LGBTQ Casting Opportunity

Showtime Networks and Executive Producer Bryn Freedman (A&E's "Intervention") are developing a new TV documentary series about gays and lesbians coming out to important people in their lives. Their aim is to create a show that not only helps the people they profile and the LGBTQ community in general, but also uses television’s vast reach and power to enlighten and increase understanding of what it’s like to feel compelled to hide an essential part of oneself.

The producers say they were alarmed by the recent San Francisco State University study about family response to a teen’s coming out and its conclusion that "teens who experienced negative feedback were more than eight times as likely to have attempted suicide." The glimmer of hope the study offered however was that "parents who take even baby steps to respond with equanimity instead of rejection can dramatically improve a gay youth's mental health outlook." By raising awareness and visibility, they hope to help people take those “baby steps” or better.

To learn more about the show and/or be a participant, click HERE.