For those with a taste for the international, PinkNews is our fave LGBT site from across the pond. It offers a mix of politics, opinions, culture and more.
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1. BuzzFeed
BuzzFeed’s cocktail of humorous lists, celebrity gossip and picture stories tapped into a booming demand for content that people can quickly share with friends.
But the site also tackles serious issues, like its annual Queer Prom, which gives LGBTQ high school students a night they’ll never forget.
But the company’s recent layoffs of mostly minority ethnic and LGBTQ staffers has been heartbreaking for many.
2. Queerty
This LGBTQ news site focuses on entertainment, culture and community. They recently partnered with The Trevor Project to release a digital guide to help young queer people practice safe online self-care.
The LGBT movement generally supports a kind of identity politics that views sexual orientation as an innate human characteristic, not a political category. The community also opposes attempts to change homosexuals into heterosexuals (“conversion therapy”).
3. The Advocate
Originally published in 1967, The Advocate quickly gained a reputation as the news magazine of record for the gay community. It features national advocacy on behalf of LGBT rights.
Point Foundation provides financial support, mentoring, and leadership training to meritorious students who are marginalized due to sexual orientation or gender expression. The Trevor Project is determined to end suicide among LGBTQ youth through a nationwide crisis intervention lifeline.
4. PinkNews
PinkNews closely follows political progress on LGBT+ rights around the world and carries interviews with cultural figures and politicians. It also has a TikTok channel which has seen huge growth this year.
Cohen cites several factors for the site’s success including a fruitful partnership with Snapchat Discover, a team weighted towards Gen Z and younger millennial staff and a focus on issues that resonate with that demographic. It also recently launched an uplifting news feed to help its audience.
5. Outsports
The site features stories and information centered around LGBT sports. It features stories of LGBTQ athletes coming out, movements & initiatives to fight homophobia in sports and more. Its sports communities are powered by respected web-native sports journalists.
The team has a mission to provide voices for a community of sportspeople that have been historically underrepresented. They have earned many awards and accolades over their two decade long run, including GLAAD Media Award nominations.
6. Towleroad
Towleroad was founded in 2003 by editor and founder Andy Towle after leaving Genre, a gay men’s lifestyle magazine. The site would grow during the blog boom of the 2000s and become appointment reading for a devoted fanbase.
The site features a mix of stories that appeal to gay Gen X and millennial audiences. It covers politics, culture, media, and entertainment.
7. Washington Blade
In its 50-year history, Washington Blade has documented both dramatic advances and ongoing struggles for LGBTQ people. The paper earned the inaugural NLGJA Legacy Award for its dedication to LGBT news coverage.
The Washington Blade will receive a $22,500 technology stipend and participate in the Queer Media Sustainability Lab along with Tagg Magazine, Philadelphia Gay News, Windy City Times and Bay Area Reporter. The program will help the publications upgrade their technology and explore new revenue streams.
8. Bay Area Reporter
What began as a “bar rag” in 1971 is the nation’s longest-running and highest-circulation LGBT newspaper. The Bay Area Reporter covers everything from local politics to the AIDS epidemic and beyond.
Paige Ellis interned for BCN in 2021 and 2022 before starting her junior year at UCSB. She worked on breaking news and social media for Local News Matters and a geotagging mapping project to better serve the community.
9. Autostraddle
Autostraddle was one of the major digital queer spaces, a place where readers and contributors built community in a world with comparatively little else. That’s why it hurt so much when its staff was laid off.
It’s a medium-sized miracle that this site has endured, even through the monetization of The L Word fandom. Its articles address everything from relationship dynamics to radical queer politics to economic injustice.
10. Outsports
After two decades of coverage, the co-founders’ work has earned six GLAAD media nominations and has appeared on radio shows from Los Angeles to Huntsville. They’ve also helped to show that courage is contagious.
Outsports features stories about athletes from the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer community. It also hosts conversations on how sports can be more inclusive to those in the LGBT community.