You Matter Campaign Launch

The campaign features three short videos-30 seconds each-that provide vignettes of young gay or transgender youth going through "a moment" that might challenge their identity or sense of worth. The idea emerged when some of the youth from Club1319, a GMHC prevention program, came together with staff and award-winning video director Amy Hart to explore messages that could be meaningful to LGBTQ teenagers.

For the launch of this amazing campaign, GMHC will debut the three "You Matter" videos, with appearances by the cast and crew. This will be followed by a panel discussion, "Our Self-Portraits: A Community Conversation on Image and Perception of Black Gay Men in the Media," moderated by Nathan H. Williams and featuring David Bridgeforth, Dominique Crisden, Michael Rice, Frank Roberts and Jack Mizrahi as panelists.

Tell us why you matter: after the discussion, there will be an opportunity for attendees to create their own videos to say that "I matter because ..." The videos will then be posted on Youtube.com.