A national PSA/micro-movie supporting trans and LGBTQ youth amid relentless anti-trans and anti-LGBTQ legislation.
Not Losing You
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A NATIONAL PSA/micro-movie
Not Losing You is a two+ minute national PSA/micro-movie that is being produced to help prevent LGBTQ youth suicides in the wake of GOP-led anti-Trans and anti-LGBTQ rhetoric and legislation sweeping the U.S.
It is about preventing future suicides of trans and LGBTQ youth by creating and broadcasting a PSA/micro-movie supporting rural LGBTQ youth during the 2024 election season.
In Lancaster, Pennsylvania, five trans and non-binary youth suicides have occurred in eighteen months. In Oklahoma, non-binary teen Nex Benedict died by suicide after a bullying incident involving a girls restroom. In New Hampshire a fourteen-year-old died by suicide by jumping from a highway overpass.
Anti-trans rhetoric and bullying was implicated in these suicides.
In April 2024, filmmaker James Lantz protested and was arrested at the Pennsylvania State Capitol to bring attention to the five trans and non-binary youth suicides that have occurred in the same Pennsylvania county where many anti-LGBTQ legislations in Pennsylvania were sponsored, supported and pushed by GOP Majority Whip, State Senator Ryan Aument.
You can learn more about this story and James’ activism at the web series, “Angry Gay Grandpa.”
The Not Losing You PSA/micro-movie as well as the Angry Gay Grandpa web series is part of the Not Losing You Film Project, an independent non-profit film project that seeks to support trans and LGBTQ youth through filmed media.
The Not Losing You Company is a 501(c)(4) social welfare non-profit corporation.
You can learn more about and support the Not Losing You project at GoFundMe.
Creative Team:
Michael is an American actor who has appeared in numerous roles in film and television. He is most known for playing Tommy on Shameless and Slim on Desolation Canyon. MPMonIMDB
Michael Patrick McGill
Lead Actor, “Fuller”
Sophie S.
Teen Actor, “Holter/Holly”
Sophie is a talented teen actor from Wisconsin who has appeared in a number of film and theater projects. She was cast in Not Losing You after a nationwide search for the role of Holly.
Fern Maddie
Singer and songwriter
James Lantz
Producer and Director
Fern Maddie is a balladeer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist based in Central Vermont (N’dakinna). Her songs -- performed with clawhammer banjo, guitar, and clear, soulful vocals -- explore themes of trauma, grief, and renewal. www.fernmaddiemusic.com
James is an award-winning film and Off B’way theater maker. He was recently arrested for protesting an anti-LGBTQ state senator in PA. www.jameslantz.com
Cathy Renna
Publicist
Cathy is Communications Director for the National LGBTQ Task Force as well as the principal of TargetCue, a national LGBTQ public relations firm. TargetCue.com
NOT LOSING YOU IS ABOUT PREVENTING LGBTQ YOUTH SUICIDE