The Frankly Speaking Circle is a vehicle where donors, artists, and activists unite to incubate films and build community around one shared mission: To ensure that our community is valued as essential in the fabric of humanity, so we cannot be erased or legislated away.
Queer people remain under attack. Across America, the erasure of queer lives is being written into law.
In 2025 alone, more than 616 anti-LGBTQ+ bills were introduced across 47 states—many designed to erase our existence. Queer stories are being banned from shelves, stripped from curricula, and pushed out of public life.
Those who seek to erase us understand the truth we live by: when our stories are told, we are impossible to ignore.
Independent film financing and the way we measure ROI is broken.
Our model considers social change as a key factor in our return on investment, proving that measurable impact toward shifting culture, rather than just financial gain, defines true success in storytelling.
Over the next decade with your support, we will:
By joining the Circle as a donor, you become part of a growing community using storytelling as a force for justice, joy, and belonging.
Together, we make sure our stories—and our community—will never be erased.
