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Registration opens:
September 17th, 2026

Documentary Screening: Coming Out

A 50 Year History: The History of the Public Gay Identity
2026-10-15 15:00:00 2026-10-15 16:00:00 America/New_York Documentary Screening: Coming Out These inspiring talks give insight into the political and personal changes that shaped the modern LGBTQ movement. Point Pleasant Beach Branch - Point Pleasant Beach Meeting Room

Thursday, October 15
3:00pm - 4:00pm

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Point Pleasant Beach Branch

Point Pleasant Beach Meeting Room

These inspiring talks give insight into the political and personal changes that shaped the modern LGBTQ movement.

Transgender teen, Jazz Jennings, narrates this documentary where young people interview a host of LGBTQ elders who came out in different historical eras from the 1950s through today.

These inspiring talks give insight into the political and personal changes that shaped the modern LGBTQ movement. The young interviewers get an opportunity to compare and contrast their "coming out" experience with people who came out during McCarthy, Civil Rights, post-Stonewall, and AIDS eras. In the end, they learn that every generation of activists stands on the shoulders of those who came before and that activism needs to continue even in the light of great social strides.

56 min (NR). 

This documentary is provided through Kanopy, an Ocean County Library e-resource that is available to all Ocean County residents with a library card. 

AGE GROUP: | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Movie |

TAGS: | LGBTQ |

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