We're celebrating LGBT Q Plus History Month with the Deputy director of we , of course , began with a film festival and has ballooned over time . Outfest is a nonprofit that is dedicated to creating um empowering storytellers to tell LGBT Q stories and characters and , and through that create empathy to change the world . When it started back in 1983 it was started by uh a few students on the campus of UCL A uh who weren't seeing themselves positively portrayed .
These icons champion progress with inclusivity to move the LGBT Q plus community forward . We're celebrating LGBT Q Plus History Month with the Deputy director of we , of course , began with a film festival and has ballooned over time . Outfest is a nonprofit that is dedicated to creating um empowering storytellers to tell LGBT Q stories and characters and , and through that create empathy to change the world .
And now more than ever , we're not talking about ourselves and ourselves as having been here for forever . Uh Then it just makes it easy to sort of erase us outfest restored . Uh One of the earliest known films from 1919 , different from the others , one of the earliest positive , you know , gay story lines .
And so they wanted to , they created a media conference for positive LGBT Q . Although at the time , it was probably leaning into the lesbian and gay portrayal just so that they could see themselves . This was before we had a marriage .
And then unfortunately , sort of rolled back here of late . We're so excited about the Legacy Awards that are this Saturday and this is our annual fundraiser and we're honoring Janelle Monae , Star Trek and G Amazon . This month is LGBT Q Plus History Month , which is so important .
