In honor of Pride month please join FCA for a special virtual screening of Gen Silent, followed by a discussion with the film's director Stu Maddux and Kiku Johnson, Executive Director of the Rainbow Community Center of Contra Costa County.
The generation that fought the hardest to come out, are going back into the closet to survive. Gen Silent, a critically acclaimed documentary, follows six LGBTQ seniors in Boston, MA, who struggle to safely navigate aging while LGBTQ. Oppression before Stonewall, modern prejudices, and life-long discrimination have left LGBTQ seniors afraid of seeking help and dangerously isolated.
Stu Maddux is an award winning producer and director of non-fiction media with international credits including PBS, Showtime, TLC, VH1, Spike, Logo, CMT and BBC. His work has been featured in The New York Times, The Atlantic, VICE and NPR’s Morning Edition among others. His honors include seven regional Emmy Awards as well as awards from film festivals on five continents. Maddux is an outspoken activist for the LGBTQ aging and LGBTQ history movements.
June 30, 2020
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM PT
Location:
Online via Zoom
Registration URL:
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/9015924200912/WN_r-k_flUiQxmKBXce4lImWg
Dear Friends:
June is Pride Month. FCA is honored to serve the LGBTQ community in the San Francisco Bay Area, and across the nation. As caregivers, LGBTQ individuals often face unique and daunting challenges. One of these, the fear of discrimination, abuse, and bullying in medical and long-term care settings, is featured in this month’s upcoming screening of Gen Silent.
FCA offers a number of resources for LGBTQ caregivers including fact sheets on special concerns for LGBTQ caregivers and legal issues as well as an online support group. This month we join with Americans of all walks of life to celebrate the contributions, struggles, and triumphs of the LGBTQ community.
Sincerely,
Calvin Hu
Education Coordinator
edprograms@caregiver.org
