The Outwords Archive (OUTWORDS)
Betsy Kalin is an accomplished film and mass media professional with extensive experience in academia and production. Currently serving as an Assistant Professor at the University of Central Florida since December 2020, Betsy also owns Itchy Bee Productions and holds the position of Senior Producer at The OUTWORDS Archive. Previous roles include adjunct professorship at Emerson College and professorship at Saybrook University, along with significant production experience as Director and Producer at Bluewater Media and as Executive Producer/Director for Vision 2030: Future of SoCal, which explores the future of urban life in Southern California. Betsy's career in film production spans various roles, including Producer/Writer at After Stonewall Productions and programming for Pride of the Ocean. Betsy earned a B.A. in Women's Studies/Film from Columbia University and an M.F.A. in Film Directing from the University of Miami.
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The Outwords Archive (OUTWORDS)
OUTWORDS is the first archival project to travel America recording the stories of LGBTQIA2S+ elders: the people who witnessed our history, and made it happen. A nonprofit organization, OUTWORDS was founded by Mason Funk who was inspired by the Shoah Foundation’s Visual History Archive of interviews with Holocaust witnesses and survivors. Half-day interviews are conducted on high-definition digital video by film crews, primarily in the homes of interview subjects. Interviewees include lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex individuals, as well as representatives of various sub-communities of the LGBTQ community including drag queens, leather daddies, lesbian separatists, and allies. Most interviewees are over 60 years old. In May 2018, OUTWORDS received a Creator Award in the Community Giver category from the co-working company WeWork. In May 2019, the first compilation of OUTWORDS interviews, entitled THE BOOK OF PRIDE, was published by HarperCollins, to help commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots. The OUTWORDS searchable digital platform makes video interviews freely available to the public.