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Jenni Chang and Lisa Dazols      

Documentary Filmmakers & LGBT Activists; Best Known for "Out & Around"

Lisa and Jenni Dazols are social entrepreneurs originally from San Francisco. In 2012, they traveled to 15 countries to interview LGBT leaders around the world to create their documentary film, Out & Around. Their TED talk “This is what LGBT Life is like around the World” has been viewed over 3 million times.

Jenni comes from a 15 year career at eBay where she was named “Hero of the 500s” by Fortune Magazine for her corporate and community contributions. Lisa comes from a background working as a social worker at UC San Francisco’s HIV clinics.

Jenni and Lisa currently live in Taiwan where they started the Asia Rainbow Ride, a charity bike ride benefiting LGBT organizations in Asia. They also have a financial planning business, Modern Family Finance, which serves and aims to uplift the LGBT community through financial empowerment.

They are most proud of being parents to Charlie, age 6, and Jesse, age 3. Their weekends are filled with family bike rides, board games, and pancakes.

Speech Topics


Taking a Sabbatical

Speech geared towards how to take a break from your 9-5 to follow your passion. Discussing how to take a break from your career to follow your dreams.

Ordinary People Can Do Extraordinary Things

Speech about how everyday people can make a difference in LGBT movement. Inspirational to do your small part in a greater movement.

Come out, Come Out Wherever You Are

Speech around increased visibility of LGBT people around the world. Topic appropriate for National Coming Out Day, National Day of Silence.

Equality is Not a Western Invention.

Speech around global LGBT movement. Appropriate for Pride Events

News


This is what LGBT life is like around the world
As a gay couple in San Francisco, Jenni Chang and Lisa Dazols had a relatively easy time living the way they wanted. But outside the bubble of the Bay Area, what was life like for people still lacking basic rights? They set off on a world tour in search of "Supergays," LGBT people who were doing something extraordinary in the world. In 15 countries across Africa, Asia and South America — from India, recently home to the world's first openly gay prince, to Argentina, the first country in Latin America to grant marriage equality — they found the inspiring stories and the courageous, resilient and proud Supergays they had been looking for.
Velvetpark's Official Top 25 Significant Queer Women of 2012
Jennifer Chang
Coming out as gay in her mid-twenties “rocked my world,” says Jennifer Chang, a first-generation Asian-American who grew up in a conservative household in Chicago. But while working at eBay, she found role models among her gay colleagues who showed her that “you could be successful; you could have a family,” she says.
'Out & Around' Blog And Documentary Explores LGBT Life Around The World (VIDEO)
Even though California is still fighting its battles, the LGBT community has long found an ally in San Francisco. But in an effort to better understand the community's struggles at large, one local lesbian couple took a trip outside the bubble.

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