For LGBTQ+ advocacy nonprofits
Book a free Community Storytelling Session. We record a community member, an organizer or an ally over Zoom, and our editors turn it into 3 finished videos. No cost. Shared only the way they choose. Yours to keep.

































































































































Sound familiar?
LGBTQ+ centers, youth programs and advocacy groups know the voices that move undecided parents and lawmakers. Many of those voices are not out everywhere, or are not safe to be. So the campaign runs on statistics.
Not everyone is out at work, at home or online. One careless cut can put someone at risk.
Pride brings the spotlight in June. Support has to last the other eleven months.
Your organizers are running programs and events. Video never makes the list.
“So compared to any contractors I've worked with, Happy Productions really stands out as one of the most professional, communicative, and thoughtful.”
Maya Mosher, Dream.org“Happy Productions is in the top 10%, like hands down.”
Brit Heiring, Communications, KivaIn their words
Search for Common Ground brings strangers together to talk across what divides them. Dream.org works across racial, social and political lines. Kiva trusts us with its brand voice. Here is what they told us.
One person, one Zoom call, three finished videos. Shared only the way they want.
What you get
Love the videos? We'll plan stories for the whole year. Don't? Keep them anyway.
Three ways to start
Start free. Film your community when you're ready, quoted up front.
Start here, freeWe record one person over Zoom and our editors turn it into 3 finished videos.
Most requestedWe film community members, families and allies where they feel safe, with a safety plan agreed first.
For campaignsFootage, edits and versions planned around Pride, Trans Day of Visibility, Giving Tuesday and year-end.
Built for advocacy
Nobody is identified beyond what they choose. Your safety policy wins.
Anyone sharing something sensitive reviews it before it goes live.
Stories of strength, family and belonging, in their own words.
Where it helps, interviews are led by people the subjects already know.
Planned for June and the eleven months after it.
You keep every finished file and all the raw footage.
Beyond video
Stories only matter where decisions get made. We deliver the pieces around the films too, all from the same shoots.


How it works
Your programs, your community and your next campaign date.
We record one person over Zoom and deliver 3 finished videos, free.
Community members, families and allies, with a safety plan agreed first.
Your team posts all year, not just in June.



Public proof
For Equality Texas, the Texas LGBTQ+ advocacy nonprofit, one Happy Productions producer filmed Pride in San Antonio and Houston on the same day in June 2025, asking people what it means to be queer in Texas. We delivered 15 videos for Equality Texas and 4 collaboration videos on Are You Happy, which drew 91,000+ views across Instagram, TikTok, Facebook and YouTube within days. We have also filmed strangers sitting down together for Search for Common Ground in New York and Washington, D.C.
Watch an Equality Texas collab on Instagram · Read the Search for Common Ground case study
Start free like they did →Real client videos
Real client videos from organizations working on rights, inclusion and dialogue.
Who we work with
Questions
Tap a question. Each answer comes with a 20-second video.
Yes. The Zoom session and the three videos our editors cut from it cost nothing. No contract, no card, and you keep every file with no obligation to buy anything afterwards. Book your free session and see your story on screen.
Book my free session →You pick one person close to your work, and our producer interviews them live over Zoom for forty-five minutes while we record. Our editors then turn that conversation into three finished, captioned videos for your website, your social channels and your next appeal. All you have to do is show up, so book your free session.
Book my free session →Anyone whose story moves people: your director, a program lead, a volunteer, someone your program served, or a grantee overseas joining from a phone. Our producer guides every answer, so nobody needs camera experience or a script. Bring your people to a free session and we'll handle the rest.
Book my free session →Every shoot is planned around consent and dignity. People sign releases in their own language, we never show minors' names or identifying details, and anyone sharing something sensitive reviews it before it goes live. Your safeguarding policy always overrides ours, starting with your free session.
Book my free session →We tell stories of strength, not pity. The people on camera speak in their own words about change, progress and what they want the world to know, because donors give more when they see dignity and agency. See how we'd frame your story on a free session.
Book my free session →Yes. Tell us your calendar, from Giving Tuesday and awareness months to galas and year-end appeals, and we plan every shoot and edit backwards from those dates. Book your free session early and your first videos are ready before the moment arrives.
Book my free session →Keep them. We become the production and editing team behind them: they set the goals and own the calendar, and we film anywhere and hand back finished, ready-to-post videos. Bring them to your free session and they'll see how much more they can publish.
Book my free session →You do. Your organization owns the finished videos and all of the raw footage, including everything we record on your free session. Use them on any channel, in any report, for as long as you like.
Book my free session →Your three free videos land in your inbox within two weeks of your session, with a simple review link if you want a change. For bigger shoots, we plan backwards from your gala, board meeting or appeal date. Tell us the date on your free session.
Book my free session →Whatever comes next is scoped to exactly what you need, from a single film to a steady stream of videos for every program, and you get the price in writing before any work starts. No surprise change orders and no pressure. Your free session shows you what that scope should be.
Book my free session →Tell us who to put on camera. We'll record them over Zoom and send you 3 finished videos.
We record a community member, an organizer or an ally over Zoom and edit 3 videos for you. Free. Takes 2 minutes to book.