Increased visibility for the transgender community is being matched by an increase in personal and policy attacks. With the impact campaign for THE DEATH AND LIFE OF MARSHA P. JOHNSON, we hoped to make a meaningful contribution to the community’s efforts to organize and fight back through .

While we created partnerships with national organizations working on transgender rights, our focus was on reaching out to community-based, trans-led organizations that could use screenings of the film as an opportunity to generate support for their efforts from local allies.

With Netflix’s support, we were able to organize 120 free community screenings — hosted by trans-led organizations — on or around National Transgender Remembrance Day, November 20.