In recognition of LGBTQ History Month, our friends at AT&T have launched the “Love is Changing History” project to demonstrate how our love is making history in everyday life.
The project encourages people to share their stories — stories of love, coming out, family, future — on its webpage. Each story can be viewed in an online gallery. And at the end of the campaign, each story will be included in a permanent collection at the U.S. Library of Congress.
But it doesn’t stop there.
For every person who shares a story, the website, or one the promotional films, AT&T will donate $1, up to $100,000, to The Trevor Project, the nation’s leading non-profit charity providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to LGBTQ youth.
How about we take this to the next level?
Our newsletter is like a refreshing cocktail (or mocktail) of LGBTQ+ entertainment and pop culture, served up with a side of eye-candy.
To promote the project, AT&T has created two films with longtime LGBTQ supporters and activists Lance Bass and Pauley Perrette.
See the first film below. It was co-directed by Pauley Perrette and is about a high school girl named Jenny. Prom is coming up and she must make a decision that will change her life forever.
Have the tissues ready. It’s a tear-jerker.
marc sfe
What film? All I find are links to AT&T, no film.
MikeE
@marc sfe: the films are AT the AT&T site. and the films were great. I particularly loved the 2nd one with the two dads.
Bfrenz
Good job AT&T, Verizon guy here..
SilverRayne
I only watched the film about Jenny due to my limited bandwidth, and omg I was in tears after her monologue. That was adorable, and such beautiful words. thumbs up for AT&T and those involved with this project.
Dakotahgeo
Great goin’ AT & T!!! Asuper hit! Dakotahgeo, M.Div. Pastor/Chaplain
yaoming
SPOILER ALERT: Both of these videos have a “gay surprise” – which is no surprise to us, so the effect falls a little flat, IMO.