PROMOTER & DIRECTOR
TOM WHITMAN
& LOU PETERSON
Over 500,000 pairs of feet have danced through the doors of his parties, including Los Angeles's Wonderland, the largest gay pride event on the West Coast; the weekly Sunday party Size at West Hollywood's Here Lounge; Elevation, the gay ski week party in California's Sierra Nevadas; the all-male burlesque show Lucky Devil at L.A.'s infamous Forty Deuce; and numerous benefits for AIDS Project Los Angeles (he's on its board), the Trevor Project, GLAAD, HRC, and Outfest, among others.
Young, up-and-coming filmmaker Lou Peterson is taking queer film to the multiplex; his feature debut, In the Blood, made for his thesis project at Columbia University's film school, was a critical and commercial success, debuting on Logo during 2007's Halloween season, when it became the channel's highest-rated movie ever. Next? In the Blood 2, natch; and the thriller Squealers, with legendary queer producer Philip Pierce (Boy Culture).
