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SHE4ME, the marriage equality PSA, has been officially selected to screen at IMMAGINARIA, A day of independent lesbian movies (Rebels, Lesbians, Eccentrics…”) at the International Women’s Film Festival in Roma, Italy, on May 31.

The organizers of the event SCREENING THE GIRLS, Lista Lesbica Italiana (LLI) and Fuori Salone delle Lesbiche/Lesbians Outhall n.4, were thrilled to include SHE4ME directed by the multiple award-winning Nicole Conn and set to the Jen Foster song “She”, in the festival.

IMMAGINARIA have been supporters of Nicole Conn since her groundbreaking 1992 film “Claire of the Moon”, which was screened in Bologna. A decade later Conn’s “A Perfect Ending” (starring SHE4ME’s Barbara Niven) was selected and screened at the IMMAGINARIA festival in Milano.

The Marriage Equality USA (MEUSA) production is a five+ minute video starring Nicole Pacent, Mike C. Manning, Gabrielle Christian, and Barbara Niven. The video features several other cameos by actresses who have portrayed seminal lesbian roles and introduces two new young talents, dancer Jolie Ponchetti and actress Hazel Sepenuk.

The video opens up to a beautiful wedding, where viewers witness a celebration of love between family, friends and guests. The viewers are taken on a journey through exquisite flashbacks of the bride and her best friend in their youth. We witness an underlying tension during the present day wedding before being presented with an endearing plot twist. The twist has been designed to help transmit a hopeful message of love and understanding to a mainstream audience, thinking of those with opinions somewhere near neutral on gay marriage.

SHE4ME is all about love. About how underneath it all, Love is Love and, to coin a lyric from the song SHE “there is nothing to be afraid of.” This video shows a face that people need to see, the face of unconditional love. With the help of YouTube and hundreds of volunteers, partner organizations, SHE4ME is expected to reach millions of people all around the globe, especially in places where LGBT people are not accepted.

MEUSA, the largest grassroots marriage equality organization in the United States, partnered with Fosterchild Records and Melke Pty Ltd to produce this social project.

Brian Silva, Executive Director for Marriage Equality USA says: “Music and video projects like this have the power to impact millions of viewers by showing the love and commitment that is celebrated and protected by passing civil marriage equality for LGBTQ families.”

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The SHE4ME PSA video, shot in West Hollywood LA through November and December last year, is currently in post-production.

The music video will be paired to a mix of Jen Foster‘s “She”. The song has been a favorite within the lesbian community for over a decade and is often used in commitment ceremonies. Renowned music producer Eve Nelson scored the piece and produced an incredible fusion of contemporary orchestra and dance to compliment the storyboard created by Director Nicole Conn.

Celebrities including Nicole Pacent, Barbara Niven, Mike C Manning, Gabrielle Christian, Traci Dinwiddie, Guinevere Turner and many others joined the production at key sponsor Andaz West Hollywood. Check out the fun blooper reel filmed in the media room at Andaz by Equality TV.

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Filmmaker Quentin Lee of QueerComrades.com has written and directed a pro-LGBT PSA for mobile devices, and it’s actually really great. The two-minute video tells the story of a lesbian and a gay man who plan to get married to ease the pressure from their parents, who don’t approve of their gayness. The “problem” is that the gay man’s mother knows he’s gay and doesn’t want him to live a lie.

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GLAAD and the Sylvia Rivera Law Project have released a series of PSA featuring transgender and gender non-confirming people and allies, including Annette Benning and Warren Beatty’s transgender son, Stepehen Ira. The PSA discusses issues surrounding healthcare access for transgender people.

To learn more, visit http://glaad.org/healthcare and http://srlp.org/healthcare

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Legendary writer/director Nicole Conn is directing a marriage equality music video PSA to an orchestral dance remix of Jen Foster‘s “SHE.” Check out this teaser!

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Nicole Conn, the writer/director behind lesbian favorites Claire Of The Moon (1992), Elena Undone (2010) and A Perfect Ending (2012) is directing a Marriage Equality PSA to be released in December. This will be Conn’s first music video.

SHE4MarriageEquality (@She_4_ME) will launch a video clip to a orchestral dance mix of Jen Foster‘s “SHE.”  Foster says, “It started out as a small project and now it has snowballed into this large movement. Everyone who has pitched in to make this PSA come to life has been so genuinely excited to help. It has been a really moving experience.”

Marriage Equality USA (MEUSA), Visit West Hollywood, WOLFE Video, Curve Magazine and Andaz West Hollywood have all signed on as official supporters of the video along with a fleet of volunteers from the LGBT community who have contributed in every aspect of this Music Video PSA.

The video will feature guest appearances by Nicole Pacent (Anyone But Me), Barbara Niven (A Perfect Ending), Traci Dinwiddie (Elena Undone) and more.

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The United Nations’ new PSA, “The Riddle,” addresses homophobia and transphobia internationally and makes a promise to LGBTQ people: you are not alone.

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