SAN FRANCISCO -- On Wednesday, October 3, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., the GLBT Historical Society will host a special screening of Gerty Gerty Gerty Stein Is Back Back Back. Critics loved this 1981 video recording of lesbian actor Pat Bond’s acclaimed one-woman homage to Gertrude Stein, and it was shown on pubic television stations nationwide throughout the decade. The event launches a series of exciting activities at the GLBT Historical Society in honor of Queer History Month. It is free and open to the public.

Upcoming Queer History Month events at the GLBT Historical Society include an October 11 book launch reception for Steve Gdula’s Wearing History: T-Shirts for the Gay Rights Movement, and, on October 13, a panel discussion on the Women’s Music Movement from the late 1960s through the 1980s.

WHAT:  Gerty Gerty Gerty Stein Is Back Back Back screening. Free and open to the public; refreshments provided..

WHEN:  Wednesday, October 3, 2007, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

WHERE: GLBT Historical Society, 657 Mission Street, Suite 300 (between New Montgomery and Third streets), San Francisco . One block from the Montgomery BART/Muni station. Inexpensive city parking nearby on Third (between Folsom and Howard streets).

 This screening also promotes the Pat Bond Memorial Old Dyke Awards, to be held this year on Saturday, October 27. For more information, see www.patbondaward.com.

The mission of the GLBT Historical Society is to increase public understanding, appreciation, and affirmation of the history and culture of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and other sexual minority individuals and communities. For more information, call 415.777.5455 or visit www.glbthistory.org.