![800,000 Americans came out on Facebook in the past year](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/14624530330_242220db13_o-1.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
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![800,000 Americans came out on Facebook in the past year](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/14624530330_242220db13_o-1.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
![The positive influence of LGBT video game characters](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/joel_and_ellie-1.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
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The positive influence of LGBT video game characters
![Apple CEO Tim Cook writes op-ed blasting anti-LGBT bills in Indiana and other states](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tim-cook.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Apple CEO Tim Cook writes op-ed blasting anti-LGBT bills in Indiana and other states
![Google embraces transgender community with more gender options on Google+](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Google-gender.png?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Google embraces transgender community with more gender options on Google+
![Facebook apologizes to the LGBT community, plans to change real-name policy](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/2390914273_da19cc9362_o.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Facebook apologizes to the LGBT community, plans to change real-name policy
![Atari marches into the LGBT market with Pridefest mobile game](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/atari-pridefest.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Atari marches into the LGBT market with Pridefest mobile game
![Games for LGBT audience are finally hitting the market](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/coming-out-simulator-2014.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Games for LGBT audience are finally hitting the market
![Apple makes a gay pride video and, of course, it's gorgeous](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/screen-shot-2014-07-08-at-8-08-03-am.png?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Apple makes a gay pride video and, of course, it's gorgeous
![The public trial of Mozilla CEO Brendan Eich (interview)](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/eich.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
The public trial of Mozilla CEO Brendan Eich (interview)
![How Facebook & the transgender community finally fell in love](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/rich-ferraro.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
How Facebook & the transgender community finally fell in love
![Blind, disabled, and gay: How one game journalist deals with barriers and prejudice (interview)](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/kingett-main.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Blind, disabled, and gay: How one game journalist deals with barriers and prejudice (interview)
![Distinc.tt brings its ‘gay app you can bring home to Mom’ out of the closet](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/michael-belkin.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Distinc.tt brings its ‘gay app you can bring home to Mom’ out of the closet
![Apple CEO Tim Cook urges Congress to support Employment Nondiscrimination Act](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/tim-cook-d11-closer.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Apple CEO Tim Cook urges Congress to support Employment Nondiscrimination Act
![Why Facebook picked a drag queen to be the official face of Home](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/themes/vb-news/brand/img/logos/logo-placeholder-350x175.jpg)
Why Facebook picked a drag queen to be the official face of Home
![AnonyMouse launches to help gay youth while protecting their identities](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/themes/vb-news/brand/img/logos/logo-placeholder-350x175.jpg)
AnonyMouse launches to help gay youth while protecting their identities
![Here’s what Facebook, Google, & Twitter told the Supreme Court about gay marriage](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/themes/vb-news/brand/img/logos/logo-placeholder-350x175.jpg)
Here’s what Facebook, Google, & Twitter told the Supreme Court about gay marriage
![Queer & nerdy: Why your startup should hire a gay developer](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/themes/vb-news/brand/img/logos/logo-placeholder-350x175.jpg)
Queer & nerdy: Why your startup should hire a gay developer
![How tech companies and the U.S. military are blocking gay websites](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/military-scientist.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
How tech companies and the U.S. military are blocking gay websites
![How Bill Gates, (RED), & others are using the web for World AIDS Day](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/themes/vb-news/brand/img/logos/logo-placeholder-350x175.jpg)
How Bill Gates, (RED), & others are using the web for World AIDS Day
![Facebook goes totally gay for National Coming Out Day](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/facebook-lgbt.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Facebook goes totally gay for National Coming Out Day
![Get rid of spam & trolls in one fell swoop with civil rights CAPTCHA](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/civil-rights-captcha.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Get rid of spam & trolls in one fell swoop with civil rights CAPTCHA
![Grindr is getting a big, gay makeover this summer](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/grindr-thumb.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Grindr is getting a big, gay makeover this summer
![Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg explains why Facebook is pro-gay](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/facebook-glaad-award-show1.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg explains why Facebook is pro-gay
![Facebook gets all gay at star-studded GLAAD awards show [photos]](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/glee.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Facebook gets all gay at star-studded GLAAD awards show [photos]
![Facebook just became the first social media company to snag a GLAAD award](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/facebook-glaad.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Facebook just became the first social media company to snag a GLAAD award
![Grindr creator on his new app, lesbian gaydar, & more at SXSW [video]](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/grindr-sxsw.jpg?resize=290%2C175&strip=all)
Grindr creator on his new app, lesbian gaydar, & more at SXSW [video]
![Before “it gets better,” gay youth still need help. Enter AnonyMouse.](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/anonymouse.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Before “it gets better,” gay youth still need help. Enter AnonyMouse.
![YouTube calls 2011 “the year of the unexpected performer”](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/youtube.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
YouTube calls 2011 “the year of the unexpected performer”
![Why Facebook, Yahoo & others are celebrating LGBT Spirit Day](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/gay-tech.jpg?resize=206%2C175&strip=all)
Why Facebook, Yahoo & others are celebrating LGBT Spirit Day
![Fabulis vs. GayCities: A social-networking battle that’s totally gay](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/themes/vb-news/brand/img/logos/logo-placeholder-350x175.jpg)