LESBO is a community building event that features a rough-cut screening of the documentary Free Beer Tomorrow, which tells the story of Ohio’s longest running, lesbian owned and operated bar.
The screening will be followed by a panel discussion and Q&A with the filmmakers and cast. Afterwards, patrons will be invited to play a lesbian version of bingo, featuring cards with the letters L-E-S-B-O in place of the traditional B-I-N-G-O.
LESBO will take place at the Los Angeles LGBT Center’s Advocate & Gochis Galleries on Sunday, October 6, 2024, from 5-6:30 p.m.
This program is suitable for all ages.
Panelists
Julia M. Applegate, also known as Jake, is a Masculine Drag Performer, Producer, Film Director, and Historian with a deep commitment to LGBTQ+ health and advocacy. She holds a Master of Arts in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and a Master of Public Health from The Ohio State University, as well as a BA in Political Science from Ohio University. A founding member of H.I.S. Kings and the International Drag King Community Extravaganza, Julia has spent over 22 years as an HIV and LGBTQ+ health advocate, researcher, and administrator. Currently, she is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at The Ohio State University and is working on the project Free Beer Tomorrow.
LuSter P. Singleton, is a queer proud black Appalachian who is a parent, writer, commentator, creative energy, trailblazer, and Freedom Fighter. Luster is a native of Zanesville, Ohio and is proud to be from “Y-bridge river country.” He is fascinated by the intersections of “isms” and how it informs/instructs positive perceptions of “faith,” “belonging,” and gender in our daily lives. Luster is a graduate of The Ohio State University and holds a Master’s and Bachelors of Arts degree in Women’s Studies. He is a graduate of the National Coalition Building Institute and is a former coordinator of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Student Services, as well as, a former director of Ethnic Student Services at OSU. For 14 years, he was the veteran coordinator for the Pride Family and Teen Area for Columbus Stonewall’s yearly Pride Festival.
This program is organized by the directors and producers of Free Beer Tomorrow and is co-presented with the Los Angeles LGBT Center as part of Circa: Queer Histories Festival 2024, presented by One Institute.
Free Beer Tomorrow is a documentary film project that tells the story of Jack's/Summit Station, Ohio's longest running lesbian bar. With interviews from Peter Brown — a classically trained musician turned bar owner — to pioneering LGBTQ+ lawyer and legal scholar, Rhonda R. Rivera, and former patrons running the gamut of tap dancers, professional women's football players, feminist activists, bartenders and drag kings, the film explores lesbian culture in an era where bars were one of the few safe-havens from an oppressive and homophobic world.
The Los Angeles LGBT Center is a safe and welcoming place where the LGBTQ+ community finds help, hope, and support when it is needed the most.