Queer Dating App Jack’d Launches Film Festival With Judges TS Madison, Miss Lawrence, Bobby Ashley, Mike Gauyo and Dyllón Burnside (EXCLUSIVE)

Sep 30, 2026 7:00am PT Queer Dating App Jack’d Launches Film Festival With Judges TS Madison, Miss Lawrence, Bobby Ashley, Mike Gauyo and Dyllón Burnside (EXCLUSIVE)

The new fest focuses on original films by and about queer people of color.

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Jack’d, the largest dating app for queer people of color in the United States, is launching the inaugural Jack’d Film Festival, a showcase and competition celebrating original films by queer creators with a particular focus on films that center the experiences, stories and/or perspectives of queer people of color.

TS Madison (“Outlaws With TS Madison” podcast, “Beauty in Black,” “RuPaul’s Drag Race”), Miss Lawrence (“Fashion Queens,” “Empire”), Bobby Ashley (“The Ave,” “Single Man Problems”), Mike Gauyo (“Ginny & Georgia,” “Send Help”) and Dyllón Burnside (“Pose”) will serve as festival judges.

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