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• Nerd City Calls On YouTube For More Demonetization Transparency Amid New Study About LGBTQ+ Video Titles
• Phil Lester Comes Out On Final Day Of Pride Month: “Hopefully My Story Will Help Some Of You”

  Roughly two weeks after his frequentcreative collaborator Daniel Howell came out as gay in a scorching, 45-minute vlog complete with five different chapters, Phil Lester has taken a decidedly breezier approach to his own coming out video -- aptly titled Coming Out To You, which he released yesterday, the final day of Pride Month.

  
• Connor Franta, Alexis G. Zall, Ben J. Pierce To Appear In YouTube Pride Doc ‘Stonewall Outloud’ (Trailer)

  YouTube kicked off LGBTQ+ Pride Month in the throes of an explosive scandal, amid calls to remove right-wing commentator Steven Crowder from its platform, after he was discovered to have extensively harassed Vox journalist Carlos Maza about his sexuality (and also promoted a T-shirt line emblazoned with the slogan ‘Socialism Is For F*gs).

  
• Eugene Lee Yang’s Coming Out Video Has Raised $60,000 For The Trevor Project

  Eugene Lee Yang, who is one quarter of YouTube’s The Try Guys, has come out of the closet in spectacular fashion -- via a music video that also serves as a massive fundraiser for The Trevor Project.

  
• Dan Howell Comes Out As “Basically” Gay, Answers Speculation About Relationship With Phil Lester
• Google CEO Apologizes To LGBTQ+ Staffers After YouTube Firestorm: “You Are A Source Of Pride For Us”
• Instagram Adds New Custom Gender Options For User Profiles In Honor Of Pride
• Ingrid Nilsen Pacts With It Gets Better For ‘#TheirStory’ Pride Campaign
• Activists Lobby For Google’s Removal From San Francisco Pride Festivities At Board Meeting
• Bisexual Vlogger Jessie Paege Launches Tarte Eyeshadow Palette For Pride Month
• VidCon Pacts With The Trevor Project To Curate LGBTQ+ Programming And Panels
• YouTuber Tyler Oakley Feted For LGBTQ Advocacy Work On Cover Of ‘The Advocate’