(x-post) HAND HOLDING DAY at the CJM (Contemporary Jewish Museum)

[Behind the Aegis]

San Francisco, CA, July 21, 2011—It’s time for a show of hands this Sunday, July 24 at the Contemporary Jewish Museum as we celebrate Hand Holding Day! In the aftermath of a widely publicized incident in our galleries in which a contract security guard, acting in his individual capacity, told two women holding hands that it was not allowed,* the Museum demonstrates its ongoing commitment to diversity by encouraging visitors to come stroll hand in hand through the galleries no matter who you love and to celebrate the LGBT families in our community.*

“We are excited about welcoming everyone to the Museum for a day of celebration,” says CJM Director and CEO Connie Wolf. “When we learned that a contract security officer was not in alignment with the Museum’s values and policies, he was immediately removed from the Museum and reprimanded. The Museum is dedicated to engaging all visitors in the diversity of culture, history, art, and ideas. Sunday at the Museum will be an extraordinary opportunity to share in the diversity of people, ideas, and community.”

The morning features several previously scheduled activities just for families with young children in conjunction with the current Seeing Gertrude Stein: Five Stories exhibition including special art-making activities, tours of the exhibition, and performances by the SF Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band, the Voices Lesbian Choral Ensemble, and Lesbian/Gay Chorus of San Francisco. The LGBT Family Morning of Stein takes place 9 AM to 12 PM and is appropriate for young children (preschool through nine years old) and their families. All families are welcome, and youth 18 and under are always free. Learn More.

Later that day, loved ones can hold hands as they enjoy a special free performance by actress Laura Sheppard entitled Paris Portraits: Stories of Picasso, Matisse, Gertrude Stein and their Circle, her one-woman show based on the new memoir of Gertrude Stein by Harriet Levy from Heyday Books. The 30-minute performance starts at 2 PM and is followed by a conversation with Sheppard and historians Frances Dinkelspiel and Fred Rosenbaum. Get Tickets.

http://www.thecjm.org/index.php?option=com_pressroom&scope=archive&task=detail&id=507

Edit to add post from GD: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1542451

[aquart]

1. GOOD. Lotta gay Jews.

May they never again have to hide.

[BillStein]

2. one in every minyan! nt

[Behind the Aegis]

3. And if there is enough Manischewitz, maybe more than one!

:evilgrin:

[RetiredTrotskyite]

4. Mazel Tov!!

K&R

[lightningandsnow]

5. Definitely a step in the right direction.

Including LGBT content in their exhibits: even better. :)