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Straightlaced: Reception and Film Showing |
Frankfort, KY |
Board of Directors' Mtg |
Kentuckians Value Fairness |
Straightlaced: How Gender's Got Us All Tied Up
In November 2007, the documentary company GroundSpark interviewed friends of Josh Shipman at Dunbar High School’s Memorial Garden for their film “Straightlaced.” Hannah Landers candidly spoke of her love for Josh, the purpose of the Garden and her dismay at the hardships Josh endured as an openly gay and flamboyant individual. Josh Shipman took his own life on October 5, 2006. He was just shy of 16 years old.
In May of 2008, days before Hannah and her mother were to travel to California to continue her interview, Hannah’s life was tragically cut short in an automobile accident. Hannah was 17 years old.
In an effort to continue Hannah’s work and tell Josh’s story, the film “Straightlaced: How Gender’s Got Us All Tied Up” will premiere in their hometown of Lexington, Kentucky. GroundSpark dedicated the film to Hannah.
RECEPTION - 10:15 A.M.
SHOWING - 11:00 A.M.
No admission will be charged but donations are requested. Proceeds benefit the Hannah Landers Scholarship Fund and a contribution to be made to a suicide prevention program in honor and memory of Josh Shipman.
Generous support provided by Fred Mills of the Kentucky Theatre and the Central Kentucky Council for Peace and Justice. Additional promotion and assistance received from the Kentucky Fairness Alliance, the Lexington GLSO GSA, the Voice of Silence and Dunbar’s No Day But Today.
2nd Annual Fairness Summit
The Statewide Fairness Coalition will convene the 2nd Statewide Fairness Summit in Frankfort to develop group statewide strategy against future anti-adoption legislation and towards the passage of a statewide Fairness law that will protect all lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Kentuckians from discrimination in employment, housing and public accommodations. All individual supporters and groups are welcome to attend the Summit.
Saturday, Jan. 16, 2009
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Public Library,
319 Wapping St., Frankfort
Registration is free and lunch is provided. To RSVP email kyle@fairness.org.
The statewide fairness coalition consists of: Kentucky Fairness Alliance, the Kentucky Commission on Human Rights, the ACLU of KY, Fairness Campaign, and Lexington Fairness.
Everyday people from all over the Commonwealth will gather in Frankfort for Kentuckians Value Fairness. Join other fair-minded Kentuckians, and take your place in the struggle for a fair Kentucky!
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
9:00 a.m. (CT) - Meeting and Lobby Training in Capitol Annex
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. (CT) Legislative Meetings
1:00 p.m. (CT) Rally for a Fair Kentucky in Capitol Rotunda
State Capitol, Frankfort
We are proud to be co-sponsoring this year's event with other members of the Statewide Fairness Coalition to bring fair-minded Kentuckians face to face with their elected officials. Will you join us?
Sign-Up Here!
Past Event Web Pages:
The Ampersand symbolizes the solidarity we are building through Friends & Family, and suggests the inclusiveness we are working toward. It reflects the idea that no one individual, legislator, organization, or city can carry all the water for equality. Our success lies in our solidarity.
