#GayMediaSoWhite no more? Two new digital magazines signal a more diverse LGBTQ media
When #GayMediaSoWhite trended on Twitter last year, a glaring and problematic similarity between mainstream and LGBTQ media surfaced: both privilege the white-male perspective over the voices of people of color.
Though a writ-large criticism that's long been lodged at media industrywide, it's one that many thought LGBTQ publications, with their ethos to uplift those traditionally marginalized and ignored, would take more seriously.
The covers of noted queer magazines like Out, the Advocate and Attitude said otherwise.
More than a year later two new LGBTQ publications, Into, which launched in August, and Them, which launched in late October, are looking to shake up the queer media landscape. At their helm are editors and writers from parts of the LGBTQ community
