Cindy Abel
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Cindy Abel formed Atlantis Moon Productions in 2007 to develop her own film-related projects that launch conversations and impact popular culture. She is directing and producing Breaking Through, a documentary in which openly LGBT elected officials share their stories of breaking through fear, shame and self-doubt. As they reveal how they have come to live open and fulfilled lives, they bring hope to those who are struggling in a world of anti-LGBT messages. www.BreakingThroughMovie.com.

Cindy also combines her experience in managing multi-million-dollar, award-winning communications projects and political campaigns with filmmaking to create videos and webisodes for corporate, governmental and political clients. She previously served as co-chair of the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund, Vice-Chair of Atlanta Film Festival 365 and Vice President of Communications of Women in Film & Television Atlanta. She can be reached at cabel@AtlantisMoon.com.

Blog Entries by Cindy Abel

How I Convinced Myself to Stay in a Violent Relationship

Posted January 31, 2012 | 01/31/12 11:29 AM ET

A couple of weeks ago, I got a black eye -- the third one in my life. I'd distractedly walked full-force into a glass door at a client's office. Though nothing was broken or cut, it made me reflect on the first two times my face had been bruised and...

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Jerry Sandusky Cover-Up: How the 'Gay Factor' May Have Played a Role

Posted November 17, 2011 | 11/17/11 09:28 PM ET

What if Mike McQueary had walked into the locker room and seen Jerry Sandusky raping a 10-year-old girl?

What if the investigators were listening to a mom confronting Sandusky about showering with her daughter? Would the Campus Police and County DA have dropped the case?

It's doubtful. Someone, somewhere,...

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Teaching LGBT History

Posted October 8, 2011 | 10/08/11 12:23 PM ET

As America's students settle into a new school year, they'll also be returning to their social studies classes -- courses ostensibly about teaching students about history and how it applies to civic life. But when it comes to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) contributions to our history, these stories...

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