Suzi Nash

As a bi-racial, left-handed, feminine lesbian, Suzi has found it only natural to act as an intermediary between different communities. Her recent work as a musician is an excellent example. Rainbow Sprinkles, a compilation of songs wrote to empower children of LGBT families was produced by Suzi after observing the large influence of music on children and the lack of music that includes LGBT families. Suzi is a judge and programmer for the Philadelphia International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival and a filmmaker in her own right. She began her video work as an associate producer and co-host for "The Bozo the Clown Show" on UPN Philadelphia TV57. There she profiled the book Heather has Two Mommies in her segment to an audience of children and their lesbian moms. This was one of the few television programs to broach the subject of LGBT families. Suzi is proud of the impact that Rainbow Sprinkles has had in the community. She received a call from the Executive Director of Rainbow Families in Great Lakes in Michigan, who told her that when she played the CD while driving with her normally chatty daughter. The child grew quiet before saying, "Mom, do you hear that song? It's talking about having two moms. It's talking about us! It's about our families!"