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H er e ’ s what ’ s comnc up ht the sixth annual
P o r t la n d L esbian C ay D i T rans fim T estival
e r o m S ept . 20 t o 29 .
P ick up a copy o e S ensory P erceptions ’ oeeicial cuide
EOR A MORE COMPLETE DESCRIPTION OE THE PROCRAMS.
A F amily A ffair
7 p m . Sept. 20 (director arul star Helen
Lesnick in attendance)
T he T rip
9:30 p.m. Sept. 20 (director Miles
Swain in attendance)
See review on Page 25.
Family Affair is the charming
and warm story of Rachel
D iverse V oices
See Page 42
Rosen (Lesnick). a commit­
Noon Sept. 21
for an interview
ment-phobic Jewish lesbian
with T he Trip
who, after another breakup, decides to
n cultures that once celebrated
director
leave New York for San Diego, where
homosexuality in ancient texts
Miles Swain
her retired parents live. After a series
of the Karma Sutra and now
of disappointing hut hilarious dates, she finally
dismisses it as a “Western vice” resides an
meets Christine (Erica Shaffer) and is wonder­
almost invisible minority, South Asian gays
and lesbians. “For Straights Only” explores
fully surprised to find herself attracted to her.
But as the relationship progresses, she wonders
the prejudice faced by gays and lesbians
if she can overcome her fears and her attach­
coming out in modern-day India, Pakistan,
ment to her ex-giilfriend. An honest and comic
Sri Lanka and Nepal. Creatively incorporat­
ing underwater photography and hand-
kxik at modern-day lesbian romance with its
losses, discoveries and joys. Lesbian comedian
painted images, “Zyklon Portrait” forcefully
juxtaposes a family history with the clinical
Suzanne Westenhoefer costars.
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Can commitment-phobic Helen live with finding true love? A Family Affair opens the festival.
evolution of Zyklon B gas, used to exterm i­
nate the victims of Nazi concentration
camps. “De Colores” moves us through per­
sonal stories of Latino families breaking cul­
tural harriers. Eight gay men discuss different
experiences with the cultural images o f safe
sex and HIV/AIDS in “Our Brother, Our
Sons.” A powerful documentary, “X X X Y ” is
a portrait of Krista and Howard, two intersex
people struggling against the medical
establishment and society’s enforced bipolar
gender system. “Crip Shots” documents the
work of six differently ahled performance
artists.
B y H ook or B y C rook
2:30 p.m. Sept. 21
y H ook or By C rook chronicles three
weeks in the life of a handsome, gender-
bending, small-town hutch with a nag­
ging messiah complex. Emotionally defeated
since the death of her father, Shy heads to
the city, where she is quickly distracted by
Valentine, a deliriously expressive, wiseacre
adoptee on a misguided search for her birth
mother. T h e two join forces and learn the
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