This year's first Nicholas Papadopoulos Endowed Lecture in Gay & Lesbian Studies event will highlight the documentary, DISCLOSURE, which examines the portrayal of transgender and gender non-conforming people in television and film through the experiences of trans and gender non-conforming people who grew up watching this media. The film was released last year shortly after the murder of George Floyd by the police, and its reception and interventions have particularly examined, among trans lives generally, how Black trans lives are portrayed in media and the intersections of racism and sexism. Film director, Sam Feder, and three of the people whose interviews structure the film: actress and musician Alexandra Grey; former LA Times journalist Tre’vell Anderson and journalist and current national spokesperson for GLAAD Tiq Milan will be present to share their experiences making this groundbreaking documentary.

Live Closed Captioning and ASL Interpretation will be available.