'Gay USA,' the historic 1977 film, is now on Vimeo :: Bay Area Reporter

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• 'GAY USA,' THE HISTORIC 1977 FILM, IS NOW ON VIMEO
• RTORED DOC "GAY USA" LOOKS AT SEND MOST IMPORTANT YEAR LGBTQ HISTORYEIGHT YEARS AFTER STONEWALL, BATTL FOR QUEER RIGHTS RAGED ACROSS THE {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY JENNI OLSONMAY 6, 2019/12:25 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:4521PX;WIDTH:4845PX;}BETTMANN/CONTRIBUTORAVOWED HOMOSEXUAL, SUPERVISOR HARVEY MILK, WHO WAS SHOT AND KILLED ALONG WH SAN FRANCIS MAYOR GEE MOSNE AT CY HALL 11/27, SS OUTSI HIS MERA SHOP A NOVEMBER 9, 1977 PHOTO. DAN WHE, WHO RECENTLY RIGNED OM THE BOARD AND THEN SOUGHT REAPPOTMENT, TURNED HIMSELF TO POLICE SHORTLY AFTER THE SHOOTG. MILK WAS THE LEAR OF THE OPPOSN TO WHE'S REAPPOTMENT.BY JENNI OLSONMAY 6, 2019 / 12:25 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"RTORED DOC \"GAY USA\" LOOKS AT SEND MOST IMPORTANT YEAR LGBTQ HISTORY","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-05-06T16:25:27.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-05-06T16:25:27.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"JENNI OLSON","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PICTURED ABOVE: SUPERVISOR HARVEY MILK SAN FRANCIS, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE WE ALL REGNIZE 1969 (THE YEAR OF THE STONEWALL UPRISG) AS THE MOST SIGNIFINT YEAR MORN LGBTQ HISTORY, 1977 MAY BE A CLOSE SEND. THE FIRST AMERIN FEATURE-LENGTH DOCUMENTARY BY AND ABOUT GAY AND LBIAN PEOPLE, GAY USA OFFERS A VIBRANT AND BETIFUL SNAPSHOT OF AN CREDIBLE YEAR. FRHLY RTORED BY THE OUTFT UCLA LEGACY PROJECT, THIS LANDMARK FILM IS BEG RE-RELEASED ACROSS THE UNTRY THIS SUMMER—TIMED WH THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE SPECIAL HOMETOWN PREMIERE OF GAY USA HAPPENS THIS G TUDAY MAY 7 AT THE ROXIE CEMA SAN FRANCIS, -PRENTED BY OUTLOOK, SAN FRANCIS PRI, AND FRAMELE. LOOK FOR UPG SCREENGS NUMERO OTHER CI (CLUDG A SPECIAL NEW YORK CY PRENTATN BY NEWFT JUNE) BEFORE THE RTORED FILM IS RELEASED ON DIGAL STREAMG PLATFORMS LATER THIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:75%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN JUNE OF 1977, THE BATTLE FOR GAY RIGHTS WAS RAGG ACROSS THE UNTRY. ON JUNE 8, MIAMI VOTERS REPEALED THE CY’S GAY RIGHTS ORDANCE—THE RULT OF ANA BRYANT’S VIC HOMOPHOBIC MPAIGN, WHICH EVOLVED TO A NATNAL ATTACK ON THE QUEER MUNY. TWO WEEKS LATER, CALIFORNIA STATE SENATOR JOHN BRIGGS ANNOUNCED HIS IATIVE TO BAN GAY TEACHERS OM TEACHG PUBLIC SCHOOLS. AND ON JUNE 21 SAN FRANCIS, THE GAY-BASHG MURR OF ROBERT HILLSBOROUGH WAS THE GALVANIZG WAKE-UP LL THAT PROMPTED FILMMAKER ARTHUR J. BRSAN, JR.—AT THE TIME BT KNOWN FOR HIS AWARD-WNG GAY PORN FILM PASSG STRANGERS—TO MOBILIZE MERA CREWS ACROSS THE UNTRY TO DOCUMENT THE NATNAL GAY FREEDOM DAY MARCH SCHLED FOR THAT SUNDAY, JUNE 26. GAY USA IS THE IMPASSNED, UPLIFTG, ABSOLUTELY FABULO RULT OF BRSAN’S EFFORTS.BETTMANN/CONTRIBUTORANA BRYANT (1940-), SHOWN HERE ON MAY 1977, WAS ONCE A POPULAR H SGER THE EARLY 1960'S WHO IS NOW BT KNOWN AS AN OUTSPOKEN OPPONENT OF GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SGER TURNED POLIL ACTIVIST ANA BRYANT, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RELEASED JT A FEW MONTHS BEFORE THE OTHER LEGENDARY LGBTQ DOCUMENTARY, WORD IS OUT, GAY USA IS A REMARKABLE LLECTIVE PORTRA OF LGBTQ EXPERIENCE THE EARLY YEARS OF THE MORN GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT. AS AN TIMATED 250,000 CELEBRANTS ENJOY THE DAY 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”; AND THE IRRISTIBLE GUY STANDG THE MIDDLE OF MARKET STREET WHO PROCLAIMS, “TODAY I’M MORE THAN GAY, I’M JUBILANT.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GAY USA PREMIERED AT SAN FRANCIS’S CASTRO THEATRE AT THE END OF AUGT 1977, LNCHG A NATNWI RELEASE THAT BROUGHT IMAG OF OUT-AND-PROUD LBIANS AND GAY MEN TO CI ACROSS THE UNTRY. THE ELECTNS NOVEMBER SAW A TRIUMPHANT NCLN TO THAT HARROWG YEAR—WH HARVEY MILK BEG SWORN AS A SAN FRANCIS SUPERVISOR, BEG ONE OF THE FIRST OPENLY GAY PEOPLE AMERI ELECTED TO PUBLIC OFFICE.BETTMANN/CONTRIBUTORHARVEY MILK, A HOMOSEXUAL, WAS RECENTLY ELECTED TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HERE. THE NATN'S MOST NCENTRATED GAY MUNY HAS VELOPED FANCIAL AS WELL AS POLIL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SUPERVISOR HARVEY MILK SAN FRANCIS, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN ADDN TO THE CROSS-SECTN OF FOOTAGE OM MARCH SAN FRANCIS, NEW YORK, LOS ANGEL, CHIGO, SAN DIEGO, AND PHILALPHIA, GAY USA OFFERS A LOOK AT RARE FOOTAGE SHOT BY LILLI VCENZ OF THE VERY FIRST PARA NEW YORK CY 1970 (WHICH WAS THEN KNOWN AS CHRISTOPHER STREET LIBERATN DAY), AS WELL AS BRSAN’S OWN PREVLY SHOT FOOTAGE OM SAN FRANCIS’S FIRST MAJOR GAY PRI CELEBRATN 1972 (THERE HAD BEEN A SMALL RMAL MARCH 1970 AND NONE 1971). BRSAN’S MENDABLE DITN TO EQUAL REPRENTATN OF LBIANS IS EVINCED THE TERVIEW AND PARA FOOTAGE—CLUDG THE WOMEN’S MOTORCYCLE NTGENT (DYK ON BIK) LEADG OFF THE MARCH, ADDN TO THE FILM’S CLOSG CREDS STATEMENT THAT FUNDS RAISED OM SCREENGS OF GAY USA WOULD BE NTRIBUTED EQUALLY TO LBIAN AND GAY .YIGAL MANN/PIX/MICHAEL OCHS ARCHIV/GETTYAN LGBT PARA THROUGH NEW YORK CY ON CHRISTOPHER STREET GAY LIBERATN DAY REACH A POLICE LE, 1971. (PHOTO BY YIGAL MANN/PIX/MICHAEL OCHS ARCHIV/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CHRISTOPHER STREET GAY LIBERATN DAY, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE BANNERS WE SEE ALONG THE PARA ROUTE REFLECT THE DIVERSY OF MARCHERS—THE GAY LATO ALLIANCE, REVOLUTNARY SOCIALISTS LEAGUE, THIRD WORLD GAY CC, CONGREGATN BETH SIMCHAT TORAH; WHILE THE WI ARRAY OF SIGNS RRIED BY THE MARCHERS CLUS SUCH SENTIMENTS AS: DYKE SEPARATISM, ANARCHISTS FOR GAY RIGHTS, ANA IS A LEMON, BOYTT COORS, AND LEGALIZE AMYL NRATE!YIGAL MANN/PIX/MICHAEL OCHS ARCHIV/GETTYREPRENTATIV OF THE BUFFALO RADIL LBIANS TAKE PART AN LGBT PARA THROUGH NEW YORK CY ON CHRISTOPHER STREET GAY LIBERATN DAY 1971. (PHOTO BY YIGAL MANN/PIX/MICHAEL OCHS ARCHIV/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CHRISTOPHER STREET GAY LIBERATN DAY, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HIGHLIGHTS AMONG THE FILM’S TERVIEWS CLU AIN AMERIN LBIAN POET PAT PARKER WHO READS “FOR THE STRAIGHT FOLKS WHO DON'T MD GAYS BUT WISH THEY WEREN'T SO BLATANT,” AND AN OLR WHE GAY MAN WHO SUMMARIZ ONE OF THE MOST POIGNANT AND PROFOUND ASPECTS OF THE DAY: “IT’S VERY IMPORTANT TODAY’S GAY PARA THAT THERE BE DIVIDUALS WHO ARE BLATANT, WHO ARE OBV, WHO ARE OUTRAGEO. BEE THEY’VE ALWAYS BEEN THERE. THE DRAG QUEENS, THE HAIR FAIRI, THE PEOPLE WHO BY THEIR BEHAVR SAID, ‘I’M SO GAY, I N’T VER UP.’ AND TODAY WE JO THEM. AND HOLD HANDS.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PACKED WH A WONRFULLY EARNT SOUNDTRACK OF GAY AND LBIAN FOLK SONGS, GAY USA NCLUS WH THE SONG “ALL PEOPLE” BY GAY SGER-SONGWRER TOMMY TALLEY:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GAYS ALL TOGETHER, JOED HAND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALL OF YOU STAND, TAKE YOUR LIV YOUR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WOMAN WH WOMAN, MAN WH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FREEDOM FOR ALL SOON SHALL BE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TALLEY’S UTOPIAN PLEA MAY AT FIRST GLANCE SOUND LIKE CHEY, HIPPIE-TGED OPTIMISM, BUT S IRRISTIBLE SCERY NVEYS THE QUALY OF HOPE THAT WAS SO CLEARLY NEED AT THE TIME. THE RADIL, JOYFUL, ACTIVIST SPIR OF GAY USA VIVIDLY NVEYS THE ZEGEIST OF THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

'GAY USA,' THE HISTORIC 1977 FILM, IS NOW ON VIMEO

Films like Portra of Jason and Tongu Untied, for stance, tell ntemporary viewers as much about the dividual stori about gay Black men prented on screen as about the muni (real and imaged) that their rpective filmmakers brought to bear on their fished films.

Siarly, aptly-tled works like Before Stonewall: The Makg of a Gay and Lbian Communy and Forbidn Love: The Unashamed Stori of Lbian Liv offer not jt potent history lsons but snapshots of how Amerins were nceivg of their own muny-buildg the years followg the 1969 Stonewall rts. Synopsis: Filmmaker Arthur Brsan missns filmmakers throughout the untry to rerd lbian and gay pri paras and march June 1977....

RTORED DOC "GAY USA" LOOKS AT SEND MOST IMPORTANT YEAR LGBTQ HISTORYEIGHT YEARS AFTER STONEWALL, BATTL FOR QUEER RIGHTS RAGED ACROSS THE {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY JENNI OLSONMAY 6, 2019/12:25 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:4521PX;WIDTH:4845PX;}BETTMANN/CONTRIBUTORAVOWED HOMOSEXUAL, SUPERVISOR HARVEY MILK, WHO WAS SHOT AND KILLED ALONG WH SAN FRANCIS MAYOR GEE MOSNE AT CY HALL 11/27, SS OUTSI HIS MERA SHOP A NOVEMBER 9, 1977 PHOTO. DAN WHE, WHO RECENTLY RIGNED OM THE BOARD AND THEN SOUGHT REAPPOTMENT, TURNED HIMSELF TO POLICE SHORTLY AFTER THE SHOOTG. MILK WAS THE LEAR OF THE OPPOSN TO WHE'S REAPPOTMENT.BY JENNI OLSONMAY 6, 2019 / 12:25 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"RTORED DOC \"GAY USA\" LOOKS AT SEND MOST IMPORTANT YEAR LGBTQ HISTORY","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-05-06T16:25:27.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-05-06T16:25:27.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"JENNI OLSON","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PICTURED ABOVE: SUPERVISOR HARVEY MILK SAN FRANCIS, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE WE ALL REGNIZE 1969 (THE YEAR OF THE STONEWALL UPRISG) AS THE MOST SIGNIFINT YEAR MORN LGBTQ HISTORY, 1977 MAY BE A CLOSE SEND. THE FIRST AMERIN FEATURE-LENGTH DOCUMENTARY BY AND ABOUT GAY AND LBIAN PEOPLE, GAY USA OFFERS A VIBRANT AND BETIFUL SNAPSHOT OF AN CREDIBLE YEAR. FRHLY RTORED BY THE OUTFT UCLA LEGACY PROJECT, THIS LANDMARK FILM IS BEG RE-RELEASED ACROSS THE UNTRY THIS SUMMER—TIMED WH THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE SPECIAL HOMETOWN PREMIERE OF GAY USA HAPPENS THIS G TUDAY MAY 7 AT THE ROXIE CEMA SAN FRANCIS, -PRENTED BY OUTLOOK, SAN FRANCIS PRI, AND FRAMELE. LOOK FOR UPG SCREENGS NUMERO OTHER CI (CLUDG A SPECIAL NEW YORK CY PRENTATN BY NEWFT JUNE) BEFORE THE RTORED FILM IS RELEASED ON DIGAL STREAMG PLATFORMS LATER THIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:75%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN JUNE OF 1977, THE BATTLE FOR GAY RIGHTS WAS RAGG ACROSS THE UNTRY. ON JUNE 8, MIAMI VOTERS REPEALED THE CY’S GAY RIGHTS ORDANCE—THE RULT OF ANA BRYANT’S VIC HOMOPHOBIC MPAIGN, WHICH EVOLVED TO A NATNAL ATTACK ON THE QUEER MUNY. TWO WEEKS LATER, CALIFORNIA STATE SENATOR JOHN BRIGGS ANNOUNCED HIS IATIVE TO BAN GAY TEACHERS OM TEACHG PUBLIC SCHOOLS. AND ON JUNE 21 SAN FRANCIS, THE GAY-BASHG MURR OF ROBERT HILLSBOROUGH WAS THE GALVANIZG WAKE-UP LL THAT PROMPTED FILMMAKER ARTHUR J. BRSAN, JR.—AT THE TIME BT KNOWN FOR HIS AWARD-WNG GAY PORN FILM PASSG STRANGERS—TO MOBILIZE MERA CREWS ACROSS THE UNTRY TO DOCUMENT THE NATNAL GAY FREEDOM DAY MARCH SCHLED FOR THAT SUNDAY, JUNE 26. GAY USA IS THE IMPASSNED, UPLIFTG, ABSOLUTELY FABULO RULT OF BRSAN’S EFFORTS.BETTMANN/CONTRIBUTORANA BRYANT (1940-), SHOWN HERE ON MAY 1977, WAS ONCE A POPULAR H SGER THE EARLY 1960'S WHO IS NOW BT KNOWN AS AN OUTSPOKEN OPPONENT OF GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SGER TURNED POLIL ACTIVIST ANA BRYANT, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RELEASED JT A FEW MONTHS BEFORE THE OTHER LEGENDARY LGBTQ DOCUMENTARY, WORD IS OUT, GAY USA IS A REMARKABLE LLECTIVE PORTRA OF LGBTQ EXPERIENCE THE EARLY YEARS OF THE MORN GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT. AS AN TIMATED 250,000 CELEBRANTS ENJOY THE DAY 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”; AND THE IRRISTIBLE GUY STANDG THE MIDDLE OF MARKET STREET WHO PROCLAIMS, “TODAY I’M MORE THAN GAY, I’M JUBILANT.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GAY USA PREMIERED AT SAN FRANCIS’S CASTRO THEATRE AT THE END OF AUGT 1977, LNCHG A NATNWI RELEASE THAT BROUGHT IMAG OF OUT-AND-PROUD LBIANS AND GAY MEN TO CI ACROSS THE UNTRY. THE ELECTNS NOVEMBER SAW A TRIUMPHANT NCLN TO THAT HARROWG YEAR—WH HARVEY MILK BEG SWORN AS A SAN FRANCIS SUPERVISOR, BEG ONE OF THE FIRST OPENLY GAY PEOPLE AMERI ELECTED TO PUBLIC OFFICE.BETTMANN/CONTRIBUTORHARVEY MILK, A HOMOSEXUAL, WAS RECENTLY ELECTED TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HERE. THE NATN'S MOST NCENTRATED GAY MUNY HAS VELOPED FANCIAL AS WELL AS POLIL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SUPERVISOR HARVEY MILK SAN FRANCIS, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN ADDN TO THE CROSS-SECTN OF FOOTAGE OM MARCH SAN FRANCIS, NEW YORK, LOS ANGEL, CHIGO, SAN DIEGO, AND PHILALPHIA, GAY USA OFFERS A LOOK AT RARE FOOTAGE SHOT BY LILLI VCENZ OF THE VERY FIRST PARA NEW YORK CY 1970 (WHICH WAS THEN KNOWN AS CHRISTOPHER STREET LIBERATN DAY), AS WELL AS BRSAN’S OWN PREVLY SHOT FOOTAGE OM SAN FRANCIS’S FIRST MAJOR GAY PRI CELEBRATN 1972 (THERE HAD BEEN A SMALL RMAL MARCH 1970 AND NONE 1971). BRSAN’S MENDABLE DITN TO EQUAL REPRENTATN OF LBIANS IS EVINCED THE TERVIEW AND PARA FOOTAGE—CLUDG THE WOMEN’S MOTORCYCLE NTGENT (DYK ON BIK) LEADG OFF THE MARCH, ADDN TO THE FILM’S CLOSG CREDS STATEMENT THAT FUNDS RAISED OM SCREENGS OF GAY USA WOULD BE NTRIBUTED EQUALLY TO LBIAN AND GAY .YIGAL MANN/PIX/MICHAEL OCHS ARCHIV/GETTYAN LGBT PARA THROUGH NEW YORK CY ON CHRISTOPHER STREET GAY LIBERATN DAY REACH A POLICE LE, 1971. (PHOTO BY YIGAL MANN/PIX/MICHAEL OCHS ARCHIV/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CHRISTOPHER STREET GAY LIBERATN DAY, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE BANNERS WE SEE ALONG THE PARA ROUTE REFLECT THE DIVERSY OF MARCHERS—THE GAY LATO ALLIANCE, REVOLUTNARY SOCIALISTS LEAGUE, THIRD WORLD GAY CC, CONGREGATN BETH SIMCHAT TORAH; WHILE THE WI ARRAY OF SIGNS RRIED BY THE MARCHERS CLUS SUCH SENTIMENTS AS: DYKE SEPARATISM, ANARCHISTS FOR GAY RIGHTS, ANA IS A LEMON, BOYTT COORS, AND LEGALIZE AMYL NRATE!YIGAL MANN/PIX/MICHAEL OCHS ARCHIV/GETTYREPRENTATIV OF THE BUFFALO RADIL LBIANS TAKE PART AN LGBT PARA THROUGH NEW YORK CY ON CHRISTOPHER STREET GAY LIBERATN DAY 1971. (PHOTO BY YIGAL MANN/PIX/MICHAEL OCHS ARCHIV/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CHRISTOPHER STREET GAY LIBERATN DAY, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HIGHLIGHTS AMONG THE FILM’S TERVIEWS CLU AIN AMERIN LBIAN POET PAT PARKER WHO READS “FOR THE STRAIGHT FOLKS WHO DON'T MD GAYS BUT WISH THEY WEREN'T SO BLATANT,” AND AN OLR WHE GAY MAN WHO SUMMARIZ ONE OF THE MOST POIGNANT AND PROFOUND ASPECTS OF THE DAY: “IT’S VERY IMPORTANT TODAY’S GAY PARA THAT THERE BE DIVIDUALS WHO ARE BLATANT, WHO ARE OBV, WHO ARE OUTRAGEO. BEE THEY’VE ALWAYS BEEN THERE. THE DRAG QUEENS, THE HAIR FAIRI, THE PEOPLE WHO BY THEIR BEHAVR SAID, ‘I’M SO GAY, I N’T VER UP.’ AND TODAY WE JO THEM. AND HOLD HANDS.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PACKED WH A WONRFULLY EARNT SOUNDTRACK OF GAY AND LBIAN FOLK SONGS, GAY USA NCLUS WH THE SONG “ALL PEOPLE” BY GAY SGER-SONGWRER TOMMY TALLEY:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GAYS ALL TOGETHER, JOED HAND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALL OF YOU STAND, TAKE YOUR LIV YOUR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WOMAN WH WOMAN, MAN WH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FREEDOM FOR ALL SOON SHALL BE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TALLEY’S UTOPIAN PLEA MAY AT FIRST GLANCE SOUND LIKE CHEY, HIPPIE-TGED OPTIMISM, BUT S IRRISTIBLE SCERY NVEYS THE QUALY OF HOPE THAT WAS SO CLEARLY NEED AT THE TIME. THE RADIL, JOYFUL, ACTIVIST SPIR OF GAY USA VIVIDLY NVEYS THE ZEGEIST OF THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

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