Philadelphia Films: Videos from the Tri-Co Libraries

DVD. The documentary story of two ministers, Fred Day and Beth Stroud, and the congregation at the First United Methodist Church of Germantown from May, 2002-September, 2004. The traditional style of the newly-appointed Fred Day causes a divide among the congregation. Simultaneously the congregation supports Beth Stroud in her challenge to the United Methodist Church's law banning gays in the clergy. The program covers the progression from Stroud's sermon announcing that she is a self-avowed practicing homosexual to her trial in which she loses her clergy credentials.

DVD of an archival VHS tape.. It's outrageous. It's funny. It's deadly serious. It's Gay Bingo, the monthly bingo game that has become the premiere AIDS fundraising event in the Philadelphia region. Gay Bingo debuted in Philadelphia in 1996 as a fundraiser for The AIDS Fund, which benefits more than 40 AIDS service organizations in the region. To date, the games have raised more than half a million dollars.

DVD. The story of gay and lesbian activists who staged the first homosexual civil rights demonstrations in Philadelphia, Washington and New York from 1965 to 1969.