betiful snapshot of an credible year LGBTQ+ history and nveys a powerful msage of hope to ntemporary viewers. In rponse to the San Francis Hillsborough slayg and Florida’s repeal of homosexual anti-famatn legislatn, rerd numbers of people took to the streets natnwi peaceful protts. Morz) Gay USA / 1977.
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opposn to gay rights that spread across the natn. numero others traveled to Miami support of her anti-gay beliefs which they.