Free Showing of For the Bible Tells Me So

Wednesday, August 20
7:30 p.m.
Gloria Dei Lutheran Church
700 Snelling Ave. S.
St. Paul, MN

Friday, September 12
6:30 p.m.
Grace Community UCC
986 Forest St.
St. Paul, MN

Dan Karslake's provocative, entertaining documentary brilliantly reconciles gay and lesbian sexuality and Biblical scripture and in the process he reveals that Church-sanctioned anti-GLBT bias is based almost solely upon a significant (and often malicious) misinterpretation of the Bible.

He offers a compelling story about the real lives of families with gay and lesbian sons and daughters, and how they have reconciled their faith with love for their children.

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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?

Dan Karslake's provocative, entertaining documentary brilliantly reconciles homosexuality and Biblical scripture.

Through the experiences of five very normal, very Christian, very American families -- including those of former House Majority Leader Richard Gephardt and Episcopalian Bishop Gene Robinson -- we discover how insightful people of faith handle the realization of having a gay child.

For more information about this special documentary, please visit www.forthebibletellsmeso.org

IDKE.X CONFERENCE CALL for SUBMISSIONS papers/presentations/workshops/roundtables

IDKE.X ROUNDTRIP HOME: Cultural Depots and Queer Destinations
More than a decade of grassroots networking will have passed when IDKE.X ROUNDTRIP HOME kicks off its first event on October 16, 2008. The original purpose of the IDKE conference was a critical examination and insider’s view on female-to-male (FTM) drag as a subculture. Examining the intersections and junctures of every day lived experience pushed the original organizers to create an event dedicated to scrutinizing these moments of connection and disconnection.

2008’s focus is set to expound upon and illuminate the topic of CULTURAL DEPOTS & QUEER DESTINATIONS. We are looking for proposals that critically address issues related to gender, including documented accounts of our historical presence as gender-queer beings; gender performance beyond the scope of the stage; gender and queer theory; mass popular culture and critical race theories; gender-queer community viability; the function of familial relations both past and present; King community health & wellness. If this sounds interesting to you, then share your thoughts, work, and energy with the IDKE.X King community.

Whether it is a response paper, term paper, thesis draft, panel presentation, roundtable discussion, workshop, or demonstration, we want you! Please consider these questions as points of departure for what is certain to be a fantastic conference. Where they take you, we can hardly wait to see!

Where role have drag kings had in the queer/lgbt community in the last decade? Who have we seen/become and how does this impact our future and our youth? Where/what are the cultural depositories for our “drag king community” memoirs? What role does (or should) documentation have in the gender-queer and drag king community? What is our collective gender-queer legacy? What roles do politics and feminism have in the drag king community and what roles do they have on the stage? How is king community maintained off stage? What sustains it and what purpose does it serve? What happens to butch identity in the king community? What is the role and effect of femininity (both FTF and MTF) in queer spaces? How do transmen negotiate the LGBT and king communities and the stage? How does appropriation (racial, ethnic, religious, etc) affect the king community and expectations and understandings of diversity in the community?
The above list is not exhaustive, but is certainly contains some of the most important questions and situations currently facing the gender-queer and king community.
The workshops/presentations will be featured during the daytime sessions of the Academic portion of the conference on Friday, Oct. 17, 10am- 3pm and Saturday, Oct. 18, 9am-4pm, 2008. There are 28 sessions, & session is 50 minutes long.

Proposal Timeline:

We will accept proposals May 1st – August 20st or until full. You will receive notice of acceptance August 2008
Please Email your proposals to: idkexcolumbus@yahoo.com.
Or mail to:

FFP – Attn: IDKE X Academic Conference 
1160 N. High St.
Columbus, OH 43201
Be sure to put “Academic Proposal” and your name in the subject line or lower portion of the front of the envelope.

Guidelines
1) IDKE.X Roundtrip Home: Cultural Depots & Queer Destinations is the theme to keep in mind.
2) If there are multiple submissions about the same topic, we may approach you about participating on a moderated panel.
3) Be specific in your proposal. What specifically are you offering IDKE.X?
4) Proposal length: 300 words or less.
Contact us: For more information please contact Miz Ginger Jones at miz_ginger.jones@yahoo.com