Add the Words’ Documentary Shows Struggles of Idaho’s LGBTQA Community_
University of Idaho[아이다호대학교]
The award-winning documentary “Add the Words,” by Michael D. Gough and Cammie Pavesic, will be shown at 3 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 22 at the Borah Theatre in the University of Idaho’s Bruce M. Pitman Center and 7 p.m. at the Kenworthy Theatre on Main St. in Moscow. Both showings are free to the public.
The movie covers the efforts of Idaho's LGBTQA community in its struggle to have the Idaho Legislature add the words “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” to Idaho’s Human Rights Act. After nine years of fruitless effort, hundreds of activists shut down the Capitol during the 2014 legislative session. The movie tells their story.
“Add the Words” has been shown in Lewiston, Boise, Pocatello, Coeur d’Alene, Bend, Oregon and at the LGPTA Film Festival in Los Angeles. Director Camie Pavesic will be present at the Moscow showings. A panel discussion will follow the film at the Kenworthy, featuring representatives of UI’s LGBTQA Office and members of the traveling “Add the Words” team.
The movie is being presented by the Latah County Human Rights Task Force, with assistance from the Moscow Human Rights Commission and the University of Idaho Office of Human Rights, Access and Inclusion.
The Human Rights Task Force is also sponsoring Human Rights Day at the Moscow farmers market from 8 a.m . to 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 19 with the theme, “Freedom from Discrimination as a Human Right.” There will be a table at the farmers market near the fountain with displays and information about the Idaho Human Rights Act and efforts to amend it. Children’s activities will also be available.
