Members Out in the World:
Brian Tognotti

Brian Tognotti (Baritone) had a passion for LGBTQ film for many years and in late 2019 began production on his first film Just Ask Him, a romantic short set in high school. Completed in early 2020, the film was released on the festival circuit just as the pandemic was causing film festivals to go virtual. Just Ask Him was accepted into festivals in St. Louis, Palm Springs and San Francisco and won an award for Outstanding Excellence - Drama in the LGBTQ-U Unbordered International Film Festival. The film was released on YouTube in January 2021 and reached 100,000 views in 9 days and is now just shy of 400,000 views.

Brian is now working on another romantic short film called Ravioli Night and a web series in collaboration with fellow Bay Area queer filmmaker Shawna Khorasani. Check out Just Ask Him and Brian's YouTube page.