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Photo of the Day: #WhiteHouseLGBT Innovation Summit

Photo of the Day: #WhiteHouseLGBT Innovation Summit | LGBTQ+ Online Media, Marketing and Advertising | Scoop.it
RT @MariaMahl1: Brilliant @smithmegan kicking off the first #WhiteHouseLGBT Innovation summit w @lepitts #LGBTBiz http://t.co/Rxap2nO57m
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Target Mobile LGBT Users on Grindr, Scruff, Hornet and more

Following on our recent announcement last month of our company's ability to target YOUR LGBT Target Demographic online using Programmatic Ad Buying Technology and Real-Time Ad Bidding, we are proud to announce our updated capability to target YOUR LGBT Demographic on both mobile-optimized LGBT websites and LGBT mobile apps, including Grindr, Scruff and Hornet.

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Pink Banana Biz Target Mobile LGBT Users on Grindr, Scruff, Hornet and more
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#ProudToPlay: The world of sports gets the YouTube treatment

#ProudToPlay: The world of sports gets the YouTube treatment | LGBTQ+ Online Media, Marketing and Advertising | Scoop.it

When San Diego LGBT Weekly had the opportunity to speak with Raymond Braun, a man who, not quite 25, was named one of Forbes Magazine's 30 most influential Americans under 30...

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BestBus steers market - Washington Blade

BestBus steers market - Washington Blade | LGBTQ+ Online Media, Marketing and Advertising | Scoop.it

Less than a decade ago, the launch of independent bus services providing low-cost travel between D.C. and New York City was an evolving and unreliable transit option. Two local entrepreneurs set out to correct deficiencies plaguing prior start-ups.

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Expanding supplier diversity efforts to include LGBT firms is seen as 'next frontier'

Expanding supplier diversity efforts to include LGBT firms is seen as 'next frontier' | LGBTQ+ Online Media, Marketing and Advertising | Scoop.it
Major corporations are expanding supplier diversity programs to include LGBT-owned businesses, boosting their visibility. But the programs come with unexpected complications, including sales staff hesitant to identify their employers as LGBT majority-owned.
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For Asia's gay professionals, technology is equality's champion

For Asia's gay professionals, technology is equality's champion | LGBTQ+ Online Media, Marketing and Advertising | Scoop.it

In a much-celebrated move timed during this year's Pride Month, US President Barack Obama expressed his unequivocal support for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT)...

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Thousands Of Tech Company Employees Showed Their Support At San Francisco's Gay Pride Parade

Thousands Of Tech Company Employees Showed Their Support At San Francisco's Gay Pride Parade | LGBTQ+ Online Media, Marketing and Advertising | Scoop.it

This weekend marked the 44th annual LGBT Pride event in San Francisco. An estimated 1.7 million people attended the festivities, and among them were thousands of employees from several prominent tech companies, who marched in Sunday's parade. 

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Among Gay CEOs, the Pressure to Conform - New York Times

Among Gay CEOs, the Pressure to Conform - New York Times | LGBTQ+ Online Media, Marketing and Advertising | Scoop.it

Now, he has written a candid and unsparing book about his tortured life as a closeted gay chief executive, “The Glass Closet: Why Coming Out Is Good for Business.” He thus...

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StartOut highlights LGBT business issues in San Francisco

StartOut highlights LGBT business issues in San Francisco | LGBTQ+ Online Media, Marketing and Advertising | Scoop.it

StartOut is a national nonprofit organization that aims to strengthen the lesbian gay bisexual transgender business community, provide resources to entrepreneurs and raise their visibility. Founded in 2009, StartOut now has chapters in Austin, Boston, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Seattle and Denver.

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U.S. Gives LGBT-owned Businesses Abroad a Helping Hand

U.S. Gives LGBT-owned Businesses Abroad a Helping Hand | LGBTQ+ Online Media, Marketing and Advertising | Scoop.it

In a first of a kind program, the U.S. Agency for International Development will donate $1.2 million to a partnership that will help LGBT-owned businesses in developing countries.  The partnership, with the National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce, based in Washington, D.C., will provide a total of $4 million for business development in Colombia, Mexico, and Peru, with more countries soon to follow. NGLCC will donate the balance of the funds.

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Event management agency for the gay market launches

Event management agency for the gay market launches | LGBTQ+ Online Media, Marketing and Advertising | Scoop.it
A new London company has been created to the assist gay and lesbian market with private and personalised event management services.
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Supporting Gay Rights Is Good for Business

Supporting Gay Rights Is Good for Business | LGBTQ+ Online Media, Marketing and Advertising | Scoop.it

Many major brands have been vocal on both sides of the gay rights issue. It's not advertising—and for that reason, it may be the best kind of marketing.

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STUDY: What's the Most Gay-Friendly Brand?

STUDY: What's the Most Gay-Friendly Brand? | LGBTQ+ Online Media, Marketing and Advertising | Scoop.it

LGBT consumers voted, and the results are in for BrandIndex's annual list of companies most revered by our community.

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STUDY: What's the Most Gay-Friendly Brand?
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Apple Shares 'Pride' Video Featuring Preparation for San Francisco Pride Parade

Apple Shares 'Pride' Video Featuring Preparation for San Francisco Pride Parade | LGBTQ+ Online Media, Marketing and Advertising | Scoop.it
In late June, San Francisco held its 44th annual Pride parade, which saw several companies, including Apple, marching in support of the LGBT...
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Selisse Berry's fight for the rights of LGBT employees

Selisse Berry's fight for the rights of LGBT employees | LGBTQ+ Online Media, Marketing and Advertising | Scoop.it

When Selisse Berry began advocating for equal treatment of gays in the workplace, the reception was more than chilly. It was frozen. She walked into conference rooms where forced attendees sat with their arms folded and Bibles on their laps. They tripped over the word, "le-le-le-lesbian."

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The problem with gay advertising - Salon

The problem with gay advertising - Salon | LGBTQ+ Online Media, Marketing and Advertising | Scoop.it

NPR this week ran a story that will surprise no one who's picked up any gay-interest magazine over the past several years: advertising, more and more, is aware that gay people exist and is thus pitching...

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Burger King Embraces Gay Agenda, Introduces "Proud Whopper." No, Seriously.

Burger King Embraces Gay Agenda, Introduces "Proud Whopper." No, Seriously. | LGBTQ+ Online Media, Marketing and Advertising | Scoop.it

It was great when companies began embracing the LGBT community in ads and on social media. It wasn’t a popular thing to do—heck, you might risk a boycott. At this point, though, it’s just getting silly: Burger King has announced it will sell “the Proud Whopper”—a regular Whopper in a rainbow wrapper and an inscription that reads “”We are all the same inside.”

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Burger King Embraces Gay Agenda, Introduces "Proud Whopper." No, Seriously.
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Gays And The Tech Industry: An Inclusive Yet Complicated Relationship

Gays And The Tech Industry: An Inclusive Yet Complicated Relationship | LGBTQ+ Online Media, Marketing and Advertising | Scoop.it

Back in the 80s, Gene Falk, chief executive officer at StartOut, an organization that helps gay entrepreneurs, says there was an unspoken “Don't Ask, Don't Tell” policy in...

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Companies wooing Southern California LGBT community

Companies wooing Southern California LGBT community | LGBTQ+ Online Media, Marketing and Advertising | Scoop.it

Along with JetBlue, Wells Fargo and Anheuser-Busch have been corporate sponsors at the Long Beach Pride festival for at least seven years, said Frank Rubio, vice president of the Long Beach Pride Gay and Lesbian Festival.

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“What we’re witnessing is the idea that you don’t have to isolate gay ads and messaging to markets only intended for gay people,” Bob Witeck, President, Witeck Communications

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Tim Cook led 5,000 from Apple at gay pride parade

Tim Cook led 5,000 from Apple at gay pride parade | LGBTQ+ Online Media, Marketing and Advertising | Scoop.it

Are there people who won’t buy Apple’s products — or invest in its stock — because Tim Cook attended San Francisco’s Pride Parade Sunday, posed for a selfie, and tweeted about it to his 534,811 followers?

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SF tech companies to play up Pride Parade

SF tech companies to play up Pride Parade | LGBTQ+ Online Media, Marketing and Advertising | Scoop.it
A record number of tech firms are showing their pride this weekend at San Francisco's annual gay pride parade.
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PRESSING QUESTIONS: Living Out of Long Island, N.Y.

PRESSING QUESTIONS: Living Out of Long Island, N.Y. | LGBTQ+ Online Media, Marketing and Advertising | Scoop.it
Press Pass Q: What part of Living Out is the most popular? Publisher David Kilmnick: There is no one “most popular” part of Living Out. Feedback from readers indicates an even split between enjoying the vast amount of news provided, both local, international and national, the thought provoking op-ed pieces, travel columns, Be Scene photo section and celebrity interviews, and arts and culture. We continually receive great feedback about the design and layout of the publication as well. 
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How Banana Republic Moved From Skinny Models to Gay Guys

How Banana Republic Moved From Skinny Models to Gay Guys | LGBTQ+ Online Media, Marketing and Advertising | Scoop.it
This 1992 ad marked the beginning of Banana Republic advertising’s black-and-white period, which would continue nearly to the end of the decade.
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How Banana Republic Moved From Skinny Models to Gay Guys
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Heineken Runs Instagram Campaign for Gay Pride Month

Heineken Runs Instagram Campaign for Gay Pride Month | LGBTQ+ Online Media, Marketing and Advertising | Scoop.it

Heineken posted a series of photos on Instagram this morning that makes creative use of the photo-sharing app for a Gay Pride Month campaign.

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Betty Crocker’s Finding her Way Into the Modern-Day American Family’s Kitchen by Embracing the Gay Community

Betty Crocker’s Finding her Way Into the Modern-Day American Family’s Kitchen by Embracing the Gay Community | LGBTQ+ Online Media, Marketing and Advertising | Scoop.it

The 90-year-old brand, Betty Crocker, famous for their kitchen products including baked goods and cookbooks, has also been a champion of gay rights through various outreach opportunities and now seeks to help capitalize on the...

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