LGBTQ+ Online Media, Marketing and Advertising

The internet has long been a place where LGBTQ people go to build relationships, express ourselves, and promote visibility of our lived experiences — and yet, for all the internet’s openness and accessibility, it also holds prejudice, hate and discrimination. 

Ads starring Jonathan Van Ness, Lil Nas X, Kim Chi, Miz Cracker, and more are creating unprecedented queer visibility on football's biggest stage.

The Hallmark Channel pulled ads for wedding planning company Zola featuring a same-sex couple after pressure from several anti-LGBTQ groups, which prompted Zola to pull all of their ads from the network.

Movember has funded several empowering LGBT projects globally over the last few years mostly focused on tackling discrimination and supporting mental health in the LGBT community

Carlos Ball, author of "The Queering of Corporate America," explains how gay rights activists and corporations went from adversaries to partners.

All it means is that LGBTQ inclusion in commercial imagery is good for business!

Jackson D. Tilley has a career in the legal cannabis industry that many would covet. But it hasn't come without a price, which Tilley recounts in a bold new memoir that should be required reading for anyone interested in the space.

Iconic Labs, the media firm run by three former Unilad bosses, has bought the intellectual property of Gay Star News...

Blued, China’s largest gay-dating app, is planning a U.S. initial public offering that could raise about $200 million, according to people familiar with the matter.

As the rainbow flags come down in New York City after the WorldPride and Stonewall 50 celebrations, and as flags go up for pride events in other parts of the world, it’s worth asking: where do we stand on global LGBT rights?

Opinion: Take note from younger generations while creating campaigns.

Big Gay Ice Cream has grown from an ice cream truck to brick-and-mortar locations to now having a full retail line in stores on both coasts.

This episode of Here Os features Aaron Walton, co-founder of influential marketing and advertising company Walton Isaacson.

Hallmark's rapid reversal on a same-sex marriage ad is a reflection of how rapidly the cross-currents of social media can change — and a lesson for brands on how responding to online feedback can be a double-edged sword in the age of Twitter.

The LGBTQ community has become such an important part of New Orleans’ celebratory culture over the past decade.

On the One won the ‘Best in Brand Purpose’ category at The Drum Social Purpose Awards 2019 for its ‘We’re Open’ work for Diageo (Smirnoff) and the LGBT Foundation. Here, the agency reveals the challenges faced and the strategies used to deliver this successful project.

Private equity giant Blackstone Group is taking a majority stake in the owner of Austin-based dating apps Bumble and Chappy. Under the deal, Blackstone will acquire MagicLab, a London-based company that operates a suite of dating apps including Bumble, Chappy, Badoo and Lumen. The transaction values MagicLab at about $3 billion and comes less than a year after Blackstone launched a growt

Some of the biggest leaders from the LGBTQ media industry will speak at the 2019 National Equality Media Association (NEMA) conference.

Lawyer and campaigner Steve Wardlaw on his spending habits – and why one classic car isn’t enough

A study showed three-quarters of the examined articles on LGBT topics were flagged as “inappropriate.”

Under a new initiative, Porter Wright will seek out co-counsel relationships for client matters with solo practitioners and small law firms that have been certified as an LGBTQ-owned business.

The Puerto Vallarta Tourism Board announced that the National Equality Media Association will hold its annual conference in Puerto Vallarta in October 2019

Whitman Insight Strategies and BuzzFeed News did a national poll for pride — LGBTQ people overestimate their share of the population and say Instagram is making them sad.