Girl Night Stand Has Queer Women Finding Connection Amid Distancing

Jenna Laurenzo

From the writer, director, and star of Lez Bomb, Jenna Laurenzo's trailer for a new short wonders if two women can trust dropping the mask for one another.

Tracy E. Gilchrist

Tracy E. Gilchrist is the VP of Editorial and Special Projects at equalpride. A media veteran, she writes about the intersections of LGBTQ+ equality and pop culture. Previously, she was the editor-in-chief of The Advocate and the first feminism editor for the 55-year-old brand. In 2017, she launched the company's first podcast, The Advocates. She is an experienced broadcast interviewer, panel moderator, and public speaker who has delivered her talk, "Pandora's Box to Pose: Game-changing Visibility in Film and TV," at universities throughout the country.

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From Jenna Laurenzo, director, writer, and star of the beloved film Lez Bomb, comes Girl Night Stand: Chapter Two, a short film that reflects the times. And the trailer is out now.

The official synopsis for the film that drops February 5 reads, "A woman craving connection during Covid reaches out to her ex-girlfriend. When she's invited over, they awkwardly navigate whether or not they're willing to drop their masks to reignite their romance."

Girl Night Stand: Chapter Two takes the idea for Laurenzo's 2015 short Girl Night Stand: Chapter One, which featured a woman questioning her sexual identity after a hookup with a woman and updates it for the very different world of today.

Laurenzo, wrote, directed, and starred in the new Girl Night Stand: Chapter Two under safe COVID protocols this past year.

"In order to shoot during the pandemic, we had to keep it to a skeleton crew. The benefit of both acting and directing is it allows me to fill two roles as one person," Laurenzo told The Advocate. "I wanted to create something that I could release directly online in the spirit of creating something for the fans of the original Girl Night Stand. This past year was tough and felt very heavy. I wanted to create a piece of content that felt uplifting and hopeful of better days ahead."