Jenni Olson born October 6 1962 is an American film curator filmmaker author and LGBT film historian She was born and raised in Falcon Heights Minnesota She cofounded the pioneering LGBT website PlanetOut and campaigned to have a barrier erected on the Golden Gate Bridge to prevent suicides Olson was educated at the University of Minnesota In 1986 while still a student Olson cofounded the MinneapolisStPaul Lesbian Gay Bi Transgender Film Festival initially under the name Lavender Images From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia