Outfest staff hit with total layoffs

qvoicenews.com:

With apparently no advance warning, Outfest has laid off all remaining employees, including those people who were placed on mandatory, unpaid leave last month by the organization.

Photo: Outfest With apparently no advance warning, Outfest has laid off all remaining employees, including those people who were placed on mandatory, unpaid leave last month by the organization.

The nonprofit LGBTQ film festival terminated all of its programming in October, though the organization it would be temporary.

Also, in an Oct. 17 social media post from Queer Filmworkers United, a union of workers at Outfest, the group said it obtained an email that Outfest had sent to top donors, saying the organization was in “serious financial jeopardy” and needs to raise $750,000 to fix the problem.