'The Gendercator'

Indiana-native filmmaker Catherine Crouch will be in the audience to discuss her controversial short film "The Gendercator." It was banned from the San Francisco International GLBT Film Festival because it was "so offensive," McClelland said. \nThe film takes place in the future, challenging the viewer to imagine a world where there is no choice about the way gender is expressed, said McClelland. The film caused controversy because it presents a world where political and religious values come together with transgender and transsexual people to form a compromise. McClelland believes this controversial topic needs to be discussed.\n"The transgender activists are saying, 'We would never do that, and the fact that we would do that is an act of transphobia," McClelland said. "It really goes to the heart of a growing voice within the gay, lesbian, bi and transgender community"