| Title | THEIR STORY IS MY STORY |
| Brand | URGENCE HOMOPHOBIE |
| Product/Service | MUSIC VIDEO |
| Category |
E05. Influencer / Talent |
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Entrant
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FF PARIS, FRANCE
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Idea Creation
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FF PARIS, FRANCE
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Production
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COUSINES ET DEPENDANCES Paris, FRANCE
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Credits
| Guillaume Mélanie |
Urgence Homophobie |
Brand Manager |
| Benjamin Gauthier |
Urgence Homophobie |
Brand Manager |
| Fred & Farid Fred & Farid |
FF |
Founders / CEO |
| Olivier Lefebvre |
FF |
CEO - Partner |
| Etienne Renaux |
FF |
Creative Director |
| Julien-Pierre Mallet |
FF |
Creative Director |
| Anthony Bober |
FF |
Art Director |
| Anthony Bober |
FF |
Copywriter |
| Anthony Bober |
FF |
Lead Social Media |
| Benoît Pétré |
Cousines et Dépendances |
Music Video Director |
| Juliette Maillard |
Cousines et Dépendances |
Second Unit Director |
| Patxi Garat |
Cousines et Dépendances |
Music Composer |
| Clément Duquenne |
Cousines et Dépendances |
Photographer |
| Marie Etchegoyen |
Cousines et Dépendances |
Executive Producer |
| Yann Girard |
Cousines et Dépendances |
Executive Producer |
| Marine Dufour |
Cousines et Dépendances |
Project Manager |
Background
In France, acts of violence against LGBT people increased by 15% in 2018.
That's about one attack every 33h.
How can we alert public opinion on the urgency to act and react against
the rise of homophobia in France?
Describe the strategy
People love to see star power and celebrities showing off their fancy lifestyles on social media.
To target a wide audience that is not necessarily engaged by the LGBTQ+’s cause and alert public opinion on the urgency to act against the rise of homophobia, we decided to leverage the influential power of celebrities by having them share on their social platforms testimonies of assaults against LGBTQ+ people.
For the campaign to become viral we made them post these stories as if it were their own by using the first person singular.
Describe the execution
We collected, during a month, more than 300 genuine testimonials of homophobic attacks to create this campaign from a real background. All the stories collected have then been rewritten to fit in 280 characters.
On December the 18th, 70 French celebrities shared on their social platforms testimonies of assaults against LGBT people using the first person singular along with the hashtag #TheirStoryMyStory. Immediately, their fans and medias picked up and related the assaults.
The next day, with a music video they all featured in, the celebrities revealed that those stories weren't their own but those of LGBT people who had been assaulted. The hashtag #TheirStoryMyStory launched a movement on twitter enabling victims to express themselves without fear of reprisal.
List the results
The campaign had so much impact that news channels, tabloïds and digital newspapers talked about it. It generated more than 972 million media impressions and 100k engagement without any media investment.
The mayor of Paris shared the campaign on her Twitter account to praise the initiative.
Thanks to the campaign, two deputies of the government received the president of the association to create a law project against homophobia.
The song "Some Love" was ranked 2nd before Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas” in France’s iTunes store on the day it was released. It was broadcasted on 10 radio stations and 6 national channels.
On twitter, #TheirStoryMyStory was trending for 48hours, it became a movement and helped the LGBT community find their voice as they started sharing their own testimonies on social networks.
All over the world the LGBT community welcomed the initiative and compared #TheirStoryMyStory to #MeToo and MeQueer