POWER UP, Professional Organization of Women in Entertainment Reaching Up, was announced on October 11, 2000, (National Coming Out Day) in Daily Variety’s first-ever “Gays in Hollywood” issue, by founder and executive director Stacy Codikow and co-founder Amy Shomer. The mission is to promote the visibility and integration of gay women in entertainment, the arts, and all forms of media. The members are women and men, gay and straight, who share a singular purpose – to promote diversity by supporting our mission.

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