Queerty

{{Infobox website

| name = Queerty

| logo = Queerty logo.svg

| url = {{URL|Queerty.com}}

| commercial = Yes

| type = Online magazine

| language = English

| owner = Q.Digital

| country = United States

| editor = Graham Gremore

| launch_date = {{Start date and age|2005}}

| current_status = Active

}}

Queerty is an online magazine and newspaper covering gay- and LGBTQ-oriented entertainment and news, founded in 2005 by David Hauslaib.{{cite news| first=Frank| last=Barnako| url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/nytimescom-expects-audience-dip-with-timeselect?siteid=google| title=Gay blog is example of Web log strength| work=MarketWatch| date=September 16, 2005| access-date=October 29, 2014| archive-date=October 29, 2014| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141029211559/http://www.marketwatch.com/story/nytimescom-expects-audience-dip-with-timeselect?siteid=google| url-status=live}}{{cite magazine| first=Adam L.| last=Penenberg| url=http://archive.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/2005/09/68934| title=Can bloggers strike it rich?| magazine=Wired| date=September 22, 2005| access-date=October 29, 2014| archive-date=October 29, 2014| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141029215200/http://archive.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/2005/09/68934| url-status=live}} As of June 2015, the site had more than five million monthly unique visitors.{{cite news|title=LGBTs More Surprised Than Heterosexuals at Pace of Public Opinion Shift on Marriage Equality|url=http://www.gaycities.com/about/press/article.php?id=43|publisher=GayCities|date=June 24, 2015|access-date=June 24, 2015|archive-date=March 14, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314002421/http://www.gaycities.com/about/press/article.php?id=43|url-status=dead}}

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., the current owners and operators.{{cite web |url=http://www.towleroad.com/2011/04/lgbt-blog-queerty-closes.html |website=Towleroad |title=LGBT Blog Queerty Closes |first=Andy |last=Towle |date=April 18, 2011 |access-date=January 10, 2015 |archive-date=November 6, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141106181321/http://www.towleroad.com/2011/04/lgbt-blog-queerty-closes.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.queerty.com/gaycities-welcomes-you-to-the-new-queerty-20110505 |website=Queerty |title=GayCities Welcomes You to the New Queerty |first=Chris |last=Bull |date=May 5, 2011 |access-date=January 10, 2015 |archive-date=December 14, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141214173032/http://www.queerty.com/gaycities-welcomes-you-to-the-new-queerty-20110505 |url-status=live }}

Newsweek called Queerty "a leading site for gay issues" in 2010.{{cite journal| url=http://www.newsweek.com/blogs/the-gaggle/2010/05/25/conservatives-and-gay-rights-advocates-not-happy-with-don-t-ask-don-t-tell-compromise.html| title=Conservatives and Gay-Rights Advocates Not Happy With 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Compromise| last=Conant| first=Eve| date=May 25, 2010| journal=Newsweek| access-date=February 23, 2017| archive-date=March 4, 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304072859/http://www.newsweek.com/blogs/the-gaggle/2010/05/25/conservatives-and-gay-rights-advocates-not-happy-with-don-t-ask-don-t-tell-compromise.html| url-status=live}}

Since 2012,{{cite press release|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/queerty-announces-winners-in-first-annual-awards-the-queerties-2012-181019581.html |title=Queerty Announces Winners in First Annual Awards, The Queerties 2012 |author=GayCities, Inc|date=November 27, 2012|agency=PR Newswire|access-date=March 19, 2023}} the site bestows the Queerty Awards or "Queerties", in which their readers vote for the "best of LGBTQ Media and Culture" every March.{{cite web |url=https://www.queerty.com/winners-2019-queerties-20190227 |title=And the winners of the 2019 Queerties are... |first=David |last=Reddish |date=February 27, 2019 |work=Queerty |access-date=February 27, 2019 |archive-date=March 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190304064422/https://www.queerty.com/winners-2019-queerties-20190227 |url-status=live }}

References

External links

{{Official website|http://queerty.com/}}

Category:LGBTQ-related magazines published in the United States

Category:Online magazines published in the United States

Category:LGBTQ-related websites

Category:Magazines established in 2005

Category:Internet properties established in 2005

Category:2005 establishments in the United States