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Please join us for the next film in our Beyond Boundaries: Dare to Be Diverse screening and discussion series, Alone in the Game, on Thursday, April 11, at 7:00 p.m. in the Burchfield Penney Art Center's Tower Auditorium. A panel discussion will follow the film.

Alone in the Game (2018) is a powerful documentary, directed by Natalie Metzger and Michael Rohrbaugh, that explores LGBTQ experiences in the world of sports, which remains an unsettling environment for many lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Americans on and off the field.

Homophobia, transphobia, and a culture of secrecy strongly persist in American sports, often seen as the final frontier for LGBTQ equality. In the five major North American professional leagues—NFL, NBA, NHL, MLB, and MLS—where statistically one would expect to find hundreds of gay athletes, no openly gay male professional athletes currently compete. Alone in the Game enters into the old boys' club world of sport and examines this major dilemma at the professional, Olympic, collegiate, and high school levels, capturing rarely seen stories of struggle, perseverance, and triumph.

Beyond Boundaries is sponsored by the Communication Department, the Equity and Campus Diversity Office, the Burchfield Penney Art Center, and the Women and Gender Studies Interdisciplinary Unit. The event is free and open to the public.