Queerty

*Queerty*
Type of site	Online magazine
Available in	English
Headquarters	United States
Owner	Q.Digital
Editor	Daniel Tracer
URL	queerty.com
Commercial	Yes
Launched	2005; 17 years ago
Current status	Active

Queerty is an online magazine and newspaper covering gay-oriented lifestyle and news, founded in 2005 by David Hauslaib.^[1]^[2] As of June 2015, the site had more than five million monthly unique visitors.^[3]

History[]

Queerty was founded by David Hauslaib in 2005 with Bradford Shellhammer serving as founding editor. The site briefly shut down operations in 2011 before being sold to Q.Digital, Inc., which currently owns and operates it.^[4]^[5]

Newsweek called Queerty "a leading site for gay issues" in 2010.^[6]

The site bestows the Queerty Awards or "Queerties", in which their readers vote for the "best of LGBTQ Media and Culture" every March.^[7]

References[]

^ Barnako, Frank (September 16, 2005). "Gay blog is example of Web log strength". MarketWatch. Archived from the original on October 29, 2014. Retrieved October 29, 2014.
^ Penenberg, Adam L. (September 22, 2005). "Can bloggers strike it rich?". Wired. Archived from the original on October 29, 2014. Retrieved October 29, 2014.
^ "LGBTs More Surprised Than Heterosexuals at Pace of Public Opinion Shift on Marriage Equality". GayCities. June 24, 2015. Archived from the original on March 14, 2016. Retrieved June 24, 2015.
^ Towle, Andy (April 18, 2011). "LGBT Blog Queerty Closes". Towleroad. Archived from the original on November 6, 2014. Retrieved January 10, 2015.
^ Bull, Chris (May 5, 2011). "GayCities Welcomes You to the New Queerty". Queerty. Archived from the original on December 14, 2014. Retrieved January 10, 2015.
^ Conant, Eve (May 25, 2010). "Conservatives and Gay-Rights Advocates Not Happy With 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Compromise". Newsweek. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved February 23, 2017.
^ Reddish, David (February 27, 2019). "And the winners of the 2019 Queerties are..." Queerty. Archived from the original on March 4, 2019. Retrieved February 27, 2019.