Hastings College event to recognize Transgender Awareness Week
Aaron Raz Link
(Theindependent) Hastings College Alliance will host a screening and discussion of “What Becomes You,” a documentary film by Hastings College professors David Lovekin, professor of philosophy and chair of the department; and Jim Fritzler, professor of theatre arts, at 7 p.m. Thursday in the French Memorial Chapel. Refreshments will be served. The event is free and open to the public.
The film follows Hilda Raz, a well-known poet, feminist scholar and editor of the “Prairie Schooner,” and her daughter-turned-son, Aaron Raz Link, as they discuss their experience of Aaron’s transgender process and the memoir they wrote about it.
The event is scheduled in recognition of national Transgender Awareness Week, which started Sunday and runs through Friday.
The Hastings College Alliance teaches and promotes safety, dignity, respect and acceptance for students of all sexual orientations, gender identities and gender expressions and strives to create a welcoming and supportive atmosphere for all, whether gay, lesbian, straight, bisexual, transgender or questioning.
