HOW IT STARTED:
QWEER began as a rant between a few queer women that work in entertainment (a development executive and a few writers). We felt frustrated that there is such a strong community of gay men in entertainment, and due to their very outgoing lifestyles many of those men are able to use their gay social network as a means of advancing their careers. This frustration began the networking aspect of QWEER. We aspire to bring together queer women (however they choose to identity, all are welcome) so that we can utilize our network to forward our goals.
JULIE WATERS (president, Co-Founder)
Julie is from the Philadelphia area and graduated from The University of Pennsylvania in 2013. She quickly moved to LA, and began her first job in the entertainment industry working in the TV lit department at UTA. She is currently the Director of TV Development at Temple Hill Entertainment, where she has worked on development and current series since starting with the company in 2016. Prior to Temple Hill she worked in Current TV at Fox21 Television Studios.
KRYSTAL BANZON (Co-Founder)
Krystal was raised in Fontana, Calif., by Filipino immigrant parents. She received a BA from Smith College in women’s studies, a master’s degree in new media from NYU Tisch and a Fulbright fellowship to study theater in the Philippines. Krystal moved to LA to work as Coordinator for the NBC Diversity Initiative and was selected for the 2017-2018 CBS Writers Mentoring Program. She is now on the writing staff for the NBC comedy series I Feel Bad. Krystal and her wife have three children.