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Going Away Soon

Before Homosexuals just received the Green Light from Seed and Spark! Thanks to a generous (and anonymous), benefactor who understands that an assault on LGBT rights is underway in this country, and that #Resistancemeans getting our film into classrooms, lecture halls, and libraries, where people can see and hear the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Heroes and Heroines who have created lush artworkbeautiful poetry, and who have taken courageous and historic action to resist the oppressors of their generation, as we resist the oppressors of our generation. And what better way to resist than by owning a piece of history? In the case of our anonymous benefactor, owning the signed and numbered Gilbert Baker Rainbow Flag, and in so doing, making a financial contribution to the worthy cause of making our history known forever?

There are only 24 more hours for you to own your own piece of history and to send your own message that hate has no place here, by making more young people aware of the many great things LGBT people have done for society since 2000 BC. Tomorrow, January 10, 2018 at the stroke of midnight, this campaign will come to an end.

Your tax-deductible support will allow an educational recut of our film to be mass-produced and placed in educational institutions around the world, which requires the following resources, which your donation will support:

  • Film Editor for Educational Recut
  • Graphic Designer for Promotional Materials
  • Travel Expenses to meet with educational distributors, colleges, universities, and grassroots organizations
  • Physical Production of BluRay, DVD & Study Guides
  • Film Screening Space Rentals
  • Publicity and Advertising
  • Review of legal contracts for educational distribution

You can help us reach that goal while having the chance to acquire some special rewards, including many one-of-a-kind works of historical relevance. Click on the pictures above and below to see more of our campaign rewards, including many fascinating books used in the making of the film.

Did we mention that one of the best donations you could give us is absolutely free? Simply clicking the follow button and following our campaign will not only be greatly appreciated, but will help us qualify for additional incentives from the Seed & Spark organization, so please follow us if you can! Thank you in advance for your support.

The Before Homosexuals Team

Win One of Our Newly Added Rewards with Your Year End Support of Our Outreach Campaign

Today is an exciting day for our film, Before Homosexuals!

In conjunction with our Seed and Spark campaign to promote Before Homosexuals to colleges and universities around the world, the first prototypes of the Educational Edition of the film have arrived, along with the holiday celebrations. Please click on the picture above to learn more about the campaign. There are only 10 more days left for us to reach our goal and succeed in our message that hate has no place here, by making more young people aware of the positive contributions LGBT people have made to society since 2000 BC.

Your tax-deductible support will allow these prototypes to be mass produced and placed in educational institutions around the world. You can help us reach that goal while having the chance to acquire some special rewards, including many one-of-a-kind works of historical relevance, so do some post-holiday shopping for yourself while helping a good cause! Click on the pictures above and below to see more of our campaign rewards.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Campaign Reward: One-of-a-kind Barbara Gittings poster from the 1999 After Stonewall publicity campaign.

 

 

 

 

Are funds scarce? Did we mention that one of the best donations you could give us is absolutely free? Simply clicking the follow button and following our campaign will not only be greatly appreciated, but will help us qualify for additional incentives from the Seed & Spark organization, so please follow us if you can! Thank you in advance for your support.

The Before Homosexuals Team

Lovers and Liberators of Democracy for Dan Kagan & Chris Murphy!

A big shout out to Dan Kagan and Chris Murphy for their generous donation to our Seed and Spark campaign to bring 4 thousand years of LGBT history to classrooms around the world. We thank them with the statues of Aristogeiton and Harmodius, photographed by our producer, Christopher Dawes in the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli, as our director, John Scagliotti looks on.

Aristogeiton and Harmodius were two lovers from ancient Athens who, after they killed the tyrant Hipparchus, were referred to as the Tyrannicides and became the preeminent symbols of democracy to ancient Athenians.

Thank you again Dan & Chris!

– The Before Homosexuals Crew

Lovers and Liberators of Democracy for Dan Kagan and Chris Murphy!

A big shout out to Dan Kagan and Chris Murphy for their generous donation to our Seed and Spark campaign to bring 4 thousand years of LGBT history to classrooms around the world. We thank them with the statues of Aristogeiton and Harmodius, photographed by our producer, Christopher Dawes in the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli, as our director, John Scagliotti looks on.

Aristogeiton and Harmodius were two lovers from ancient Athens who, after they killed the tyrant Hipparchus, were referred to as the Tyrannicides and became the preeminent symbols of democracy to ancient Athenians.

Thank you again Dan & Chris!

– The Before Homosexuals Crew

A Sappho for Michael Goldburg!

A big shout out to Michael Goldburg for his generous donation! We thank him with a fresco of Sappho, photographed by our producer, Christopher Dawes.

The fresco was discovered in Pompeii in 1760 and dates from 55-79 BC. John Scagliotti, director of Before Homosexuals, points to the fresco in the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli, where the photograph was taken.

 

Thanks again Michael!

You can learn more about Michael and his film SURE-FIRE, on Seed and Spark here: https://www.seedandspark.com/fund/sure-fire-funding-phase-2

 

 

We’ll Take The Kramer!

Congratulations to another lucky donor, who claimed our one-of-a-kind Larry Kramer poster as their reward! Our rewards are going fast, so make a donation today and get yours before they’re all gone.

Any amount you can spare is greatly appreciated, and that appreciation can be shown with a social media shout out from Before Homosexuals with your name on a unique piece of digital art for as little as $10, so take us for all we’re worth.

Happy Birthday To Our Director!

Did you know that today is John Scagliotti’s birthday? Won’t you wish him a happy birthday with a small donation to our educational campaign, helping us to rewrite the history books by bringing 4,000 years of LGBT history into colleges and universities around the country and around the world?

We have many exciting and unique awards to choose from, many making fine holiday gifts, while sending the message that hate has no home here.

Happy Birthday John!

Launching Today: Before Homosexuals Educational Campaign – Your Help Needed To Bring LGBT History Into The Classroom!

Today is an exciting day for our film, Before Homosexuals!

In conjunction with our benefit screening in San Francisco outlined below, we are proudly launching our Seed and Spark campaign to promote the educational version of Before Homosexuals to colleges and universities around the world and hope that you can help us. Please click on the picture below to learn more about the campaign and how you can help tell your fellow Americans that hate has no place here, by making more young people aware of the positive contributions LGBT people have made to society since 2000 BC, while having the chance to acquire some unique rewards, including many one-of-a-kind works of historical relevance, so do some of your holiday shopping for your loved ones and yourself while helping a good cause!

We hope you will be joining us this afternoon at the Roxie Theater for a special benefit screening of “Before Homosexuals: From Ancient Times to Victorian Crimes.” This screening will benefit the important work done by the local GLBT Historical Society. The 32-year-old GLBT Historical Society maintains one of the largest collections of LGBTQ historical material in the world, including approximately 1,000 hours of film and video, 1,000 hours of recorded sound, and more than 500 oral histories. The society also sponsors San Francisco’s GLBT History Museum. This event will support the society’s video and film assets, including its oral history and digitizing projects.