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Join us for the best in transgender film! Our REEL GENDER Film Series continues with the documentary Out in the Cold, a compelling exploration of vital, unaddressed issues for homeless gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transsexual youth.

An estimated 1.3 million American young people are homeless, dying at a rate of 13 per day. It is further estimated that about 500,000 of these young homeless are gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgendered. Experts assert that within 48 hours of leaving home, 42% of these kids, straight or gay, turn to prostitution to survive.

In a straightforward, talking-heads format, Out in the Cold introduces about a dozen young people who either have been thrown out or driven out of their homes when they came out to their families, and they all have horror stories. Much of the documentary was shot in Indianapolis, which means that Out in the Cold plumbs the depths of homophobia in America's heartland--and unsurprisingly finds it virtually bottomless.