We’ve always had huge dreams for Lez See The World. When we started this business, the number one thing that we kept coming back to was wanting to build something bigger than just the two of us. Our major goal has always been to tell queer stories, and build a community and an audience that celebrates queer women. It’s been nearly 6 years since the idea for Lez See The World was born, and we’re so proud of everything we’ve done so far!
This past year was a really pivotal one for us, and we reached some very big goals. We secured more client projects than ever before, and increased our income from brand partnerships exponentially. We also collaborated with more travel and tourism clients than in any other year, and made the most out of the months that we were able to travel safely around our province. We also focused on diversifying our content, and put a lot of time and effort into growing our YouTube channel. At the end of 2021 we were invited to join the YouTube Partner Program, which allows us to add an additional passive income stream to our business. We also continued to grow the consulting division of our business, and worked with new consulting clients to share what we’ve learned, and help others grow their own businesses! Finally, we focused a lot on networking, which resulted in some really wonderful interviews and press mentions. We also got some major recognition by being nominated for 2 industry awards and winning 1 of them! We were nominees for ‘Travel Influencer of the Year’ at the Gay Travel Awards by GayTravel.com, and we won ‘Creator of the Year’ at the Atelier 25 Awards by The Atelier Collective. Last year was proof that hard work really does pay off, and we’re so proud of what we were able to accomplish. Now in 2022 it’s time to level up, and let some of our even bigger dreams become realized!
Steph’s film background is in documentary, and we’ve always wanted to incorporate some long-form documentary style video into our content. Back in the fall of last year we applied for a program here in BC, and put together a full proposal for a documentary project that we really want to make together. In January we found out that we’ve been awarded a $10,000 production grant through the Telus STORYHIVE Voices Program to create our project! We will be making a 6 part documentary series about the queer community here in Vancouver. The program offers mentorship, workshops, and guidance throughout the process, and when our project is finished it will be distributed on TELUS Optik TV On Demand!
We are so excited to share this process with our Lez See The World community. We are beyond thrilled to be making this dream come true as it’s something we’ve always wanted to do with our business. We are so grateful to TELUS and to STORYHIVE for valuing us as creators, and for valuing queer stories. We can’t wait to get started on this project and to share the finished result with all of you later this year. Steph will be directing and editing, and the two of us will be co-writing and co-producing the series. It’s titled Queer Vancouver: The Past, Present, and Future, and the 6 episodes will explore the queer community in our home city. We are so excited to dive into this work, and we feel honoured to get to tell this story.
This is the year that Lez See The World is officially expanding to include a production company, with this being our first large scale project. We know this is the start of many big things, and we couldn’t be more excited! Stay tuned for more updates.
