Out Of The Closet

LGBTQ Portrayals in Movies After the Stonewall Riots (1969)

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Connie Hossier, Instructor
Scott Badman, Instructor

Eight Sessions:
Mondays at 3:30 pm until 6:30 pm
January 26, 2015 to March 16, 2015

Three hours per session with a feature film in the first half, followed by a break, then a discussion the second half.



Movie Schedule


Jan. 26, 2015       Session 1 - Hollywood and the Sexual Revolution
Stonewall (1995 feature set in 1969)
Links, Presentations, Handouts, Clips, and Other Movies You Might Like


Feb. 2, 2015       Session 2 - Producing Pride
A Very Natural Thing (1973)
Links, Presentations, Handouts, Clips, and Other Movies You Might Like


Feb. 9, 2015       Session 3 - Out of the Closet Into the Art House
Desert Hearts (1985)
Links, Presentations, Handouts, Clips, and Other Movies You Might Like


Feb. 16, 2015       Session 4 - A Matter of Life and Death: AIDS
Parting Glances (1986)
Links, Presentations, Handouts, Clips, and Other Movies You Might Like


Feb. 23, 2015       Session 5 - Hollywood is Burning: the New Queer Cinema
The Watermelon Woman (1996) - the surprise feature revealed at the beginning of the class
Links, Presentations, Handouts, Clips, and Other Movies You Might Like


Mar. 2, 2015       Session 6 - Queer Eye for the Straight Hollywood Executive
Bound (1995)
Links, Presentations, Handouts, Clips, and Other Movies You Might Like


Mar. 9, 2015 Session 7 - Queer Independent Film in the New Millennium
In the Family (2011)
Links, Presentations, Handouts, Clips, and Other Movies You Might Like


Mar. 16, 2015  Session 8 - Trans* Formations
Tomboy (2011)
Links, Presentations, Handouts, Clips, and Other Movies You Might Like     


Background Picture:

Glenn Milstead's high school picture, later known as Devine. Even at age 17, look at those eyebrows!