LGBTQ+ New Media

Getty Images on Wednesday announced a $25,000 grant program open to photographers and videographers globally to boost the LGBT community’s visibility in media and challenge visual stereotypes. The grants, announced in partnership with GLAAD, a national LGBT media advocacy organization, are designed to provide financial support for creators telling authentic visual stories about LGBT people…

YouTuber Charlie McDonnell has received an outpouring of support after sharing their new pronouns in a gender reveal announcement.

From a gay Southerner reclaiming his past trauma to an expert on kinky queer history, these creators are serving up an endless supply of LGBTQ entertainment.

Google has made it easier for Google Maps users to find LGBTQ+ owned businesses in their community or when they're planning a trip. 

“Being Trans,” the first show from Lemonada Media’s new initiative, attempts to translate the immediacy and ostensible verité of television into an audio-only format.

In times when LGBTQ history is barely taught and discussions of the community are banned from many classrooms, free accessible resources become vital for LGBTQ+ young people. Many of those resources are available on social media platforms like TikTok, Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Yet, online spaces are also at risk of perpetuating phobias or spreading […]

Hadassah Tirosh’s intersectional identity is as central to her story as her striking beauty.

Queer signaling in the age of TikTok... There’s a new trending filter on TikTok called Blue & Red. Its job is simple: Like many others before it, the Blue & Red filter transforms your face either with stereotypically masculine features (against a blue background) or with feminine features (against a red background). The difference is that you can switch between the two simply by blinking, and it first went viral as a way to lip-sync to a specific duet from In the Heights between a male and female character. For some users, it became a whole lot more.

A Substack publication used location data from Grindr to out a priest without their consent.

Apple Maps has partnered with Intentionalist to highlight LGBT-owned businesses in Seattle, New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and London.

Pride Month is a time for fun, but it's also for reflecting on LGBTQ history and Pride's origins as a protest. These podcasts can help with both.

The web-based app lists local businesses across the US that are safe and inclusive spaces for LGBTQ+ people of color.

She is helping people feel less lonely

The panel will discuss the importance of supporting queer creators year-round, and you can vote to send the group to the iconic arts conference.

“I opened the video and was completely shocked.”

Social media has become a viable alternative to live gigging as a route to comedy stardom. But can viral success ever be a true substitute for hard graft on the circuit?

With positivity, self-confidence and humor, senior influencers — or "granfluencers" — are attracting millions of followers on social media. From TikTok to Instagram, their large audiences are both young and old, and that's translating to big bucks as brands pay "granfluencers" to post. Jamie Yuccas reports.

"Giving yourself to the world should be a joy, not a fear."

Social media users are using the dating app's "explore" feature to find users in the Olympic Village. It could out athletes from intolerant countries.

Coming Out, a new Snapchat series, stars Manny MUA and is executive produced by Chloë Grace Moretz

If you were to look at Suzy Patz, you wouldn’t initially be intimidated – small stature, a big smile on her face – but if you knew what she’s been through, what she’s overcome, and what she’s doing now, you might just call her iconic.

A new business attribute and rainbow map pins make it easy to support LGBTQ and Open to All shops, restaurants, and nightclubs.