Proceeds support Troy Perry Legacy Grants for LGBTQIA+ Youth Project
Launching in time for many countries’ celebration of LGBT History Month, leaders of the Charter for Compassion LGBTQ Sector are expanding the OUR PRIDE Shorts & Arts Fest, started seven years ago as a teen youth-focused short film program by Los Angeles-based nonprofit 501(c)(3) Charter partner Rainbow Advocacy.
Proceeds from the $20 All Access Pass ticket sales are supporting an LGBTQIA+ youth economic empowerment program in Kampala, Uganda, Liberation Designs, which was started in 2023 through Rainbow Advocacy’s Troy Perry Legacy Grants, created to train and employ youth in the textile arts.
Kenney Fitzpatrick, The Q LGBTQ Creative Network
 | The two producers of the festival have been leading projects for the international Charter for Compassion LGBTQIA+ Sub-sector for more than a decade. John Boswell, president of Rainbow Advocacy, first spearheaded a 2012 campaign to create a Compassionate Palm Springs program. In 2014, Kenney Fitzpatrick, president of Halifax, Canada-based nonprofit The Q LGBTQ Creative Network, spearheaded the 2014 Compassionate University campaign and signing of the Charter for Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax. |
 | The global expansion of the festival is made possible through the sponsorship of Beverly Hills-based Entertainment Oxygen and their eoFlix streaming platform. “Our Pride Shorts & Arts Fest is a testament to the tremendous stories of the LGBTQ community that need to be told and shared with the world, particularly during LGBTQ History Month,” said eo Founder/CEO Apple TungFong. “We hope the short films and artistic performances selected for Our Pride Shorts & Arts Fest leave you feeling empowered, inspired and strong.” |
 | “Our Pride Shorts & Arts Fest is the perfect choice for anyone who wants to watch short films and, at the same time, support an LGBTQ cause. For only $20, you have access—for an entire month—to a cornucopia of short films that highlight our beautiful community,” said Rev. Troy Perry, founder of worldwide LGBTQ-focused ministry Metropolitan Community Churches (MCC). |
“Your generosity will help our talented group of LGBTQ creatives in Uganda to continue designing beautiful merchandise that they plan to sell through their online marketplace," Troy commented. "Together, we can help LGBTQ Ugandans to thrive and survive in one of the world’s harshest countries for LGBTQ people.”
Members and allies of the LGBTQ community, as well as short film aficionados, can gain access to more than 130 LGBTQ-themed short films which will stream online 24 hours a day, beginning Tuesday, October 1, 2024.
Our Pride Shorts & Arts Fest features short films submitted from more than 25 countries - including countries where brave LGBTQ people remain mistreated or criminalized, such as Uganda, Ghana, Senegal, Namibia, Iran, Pakistan, and Russia.
From award-winning documentaries to joyful LGBTQ protagonists, Our Pride Shorts & Arts Fest will offer more than 30 hours’ worth of screenings, including the festival premiere of Queer2Queer, a series of four short films featuring intergenerational conversations between young LGBTQ+ influencers and legendary LGBTQ+ activists, including NAMES Project AIDS Quilt visionary Cleve Jones; Kylar Broadus, the first openly transgender person to testify before the United States Senate; and Magora Kennedy, a pastor and Stonewall veteran who recently passed away in November 2023.
In each episode, these heartfelt conversations build connections between generations while fostering a deeper sense of the LGBTQ community’s shared values. As an exclusive experience to subscribers, Our Pride Shorts & Arts Fest will host a live Q&A with some of the changemakers featured in Queer2Queer.
In addition to the short films, the award-winning 90 minute documentary “1946: The Mistranslation That Shifted Culture” is being featured which explores the question: “What if the word ‘homosexual’ was never meant to be in the Bible?” The film chronicles how the misuse of a single word changed the course of modern history, following the story of tireless researchers who trace the origins of the anti-gay movement among Christians to a grave mistranslation of the Bible in 1946.
To complement the plethora of short films on eoFlix, Our Pride Shorts & Arts Fest will also showcase videoPoetry, music videos and artists from around the world. Our Pride Shorts & Arts Fest is available worldwide and also on streaming services Apple TV, Fire TV and The Roku Channel.
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