Vote For America PSA
July 17, 2018
NAACP LGBTQ Town Hall
TTO Cyphers: Reverend Irene Monroe
This issue-driven nonpartisan VOTE PSA is produced by Emmy Winner Charlotte Robinson & features Rev. Irene Monroe, directed by C. Fitz (Queen Sugar), West Coast producer Lissa Forehan & Ann Hampton Callaway sings the closing tagline.
African-American LGBT leaders participated in a town hall gathering called "The State of LGBT People of Color in America" as part of the NAACP's' Annual Convention in San Antonio, Texas. NAACP Board Chair Leon Russell was among the officials who spoke to participants about the Trump administration and civil rights before the panel discussion.
We all know that queer and trans folks make art wherever we are - even a raw, pre-construction theater! While we continue fundraising, we felt it necessary to continue activating our mission "to present liberating art by, for, and about queer and trans people of color."
Enter the TTO Cyphers, featuring a few faces you may recognize. First to the stage, Reverend Irene Monroe, with a word of inspiration to the tune of the Queer Liberatory Aesthetics we released in 2021.
Rev. Irene Monroe shares how the AIDS epidemic sparked change in her conservative Black church.