LGBT films series continues with “Too Cold Out There Without You”

The Unitarian Universalist Church of Medford’s 2013-2014
series of LGBT films continues with a showing on Friday, November 22nd
of the documentary, “Too Cold Out There Without You.” The film will be shown at
7:00 pm in the Sanctuary, at 147 High Street, Medford. The screening is free
and open to the public. As a bonus, Rev. Chris Fike, the subject of the documentary,
will be present at the film and will answer questions afterwards.

The film focuses on Episcopal
minister Rev. Christopher Fike, as he is coming through his gender transition.
When he was ordained in the Episcopal Church five years earlier, Rev. Fike was
a straight, married mother of two. Now he has completed his transition and
identifies as a man. The film situates Rev. Fike’s struggle in the ongoing
crisis in the Episcopal Church over issues of sexual orientation, and we see
him negotiating the fall-out from his transition while simultaneously trying to
balance his life as a priest, social worker and single parent.

The 2012
movie, directed by Amy Gattie, is a gripping, compelling story of one man’s
journey to his transgendered identity. Both educating and moving, it shows Rev.
Fike dealing with his career and his children (who have their own problems), in
the context of a church which is deeply divided over gender and sexuality.