Every two weeks we're sharing responses to our CSTS Supporter interviews. This week, we're delighted to share our interview with Allison from Bradenton, Florida: 1. When was your first CSTS? Unfortunately I have not gotten to go to one yet. The first time I heard about it was this year and was so excited to go down to Ft. Lauderdale (about 3.5 hours away- but the closest one to me) this year until the dates were posted and I found out it conflicted with a 76 year tradition in my family..... so I'm hoping next year I will be able to attend my first CSTS event :) 2. How many times have you seen Serenity? Um- a lot. I own the DVD of Serenity and the DVD's of Firefly. I've never seen it in a theater though. 3. Who's your favorite Firefly character and why? Thats a hard one. I like them all and all for different reasons. I like Kaylee's cheerfulness. I like Jayne's ability to see things in one dimension. I like Mal's sense of command. I like Zoey's loyalty..... I like Wash's sense of lightening a situation when its needs it.... Inara's centering. That's probably not helpful to you- so I'll just stop there. 4. What does being a Browncoat mean to you? I like finding people who are browncoats because they always have something interesting to say. It's nice to be able to connect with a stranger over the concept of Jayne's hat. (happened to me today at the local farmer's market b/c I was wearing a Browncoat shirt.) 5. Why do you support CSTS and Equality Now? I don

The CSTS 2012 Art Contest ends tonight, so make sure you get your entries in! Click here for the full contest details, and make sure your entry is received by midnight!

We're coming to the end of the Can't Stop the Serenity 2011 season, but it's not over yet! We’re tallying up all the donations from this year’s events to determine the 2012 Global Donation Total... will it top the 2010 record of over $140,000? We sure hope so! But while the bean counters are counting the beans, there's still lots going on! If you want to win some awesome prizes, we'll soon be launching our Global Auction for Equality Now. There are some fantastic goodies up for grabs, and you won't want to miss your chance. We'll have more news on this soon, so keep your eyes peeled on www.cantstoptheserenity.com, and on our Twitter and Facebook. Have you heard about our Art Contest? We're reaching out to all the creative folks out there to design a logo for next year's events. Our Art Contest has been running since 2009 and has discovered some amazing artists. This year's contest will run until 14 October, so if you've got the creative spirit, get your entries in soon! The winning design will be featured on our website, merchandise and more! Now, we promised you Jossy goodness and here it is! In case you missed this last week, we've released this year's awesome event introduction video! If you were able to make it to a Can’t Stop the Serenity event this year, you may have had the opportunity to see this year’s video. But if you missed out, not to fret! You can watch it now on our YouTube Channel. This year’s intro was packed to the brim with bi

If you were able to make it to a Can't Stop the Serenity event this year, you may have had the opportunity to see this year's Global Intro video. But if you missed out, not to fret! You can watch it now on our YouTube Channel. This year's intro was packed to the brim with big damn heroes. We're extremely honoured to have received a very special contribution from Joss, who has inspired us once more to continue to fight the good fight for equality. Other special guests include artist Jason Palmer, writer Jane Espensen, actors Tahmoh Penikett, Claire Kramer, Eliza Dusku, Dichen Lachman, Summer Glau and a host of Browncoats from across the globe! The global team would like to offer our special thanks to all those who contributed to the video, and to Liam Merrick for pulling it all together. Check out our YouTube Channel for more videos, including past Global Intros from 2008, 2009 and 2010.

We're delighted to receive so many fantastic responses to our CSTS Supporter interview questions, and we'll be sharing them with you over the next few months. Our first interview is with Heather from Maryland... 1. When was your first CSTS? The first year after I heard about CSTS the hubby and I didn't actually attend one, but we did hold our own in-home screening with friends. We all put in donations to Equality Now, which we sent in as support for our closest event which was Arlington VA. That was in 2008. In 2009 we went to the Arlington event. In 2010 we went to the new Baltimore event which was run by the same people as did Browncoats: Redemption. Then this year, 2011, we did both Arlington and Baltimore. 2. How many times have you seen Serenity? Aw geeze. Um... lots. More than a dozen, probably less than 20. 3. Who's your favorite Firefly character and why? Just one? Aw hell, I'm a fan of all nine (or ten, if you count Serenity). If I absolutely had to pick a favourite, I'd have to say Wash. Who wouldn't love a man who keeps dinosaurs on the dashboard? 4. What does being a Browncoat mean to you? It wasn't until the Browncoat cruise in 2007 that I considered myself a Browncoat rather than just a fan of Firefly and Serenity. Being a Browncoat means being part of a worldwide community of people who are passionate, dedicated, and not afraid to put in some long, hard hours to achieve the impossible. We became involved with the Browncoats: Redemption proj

We have some very exciting announcements coming up in the next few weeks! We're tallying up all the donations from this year's events to announce the 2012 Global Donation Total and have news about our forthcoming auction! So keep your eyes peeled here, on Twitter and on Facebook. In the meantime, don't forget that you can still get your hands on a Joss Whedon designed Equality Now shirt! If you attended a CSTS event this year, you will recognise it as the one Joss wore in his video message (and if you missed out, we'll be posting the video here in the next few days). And now you can one of your very own! They're just $20 from the Equality Now Online Store. And last but not least, thank you to all of the wonderful people who have volunteered to coordinate Can't Stop the Serenity at a global level in 2012. We're in the process of finalising the applications for Global Team roles, and will have more news in coming days.