1.2M
Monthly unique readers
GA4-verified, public dashboard.
Vol. XV · Independent · Brooklyn / Berlin · Est. 2009
The Press Desk · Media Kit · Sponsorship · Research
The press, advertising & research desk for the largest independent queer publishing network in North America.
1.2 million monthly readers. 15 years independent. Zero paywalls, zero corporate editing, zero apology. Below: the verifiable audience numbers, the inventory we sell, the awards we have won, and a direct line to the editor for media kits, citations, and academic research requests.
Readership · By the Numbers
Six numbers advertisers, journalists and researchers keep asking us for.
All figures are verified by our public Google Analytics 4 dashboard and refreshed each quarter. No estimates, no rounded-up vanity metrics — the actual, audited scale of the GayBloggers network.
6:18
Average session duration
3.4× the digital publishing benchmark.
92%
Newsletter retention
Year-over-year, across 36 months.
18,400
Average reads per contributor article
Within 30 days of publication.
4,847
Active contributors
Across 14 queer-identity verticals.
187,000+
Original articles archived
Fully searchable, dating to June 2009.
As Cited In
Cited more than 240 times across mainstream press since 2015.
GayBloggers is referenced as a primary source on queer digital culture by the publications that decide what reaches the broader public conversation. We do not pay for placement; we earn citations by being where the story is.
240+ times cited across The Guardian, NPR, Slate, Vox and The Washington Post since 2015.
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2023
GLAAD Media Award — Outstanding Blog. For sustained, fair, and accurate coverage of LGBTQ+ lives in digital media.
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2022
NLGJA Award — Outstanding Online Community. The National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association recognition for the contributor network.
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2024
Shorty Awards finalist — Community Management, for our volunteer section-editor program of 380 editors.
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Since 2009
15 unbroken years of independent operation — predating most mainstream LGBTQ+ media pivots to the web.
Press desk will confirm any citation on deadline. Email [email protected] with the outlet, story and date.
Advertising & Sponsorship · Inventory
Four inventory lanes, packaged as editorial departments.
We do not sell banner stacks. Each lane is an editorial format with measured reach, a clear rate card on request, and an audience we can describe down to the section editor who covers it. Member-supported model means no paywalls and no third-party data brokers.
01 · Newsletter Sponsorship
The Sunday Brief & daily verticals
Native sponsorship in our 92%-retention weekly newsletter and section-specific daily sends. Plain-text or designed unit; one sponsor per send.
02 · Display & Programmatic
House display across all 14 verticals
Direct-sold and private marketplace display, with category exclusions for hate, conversion therapy, payday lending and surveillance tech. No behavioral retargeting.
03 · Branded Verticals & Podcast Pre-Roll
Section-level sponsorship & audio
Sponsor a single vertical — Trans Rights, Queer Parenting, Drag Culture, LGBTQ+ Tech — or host-read pre-roll on the GayBloggers Podcast network (8 shows, 24 episodes/month).
04 · Custom Editorial & Events
Branded series, essays & live programming
Commissioned first-person essays, multi-article branded series, and in-person or hybrid event partnership across Brooklyn and Berlin. Editorial independence written into every contract.
Four Audiences · One Press Desk
Whoever you are writing for, start here.
Press, advertising and academic research requests all arrive at the same small desk run by our Editor and Communications Lead. The four columns on the right are the lanes that desk handles, with the typical ask and the typical turnaround.
01
Advertisers & agencies
Request a media kit with rate cards, audience demographics, content categories, programmatic specs, and case studies. Returns in 1 business day from our sales lead.
02
Journalists on deadline
Quick-look confirmation on a quote or statistic, an interview with one of our 22 staff editors, or a referral to a contributor working the story. Same-day for active deadlines.
03
Academic researchers
Search access to the 187,000-article archive for queer digital-culture research, with citation-friendly export and a signed data-use agreement on request.
04
Activists & nonprofits
Pro-bono co-publication and amplification for community organizations, plus contact info for the 380 volunteer section editors covering your issue area.
Closing the Loop · Press Desk
Request the media kit — or reach the editor directly.
No gatekeeping, no corporate funnel. The kit is free for verified media and academic researchers; advertisers receive it alongside a 30-minute intro call with our sales lead. Email is read by a human, Monday through Friday, Brooklyn time.
- Press desk email · [email protected]
- Telephone · +1 (718) 555-0429 — 10:00–18:00 ET, Mon–Fri
- Snail mail (for press packets) · GayBloggers Media Network, Inc., 147 N 6th Street, Suite 4B, Brooklyn, NY 11249, USA
- Berlin newsroom · Kreuzbergstraße 28, 10965 Berlin, Germany — for European press inquiries