We are in an LGBTQIA+ State of Emergency!
We are in an LGBTQIA+ State of Emergency! Here are some steps you can take to make a difference, and promote visibility & pride:
Host a Screening and Discussion
Watch No Straight Lines with your friends together at a home, online, place of worship, to name a few. Or at a college campus, workplace, public library, or community center. Encourage a discussion.
Host a Screening followed by a Drink & Draw event
This is a great way for folks who want to draw their own comics along with others and a nice beverage. First watch the film, and then enjoy a relaxing conversation while drawing with other novices or accomplished artists. The power of self-representation is huge! And don’t forget: No straight lines!
Buy the film for your campus library or alma mater
This is a great way to make the film available in perpetuity to inspire queer youth on college campuses.
Book a Speaker
Schedule a filmmaker or an artist featured in the film as a guest speaker,
Please write to us to arrange an event with one of the filmmakers or artists in the film. nslthefilm@gmail.com
Or schedule an activist to speak on one of the issues raised in the film: censorship, queer history, DIY art making, and more.
Join the fight against censorship in the U.S. today:
- Comic Book Legal Defense Fund
- Lambda Legal
- National LGBTQ Task Force
- PEN America to Counter Book Banning
- ACLU map – Track the 300+ anti-LGBTQ bills in the U.S.
Help raise funds for your local LGBTQIA+ youth group:
Organize a benefit screening of No Straight Lines. It’s a fun way to raise funds. It’s also a great antidote to the effort to once again make our lives invisible.
National organizations that support queer youth, seniors, artists,
and the truly great LGBTQIA+ community at large:
ACLU
Campus Pride
CenterLink
Covenant House
Family Acceptance Project
Gender Spectrum
GLSEN
GSA Network
Huckleberry House
LGBT National Help Center
Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR)
PEN America Artists At Risk
PFLAG
Rainbow Seniors
SAGE USA
The Trevor Project
TRUTH: Trans Youth Project
Q Chat Space
Catch up on your Queer Comics (Recommended Reading)