Heritage & Health Series Program

LGBTQ+ History Month 2022

Celebrate LGBTQ+ History with us starting June 2022!

Pride in Progress

Please include your first AND last name and event when requesting Zoom access.

Foothill College radio station KFJC celebrates LGBTQ+ History Month throughout June. Tune in to KFJC 89.7 FM/KFJC.org to hear LGBTQ+ artists being played throughout the station's schedule as well as special programming about the contributions of the LGBTQ+ community, especially related to music and sound, both historically and today. Visit KFJC's Broadcast Forecast to see what's coming up and what you may have missed and do visit the KFJC Broadcast Archives to listen to the past two weeks worth of programming, including specials from LGBTQ+ History Month.

Wednesday, June 1

LGBTQ+ History Month Opening Ceremony

12-1 p.m.
Library Quad

Join us for LGBTQ+ History Month Opening Ceremony this Wednesday, June 1st from 12-1 PM in the Library Quad!

Celebrate with Social Justice Speaker & DJ Shay Franco Clausen, Chair Eden Amsellem, Foothill College GSA club, and other speakers!

Monday, June 6

Artist Talk: Tricia Rainwater and Alma Leppla

1-2 p.m.
Join by Zoom

Artist talk with Tricia Rainwater and Alma Leppla co founders of Queer Rain. Queer Rain is a bi-annual publication celebrating queer BIPOC femme & gender-expansive artists. Tricia Rainwater works in multi media and photography and Alma Leppla is a multimedia artist and educator.

Alma Leppla

Tricia Rainwater

Tuesday, June 7

SOGIE Workshop & LGBTQ+ Open Discussion

10 a.m.-1 p.m.
Toyon Room (2020) & Zoom

Join Foothill College Psychologist and Professor, Dr. Clifton Der Bing for a Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, Expression, & LGBTQ+ Open Discussion!

EVENT REGISTRATION

Wednesday, June 8

Pride March

12-1 p.m.
Cesar Chavez Plaza

Join us to celebrate Pride for a Pride March! More information to come. Free food & drinks!

Thursday, June 9

LGBTQ+ History Film Discussion

10 a.m.-12 p.m.
Hearthside Lounge & Zoom

Come join a screening of Ailey followed by a discussion with the director of the film Jamila Wignot, facilitated by Sociology Professor John Fox and Equity Librarian Laura Gamez.

“Alvin Ailey was a trailblazing pioneer who found salvation through dance. AILEY traces the full contours of this brilliant and enigmatic man whose search for the truth in movement resulted in enduring choreography that centers on the Black American experience with grace, strength, and unparalleled beauty. Told through Ailey’s own words and featuring evocative archival footage and interviews with those who intimately knew him, director Jamila Wignot weaves together a resonant biography of an elusive visionary.”

Friday, June 10

Pride Dance Party & Dinner

6-8 p.m.
Library Quad

Come join us in the Library Quad Friday June 10th from 6 to 8 PM for an LGBTQ+ History Month Celebration Dance Party!

With music by Kimberlynn Acevedo aka La Femme Papi (they/she). DJ + Educator Queer Salvadoreñx from SF Centering Femmes & Themes/QTIPOC/Immigrants

Attire: Formal

EVENT REGISTRATION

Thursday, June 16

Artist Talk: Liz Harvey and Danni

12-1 p.m.
Join by Zoom

Join FC Art History Professor Cynthia Branvall for an Artist Talk with Liz Harvey and Danni!

For Zoom access, please RSVP with your first and last name and CWID to Venicia Massey at masseyvenicia@fhda.edu.

Friday, June 17

Artist Talk: Athur Tress

10-11 a.m.
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FH Photography Professor Ron Herman hosts an artist talk with photographer Arthur Tress. Tress is one of the most renowned and innovative American photographers of his generation. Known for his staged surrealism and exposition of the human body, Tress’s work is rich with implication and fantasy. His book, The Dream Collector (1972), with staged photographic works based on his interviews with children and reenactments of their dreams is now considered a classic in the photobook literature. His images laid the groundwork for much of the theatrical, highly constructed work of today’s artists. This presentation is intended for a mature audience and contains sexual content including nudity.