David Kooy Room

Film screening co-sponsored by:

• The Black Institute
• Brooklyn Community Pride Center
• Caribbean American Pride
• Center for Constitutional Rights
• NY State Senator Jesse Hamilton

This is the real story of what happens when American activists bring their homophobic legislation to Uganda. "Call Me Kuchu" is an inspiring film with real heroes and villains. Leading the list of heroes is David Kato, a fearless activist and prime mover in Uganda’s gay rights movement. Uganda’s first openly gay man, he was bludgeoned to death in January 2011 at 46.

At the film screening, you will get to hear from front-line activists fighting hate in Africa. The Center for Constitutional Rights, which has been at the forefront of the legal battle against indefinite detention and torture at Guantánamo and against Islamophobia has taken a lead by representing Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG), a non-profit LGBTI advocacy organization in Uganda. SMUG is suing Scott Lively, a U.S.-based anti-gay extremist, for his role in the persecution of LGBTI people in Uganda, in particular his active participation in the conspiracy to strip away their fundamental rights. The case is part of CCR’s cutting edge international human rights work and groundbreaking efforts to protect and expand rights under the area of law related to the Alien Tort Statute (ATS) and continues CCR's historic early work defending LGBTI rights. CCR is non-profit legal and educational organization committed to the creative use of law as a positive force for social change. Founded in 1966, CCR is dedicated to advancing and protecting the rights guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

The discussion will feature leaders in the fight for the LGBTI community in Brooklyn, including Brooklyn Pride, Caribbean Pride, [I have forwarded another thread with the other co-sponsors and logos. Please let me know if you need more.]
For more information: (718) 284-4700

Public Area

Public Area

30 students will be here for a quick tour and presentation about what we do. Q&A. About 1 hour.

Please join us for an evening of theater that is both relevant and provocative. Tickets are free if you reserve them in advance through the Brooklyn Community Pride Center.

"Arthur's play The Enclave was certainly ahead of its time in 1973 with a central homosexual character.  I know he would be so pleased by the revival by the company assembled for  Rattlestick's Middle Voice program."
- David Saint, President of the Laurents/Hatcher Foundation and Artistic Director of George St. Playhouse

For more information, please go to this link

To reserve a free ticket as part of the Brooklyn Community Pride Center group, please send an email to info@lgbtbrooklyn.org or call Judy Kamilhor at 347-889-7719.