Wisconsin

What: Take the 2015 U.S.Trans Survey Who: Trans, genderqueer, and nonbinary people age 18+ When: August 22, 2015, 5:00 – 9:30pm Where: Milwaukee LGBT Community Center The 2015 U.S. Trans Survey (USTS) is the follow up to the National Transgender Discrimination Survey, the largest survey ever devoted to the lives and experiences of trans people. The study was developed and conducted by the National LGBTQ Task Force and the National Center for Transgender Equality in 2008- 2009, and the results were released in the 2011 report: Injustice At Every Turn. As the single-most cited study about trans people—cited by media over 15,000 times—it has dramatically changed how the public and policymakers understand the challenges facing trans people. On August 22, 2015, FORGE and the Milwaukee LGBT Community Center will be hosting a Survey Taking Event. Stop by the Center between 5:00pm and 9:00pm to use one of the free computers or tablets to take the survey. We’ll […]

A Historical Perspective on LGBT Rights in Cuba and Current Challenges Please join us for a special presentation by Dr. Alberto Roque Guerra, Cuban Physician and Gay Activist, on 9/2/15 at the Milwaukee LGBT Community Center at 7:00 p.m., located at 1110 N. Market St. Second Floor, Milwaukee WI 53202. Dr. Roque coordinated Cuba’s medical program of comprehensive treatment for transgender people.  Dr. Roque has written, presented and consulted widely on LGBT issues in Europe, Latin America and the U.S.  This will be his first visit to Wisconsin.  The presentation is free and open to the public.  We owe special thanks to our generous sponsors for making this program happen. Co-Sponsors: The Wisconsin Coalition to Normalize Relations with Cuba The Milwaukee LGBT Community Center FORGE Diverse and Resilient Ramon & Medrano S.C. David L. Marstellar and Israel Ramon   RSVP on Facebook (not required): https://www.facebook.com/events/1496390263986626/   https://twitter.com/FORGEforward/status/638723999879577600

"Reel in the Closet," a film by Stu Maddux (who will be at the screening!) Sun 10/18 1pm A valentine to film archivists everywhere, the documentary Reel in the Closet unspools home movies and the rediscovered filmed records of LGBT+ lives otherwise consigned to a forgotten past. Entrancing in its imagery of an overlooked queer mundane and energizing in its sharing of records of actions, marches, and other news events, Stu Maddux’s compilation recirculates a broader LGBT+ history while enacting a manifesto for paying attention to the stories of our elders and to the recordings and artifacts they left behind. #MKELGBTFilm https://uwm.edu/lgbtfilmfestival/event/reel-in-the-closet-free/

"FIELD VISITS FOR CHELSEA MANNING" A first-person travelogue that maps the areas surrounding the sites where former Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning was held, a mapping that includes Kuwait, Virginia, Kansas, and Maryland. This contemplative survey of the landscapes around sites of incarceration excavates anew American experiences of war, punishment, and difference, suggesting an alternative history of the U.S — and an alternative context for the plight of Chelsea Manning. Tues 10/20 7pm  #trans #MKELGBTFilm

Free! "TREASURE: FROM TRAGEDY TO #TRANS #JUSTICE, MAPPING A DETROIT STORY" Sat 10/24 1pm Shelley “Treasure” Hilliard was brutally murdered in the fall of 2011. A trans teen who sometimes did sex work, Treasure was vulnerable to a number of threats: principally, she was being coerced by police into serving as an informant on the drug dealers who would eventually kill her. dream hampton’s documentary rightly honors this young person and her grieving family but, Treasure, a film about forms of action and modes of justice, documents, with an alert sense of activism, the systems of community that Treasure belonged to, a diverse and affirming Detroit community, anchored by the Ruth Ellis Center, that understands that supporting and empowering young people can generate social justice. https://uwm.edu/lgbtfilmfestival/event/treasure-from-tragedy-to-trans-justice-mapping-a-detroit-story-free/  #MKELGBTFilm

"STEALTH: An Evening of #Trans Shorts" Sat 10/24 5pm An animated tale about an old flame. A live-action story about the first day in a new middle school. The trials and joys of gender expression are showcased and celebrated in this diverse offering of trans and genderqueer shorts. To screen: Stella Walsh (Rob Lucas, 15 mins, 2014); The Dancer and the Crow (Iris Moore, Canada, 5 min., 2014); 100 Crushes Chapter 6: They (Elisha Lim, Canada, 2 min., 2014); Stealth (Bennett Lasseter, 22 min., 2015); & more! https://uwm.edu/lgbtfilmfestival/event/stealth-an-evening-of-trans-shorts/ #MKELGBTFilm