LGBT Online Media, Marketing and Advertising

Tag Warner will take over from James Frost as CEO of Gay Times in what will be an exciting year for the global LGBTQ media brand.

'OneSandbox' is a membership-based search platform created by TBWA to find diverse and women-owned creative vendors.

National marketing campaign titled "The New Frontier" debuts dynamic, city-centric crossover... Today Lexus unveils a new marketing campaign, including LGBTQ, to launch the first-ever 2019 UX, a luxury compact crossover. Originally released as a concept in 2016, the UX was deliberately designed and engineered for the city and the "modern urban explorer" — those seeking a fresh, contemporary and dynamic take on luxury driving; buyers with an imaginative lifestyle who explore, experiment and defy. 

In celebration of the NYC arrival of WorldPride 2019, The Mixx is honoring 12 individuals who are making a difference in the lives of the LGBTQ community. Their 7th Pride Hero is Patrik Gallineaux, LGBT Manager and Ambassador for Stoli Group USA, and fabulous fun enthusiast.

Glitterbomb is an explosive pop-culture talk show hosted by an all gay Latinx Hollywood insider panel featuring Patrick Gomez, Alexander Rodriguez, and Enrique Sapene. Their queer Latinx perspective drizzled with wit, humor and first-hand insight into A-lister life gives Glitterbomb a festive and unique flavor that everyone can enjoy! Combining their experience in acting, radio and journalism there's no subject too hot to handle and no scandal too spicy to dig into. Join us each week for a half-hour of lively banter, celebrity guests and... a martini, of course.

StartOut Growth Lab is billed as the first standalone, brick-and-mortar accelerator focusing entirely on LGBTQ+ entrepreneurs.

The free-to-enter competition asks adland to reinvent a mainstream ad campaign for a LGBT+ audience, to highlight the debate around diversity and inclusion in marketing.

Bell wanted to see more women represented in LGBT magazines, especially women of color. She wanted to see more trans people and bisexual women as well. So she founded Tagg Magazine, a publication that spotlights, as its tagline reads, “Everything Lesbian, Queer, and Under the Rainbow.”

A lot has evolved over the years when it comes to LGBTQ online media. In this blog post, we take a deeper dive into the evolution of website traffic and where it comes from, ranging from bookmarked links to search to social media. We also explore social media engagement and how it relates to visibility across the various platforms, including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn.

As part of "its commitment to reflect important demographic and household characteristics in its National TV panel," Nielsen has revealed that it will expand its reporting capabilities to identify same gender spouses and partners and their households.

In celebration of the NYC arrival of WorldPride 2019, The Mixx is honoring 12 individuals who are making a difference in the lives of the LGBTQ community. Our fifth Pride Hero is Keith Douglas, Managing Director for One World Observatory and Broadway enthusiast.

Award-winning ZippyDogs, a promotional products company, has announced the launch of Brand|Pride, a one-stop shop for organizations planning to participate in local, national or international Pride celebrations.

Thought leaders see cause for optimism when it comes to inclusion in the meetings industry -- and much room for improvement

First global LGBTQ+ streaming network, Revry, makes investing in the queer community a family affair by launching an equity crowdfunding campaign on SeedInvest. Revry’s streaming network brings the queer experience to the world through its diverse mix of films, series, music, podcasts and originals. Revry is committed to inclusion and creating a space for all voices in the LGBTQ+ community to be seen and heard.

Early Bird rates are now available for the 2019 Diversity & Inclusion Conference! This is an education summit to learn new innovative, forward-thinking #diversity, #equity and #inclusion approaches. Learn more and register at diphilly.com. #2019DIPHILLY #Philadelphia

The investment industry LGBT+ inclusivity organisation backed by Fidelity, T. Rowe Price, Legal & General Investment Management, St. James's Place and Northern Trust, has launched a tool analysing the industry's inclusion progress.

Pink Banana Media was proud to be a part of, and support, the first LGBT+ Tourism Summit in Malta, which attracted the participation of the country's Minister for European Affairs and Equality, the Hon. Dr. Helena Dalli. International experts discussed market developments, new marketing strategies and the economic prospects for Malta, the top-rated country on the ILGA Europe Rainbow Map and Index 2018. The Malta Tourism Authority worked together with ITB Berlin to present the educational event and featured presentations from several IGLTA members, such as Barcelona Turisme, Community Marketing & Insights and Gen C Traveller.

Meet David Jefferys, president of Altus Agency, and founder of the LGBT Meeting Professionals Association (LGBTMPA). He saw a growing number of LGBT meeting professionals and helped them become a formal organization to “increase the visibility of the impact that the LGBT community has on meetings and events.”

Heather Hiles, founder of Pathbrite, an education technology company, wants to help founders find the right investors--and be prepared to sell to them.

For queer publishers, life can be tough: despite the corporate love of all things LGBTQ, there’s no money in it

Bernadette Smith’s mission in life has always been to help people feel safer. It’s why she founded Equality Institute, which holds trainings for corporations around how to make LGBTQ customers and employees most comfortable.

Vice has urged the media and advertising industries to keep diversity and inclusivity in mind even as they try to adopt brand safety practices online.

Evening hosted by Endeavor Chief Marketing Officer Bozoma Saint John, honored #MeToo Founder Tarana Burke, HuffPost Editor-in-Chief Lydia Polgreen, Among Many Others. Presented by Microsoft & Omnicom Group