YouTube celebrates Pride Month.
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Every June the LGBTQ + community celebrates Pride Month and Youtube has confirmed how it will celebrate throughout the month this year. The digital platform is organizing a series of celebrations where funds will also be raised for The Trevor Project, the world’s largest suicide prevention and crisis intervention organization for LGBTQ youth.
This includes the “Give With Pride” challenge and 1999 ”in which it is [was to raise the objective of the $ 788 thousand dollars campaign .
Throughout the month , YouTube will also match every dollar donated to the “Give With Pride” campaign up to $ 250 One thousand dollars. The money generated from this year’s Pride livestream events will go directly to supporting LGBTQ + youth and expanding safe spaces, inclusive and accepting where everyone young people can be themselves, not only during Pride month, but throughout the year.
We started the month with the challenge “Donate with pride”. YouTube creators such as Patrick Starr , Gigi Gorgeous Y Elle of the Mills . (Like bleaching your hair or getting a tattoo!) Trying to hit the combined campaign goal of $ K for The Trevor Project.
On Friday 25 June will be the day of “YouTube Pride Star-studded multi-hour originals celebrating the LGBTQ + community. This global virtual celebration will feature famous emcees Demi Lovato , Trixie Mattel , Daniel Howelly , and Olly Alexander with the presence of the Mawaan Rizwan
Musical performances, challenges, guests Specials, live moments and much more will be featured throughout back-to-back celebrations. Selected videos from the creators of the “Give With Pride” challenge will stream during the multi-hour live stream, and you can continue to donate directly to the challenge via the YouTube Donate button.
And later in the month, YouTube Gaming will host a live Minecraft competition with creators around the world to raise awareness about mental health issues affecting the community LGBTQ +.
LGBTQ + youth showing everyone how to live and love, tag-free, with a playlist that you can find directly on the YouTube homepage featuring exhilarating content from YouTube creators like Anna Akana Y Tarek Ali . You can also listen to bold and courageous conversations from Georgia Bridgers and Sufi Malik as they share their personal journeys toward self-acceptance.
To keep the vibe, YouTube Music will also honor Pride month at a variety of shapes across the platform. In YouTube Music, you can access the playlist “Celebrating Pride,” which includes music from artists iconic and emerging . In addition to this playlist, fans can also enjoy several others celebrating Pride and showcasing the incredible variety of music on YouTube.
