Join Rev. Steven Baines as he introduces A Blinding Flash of the Obvious, a documentary that tells the compelling story of the 2004 Ohio campaign that helped repeal Cincinnati’s 11-year-old anti-gay law.

Following the reception and screening there will be an open discussion of the film featuring some of today’s premier voices in the struggle for LGBT equality. The speakers are Carmen Vazquez, Deputy Executive Director, Empire State Pride Agenda; Dave Fleischer, Director of Organizing and Training, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force; Rev. Steven C. Baines, Director of Interfaith Outreach, People For the American Way Foundation; James Dale, Civil Rights Activist, Dale v. Boy Scouts of America, USSC.

Location: The LGBT Community Center, 208 West 13th Street (between 7th and 8th Avenues), New York, NY 10011. You can reach the Center easily by subway: on the IRT Broadway/Seventh Avenue line, take the IRT 1, 2, or 3 (the red line) to 14th Street at Seventh Avenue; on the IND line, take the A, C or E (the blue line) to 14th Street at Eighth Avenue.

Open to the public. Suggested donation $20.

RSVP by August 4th to Kelly Rolf, 212-420-0440, krolf@pfaw.org [1]. Space is limited! Free food generously provided by elmo restaurant and lounge!

Sponsors: National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, Empire State Pride Agenda, NARAL Pro-Choice New York, New York Civil Liberties Union, The Peter Cicchino Youth Project of the Urban Justice Center, Planned Parenthood of New York City, Physicians for Reproductive Choice and Health, Garden State Equality, The Gay and Lesbian Dominican Empowerment Organization, Soulforce NYC, AXIOS Eastern Orthodox Christian LGBT Christians, BlueWaveNJ, New Jersey Stonewall Democrats, Jim Owles Liberal Democratic Club, The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, The LGBT Community Center, People For the American Way Foundation, Young People For