''LGBTQ Nation'' is an American online

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headquartered in

San Francisco San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a commercial, Financial District, San Francisco, financial, and Culture of San Francisco, cultural center of Northern California. With a population of 827,526 residents as of ...

California California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ...

. It was founded in 2009 and is currently owned by ''Q.Digital''. The website is primarily marketed to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) community. Through its parent company, it is affiliated with three other sites: ''

Queerty ''Queerty'' is an online magazine and newspaper covering gay- and LGBTQ-oriented entertainment and news, founded in 2005 by David Hauslaib. As of June 2015, the site had more than five million monthly unique visitors. History ''Queerty'' was ...

,'' ''GayCities'', and ''INTO''.

History

''LGBTQ Nation'' was founded in 2009. It reports on topics that are relevant to the LGBTQ community, and the site is headquartered in San Francisco. It is owned by ''Q.Digital'', as are its sister companies, ''Queerty'', ''GayCities'', and ''INTO''. As of 2017, the website had 1.2 million followers on

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. ''Q.Digital'' says that LGBTQ Nation is "the most visited LGBTQ news site in the US". In 2021, ''LGBTQ Nation'' was nominated for the 32nd GLAAD Media Awards. Milo Yiannopolous was named LGBTQ Nation's "2016 Person of the Year" due to a reader driven poll. LGBTQ Nation, the Anti-Defamation League, and

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said that Yiannopolous's supporters had posted about the poll on sites such as

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and

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, and that ''

Breitbart News ''Breitbart News Network'' (; known commonly as ''Breitbart News'', ''Breitbart'', or ''Breitbart.com'') is an Radical right (United States), American far-rightMultiple sources: * * * * * * * * * * * * syndicated news, opinion, and commentar ...

'' ran stories about the poll. At Yiannopolous's request, the editors of LGBTQ Nation removed a reference to him as "

alt right The alt-right (abbreviated from alternative right) is a far-right, white nationalist movement. A largely online phenomenon, the alt-right originated in the United States during the late 2000s before increasing in popularity and establishing a ...

". The decisions to nominate and interview Yiannopolous, as well as to remove the reference to him as "alt right", drew some backlash from the site's readers.

Content

The website covers the subjects of

LGBT pride In the context of LGBTQ culture, pride (also known as LGBTQ pride, LGBTQIA pride, LGBT pride, queer pride, gay pride, or gay and lesbian pride) is the promotion of the rights, self-affirmation, dignity, equality, and increased visibility o ...

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, life, and politics. It provided coverage of the

2020 United States presidential election United States presidential election, Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 3, 2020. The Democratic Party (United States), Democratic ticket of former vice president Joe Biden and California junior senator Kamala H ...

, including exclusive coverage of presidential candidates. This included an

op-ed An op-ed, short for "opposite the editorial page," is a type of written prose commonly found in newspapers, magazines, and online publications. They usually represent a writer's strong and focused opinion on an issue of relevance to a targeted a ...

on the site written by

Kamala Harris Kamala Devi Harris ( ; born October 20, 1964) is an American politician and attorney who served as the 49th vice president of the United States from 2021 to 2025 under President Joe Biden. She is the first female, first African American, and ...

. Commentary by

Joe Biden Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. (born November 20, 1942) is an American politician who was the 46th president of the United States from 2021 to 2025. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he served as the 47th vice p ...

was also published in the outlet. Interviews were held with

Pete Buttigieg Peter Paul Montgomery Buttigieg ( ; born January 19, 1982) is an American politician and former naval officer who served as the 19th United States Secretary of Transportation, United States secretary of transportation from 2021 to 2025. A me ...

and

Andrew Yang Andrew Yang (born January 13, 1975) is an American businessman, attorney, lobbyist, political commentator, and author. He founded the political party and action committee Forward Party (United States), Forward Party in 2021, for which he serves ...

. During the 2020 Democratic presidential primaries, ''LGBTQ Nation'' published analysis of each candidate's background concerning

LGBT rights Rights affecting lesbian, Gay men, gay, Bisexuality, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) people vary greatly by country or jurisdiction—encompassing everything from the legal recognition of same-sex marriage to the Capital punishmen ...

. Interviews with people of interest to the LGBT community have been published to the website. This included interviews with LGBT lawmakers and candidates such as Danica Roem,

Mondaire Jones Mondaire Lamar Jones (born May 18, 1987) is an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, Jones was the U.S. representative for from 2021 to 2023. Before his 2022 defeat, Jones was descri ...

, Taylor Small,

Sarah McBride Sarah Elizabeth McBride (born August 9, 1990) is an American activist and politician who is the United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative for Delaware's at-large congressional district. A member of the Democratic Party (United ...

, and

Sharice Davids Sharice Lynnette Davids (; born May 22, 1980) is an American politician, attorney, and former mixed martial artist serving as the U.S. representative from since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, she represents a district that includes ...

. ''LGBTQ Nation'' also held an interview with Gerald Bostock, one of the plaintiffs in the landmark '' Bostock v. Clayton County'' ruling. LGBTQ Nation has provided international news coverage, especially concerning stories pertaining to LGBT topics. During the 2020 US presidential election, it had correspondents across the world. The site has published pieces related to

LGBT history LGBTQ history dates back to the first recorded instances of same-sex love, diverse gender identities, and sexualities in ancient civilizations, involving the history of lesbian, Gay men, gay, bisexuality, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LG ...

, including about the Gay Liberation Front, the

Stonewall uprising ''Stonewall Uprising'' is a 2010 American documentary film examining the events surrounding the Stonewall riots that began during the early hours of June 28, 1969. ''Stonewall Uprising'' made its theatrical debut on June 16, 2010, at the Film Fo ...

, and pre-Stonewall LGBT activity.

Podcast

''LGBTQ Nation'' launched a podcast in 2021, hosted by Alex Berg.

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History

Content

Podcast

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