Join the City of West Hollywood's One City One Pride festival for a day of screenings and panels around the theme of “I Remember.”

1:30pm - “Intergenitalic” - A documentary made by a young filmmaker featuring older gay men reflecting on West Hollywood, dating, and life. Running time 40 minutes, followed by a Q&A with Victor Yates, filmmaker.

3pm - “Meet the Rainbow Flagmakers: Original Rainbow Flag Artists and their Friends” - The first Rainbow Flags were conceived and handmade at the Gay Community Center called “330 Grove” in June of 1978 in San Francisco. Several of the artists, including producing artist Faerie Argyle Rainbow, their friends and volunteers who worked on the flags will share their stories of creating and flying the original rainbow flags. Preceded by a short slideshow of 330 Grove, the people and the flags from historian (and 330 Grove volunteer) Glenne McElhinney. Co-presented by the California LGBT Arts Alliance and Impact Stories History Project.

5pm - “Light in the Water”: Sneak peek of a work in progress - Join the filmmaker Lis Bartlett and the City of West Hollywood’s One City One Pride Festival for a sneak peek of a work in progress documentary about WH20, the West Hollywood Aquatics Team. From the team’s founding by athletes training for the inaugural Gay Games in 1982, through the impact of the AIDS epidemic, and two members getting married after marriage equality was passed, the story of WH20 also tells the story of West Hollywood and the gay community at large. Running time 45 minutes followed by a Q&A.

7pm - “AIDS DIVA: The Legend of Connie Norman”, a work in progress screening - As a self-appointed “AIDS DIVA” and masterful spokesperson for ACT UP/LA in the late 80s and early 90s Los Angeles, Connie described herself as “ex-drag queen, ex-hooker, ex-IV drug user, ex-high risk youth and current post-operative transsexual woman who is HIV positive” and simply “a human being seeking my humanity.” Standing proudly in her multiple, fluid and evolving LGBTQ identities, she was often a lone advocate for the fledgling trans community of that era. Both beloved and confronting, Connie’s soulful and salty rantings and intersectional politics were heard widely through her local LGBT newspaper column and her pioneering LGBTQ cable television talk show. Fueled by the urgency of her mortality and the hard-won honesty and clarity her survival had required, Connie challenged self-hatred, hypocrisy and denial, as she evoked a humanitarian, neighborly, transcendent vision of life and love for our tribe and us all.
She served as a bridge, in both gender and politics - from ACT UP/LA to the Radical Fairies, to right-wing talk shows to Sacramento policy meetings to her marriage to gay husband Bruce - and challenged us to confront what it means to be a woman, a man and ultimately a human being.  Modeling ‘wokeness’ in an earlier era of crisis, Connie’s piercing and compassionate voice, through these rare vintage video clips, leaps into the present, urging us again to wake up, to take action, and to fully engage with our collective lives and our world. Running time 45 minutes. Followed by a reception and a panel moderated by Karen Ocamb, featuring Peter Cashman, Jess Nowlin, Mary Lucey, Paul Langlotz and Valerie Spencer. Directed by Dante Alencastre (“Transvisible,” 2013; “Raising Zoey,” 2016).

The City of West Hollywood's One City One Pride LGBTQ Arts Festival takes place from May 22-June 30. For more info and to see a full list of events please visit www.weho.org/pride or follow via social media @WeHoArts.

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