Beginning Friday November 9, QDoc will be presenting a FREE monthly screening of the best in LGBT documentaries in collaboration with the Portland Q Center. Curated by QDoc founders Russ Gage and David Weissman, the series will feature both recent and classic docs, including some little-known gems.

All screenings are at the Q Center, 69 SE Taylor Ave at SE Water Ave. 7:30 PM

Friday, Nov. 9 2007 - THE COCKETTES - Winner of the LA Film Critics Award for Best Documentary of 2002, THE COCKETTES tells of the rise and fall of San Francisco's legendary theatrical troupe of hippies and drag queens, 1969-1972.

Thursday Dec. 13 2007 - THE BELIEVERS - an unprecedented feature documentary that shatters assumptions about faith, gender, and religion. Built around the world’s first transgender gospel choir, the film portrays the choir’s dilemma - how to reconcile their gender identity with the widespread belief that changing one’s gender goes against the word of God.

Friday Jan. 11, 2008 - BALLOT MEASURE 9 - The Sundance-winning feature BALLOT MEASURE 9 is the chilling chronicle of the historic 1992 gay rights battle fought here in Oregon and the unprecedented level of anti-gay violence the campaign rhetoric provoked across the state. Winner of jury and audience awards internationally, Ballot Measure 9 shocked movie-goers nationwide when it was released in 1995, and it continues to resonate for a new audience as “defense of marriage” reinvigorates the right-wing.

In celebration of the coming re-release on DVD, and to reconnect with those who worked to defeat the measure, please join our special guests Mayor Tom Potter, Kathleen Saadat, Donna Red Wing, Scott Seibert, Anne Sweet, Elise and Jim Self, and others featured in the film, as well as director Heather MacDonald.

Thursday. Feb. 14, 2008 - BROTHER, OUTSIDER -THE LIFE OF BAYARD RUSTIN -Brother Outsider is the definitive film biography of one of the most controversial figures of the Civil Rights Movement. Bayard Rustin was on of the first freedom riders, an advisor to Dr. Martin Luther King and A. Philip Randolph, organizer of the 1963 March on Washington. Intelligent, gregarious and charismatic, Rustin was denied his place in the limelight for one reason - he was gay. His homosexuality forced him to play a background role in landmark events in the Black struggle.

Thursday Mar. 13, 2008 - RUTHIE AND CONNIE - They're Jewish, they're grandmothers, and they're lesbians. But they're also so much more, as you'll find out in Deborah Dickson's powerful and intimate documentary. Ruth Berman and Connie Kurtz first met in Brooklyn in 1959, both young married women raising their young children. Becoming fast friends, they soon both moved with their families near Coney Island, where they became active community leaders. Then, in 1974, something incredible happened - they fell in love. Though struggling with homophobia, both society's and their own, Ruth and Connie decided to leave their marriages and children for one another. While it hasn't always been smooth sailing, they've ridden out the rough spots with humor, passion, and wisdom, redefining and reinventing their own version of "family values." Along the way, their political spirit resurfaces, leading to their fight against the New York City Board of Education for domestic partner benefits, and their establishment of a PFLAG chapter for retirees in Florida. Ruthie & Connie demonstrates the wit and wisdom, heartache and joy of these two wonderfully funny and deeply complex women who live their private lives in public and with passion.

Thursday Apr. 10, 2008 - HOPE ALONG THE WIND - the fascinating and extraordinary life of Harry Hay; labor organizer, Marxist teacher, and founder, in 1950 of the Mattachine Society - the first gay rights organization in the country. Harry was also immersed in the 60scounterculture, the Radical Fairies, and Native American culture.His story provides a chronicle of the gay rights movement, as well as a history of California in the 20th Century. This momentous film features poignant interviews with Harry and many of the surviving original members of this historic and brave group of gay men. In the last 40 years, Harry has immersed himself in the counterculture youth movement, the Radical Fairies, and Native American culture.