Can’t Stop the Serenity asked its global sponsors to talk about why we support CSTS.
They posted my answer this week.
I organized the first Raleigh screening in 2006, because I loved Firefly. I loved it with all my heart and soul, in a way I’d never loved any TV show before. At the time, I didn’t expect to raise money for Equality Now. I expected to pay hundreds of dollars for the venue rental and movie rights out of my own pocket, to sit in a theater with maybe twelve other people and watch Serenity on the big damn screen again.
Instead, the 200-seat theater sold out. We had a costume contest, and several people actually showed up in costume. People bought raffle tickets. A donation was made to Equality Now. And I made new friends who have become like family. (Read more)
