From: "Jay Moseley" Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 16:12:57 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Charlotte Gay Film Series: April SOURCE: OutCharlotte -- http://www.outcharlotte.org Charlotte Gay & Lesbian Film Series Thursday, April 22, Mint Museum of Art, 2730 Randolph Road 7:00pm - The Transformation, a documentary by Susana Aikin and Carlos Aparicio. The Transformation explores the life of Ricardo, a former homeless prostitute and transvestite, as he undergoes an attempt to transform himself from a homosexual to a heterosexual. 9:15pm - Dear Jesse, written and directed by Tim Kirkman. Both a moving diary and informative documentary, Dear Jesse parallels the experiences of Tim Kirkman, a gay filmmaker returning to his native North Carolina with a stinging indictment of Senator Jesse Helms. Following the death of Matthew Shepard, Kirkman realized he had interviewed Matthew when he was a student in North Carolina. This showing includes new footage of that interview. Tickets are $6.00 and will be available one-half hour prior to showtime. For additional information call OutCharlotte at 563-2699. ___________________________________________________________ The Charlotte Rainbow Newsletter is a free e-mail newsletter providing local, regional, and national news and events of interest to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community of the metro Charlotte, North Carolina area. The newsletter was established April 4, 1997 as a result of the Mecklenburg County "Gang of Five's" decision to cut funding to area arts organizations because of homosexual themes in their presentations. Since its establishment, the list of subscribers has grown to over 500. SUBSCRIPTION INFO: To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your email address, please send an email message to RainbowNews@mindspring.com with the action in the subject line. For change of addresses, please include both addresses in the body of the message. To view newletter archives, newsletter policies, a community calendar, links and more, check out our web page at: http://www.geocities.com/WestHollywood/Village/7620 Thank you for your support. Please share this newsletter with your friends and others who may be interested.