To cover a national election with huge stakes, editors at LGBTQ Nation and Queerty deployed correspondents in Paris, London, New Orleans, Washington, D.C., New York, San Diego, and Portland – urban areas that cover five times zones – to produce not just geographic diversity but round-the-clock coverage of breaking news.
The correspondents produced more than 50 election-night articles explaining how the results affected the future of equality in America. With the mainstream media focused on the national horse race, our team tracked dozens of local and state LGBTQ candidates, from Congress to City Hall, seeking reelection or office for the first time. Focusing on the diversity of the community’s future leaders and thinkers in the run-up to election night, the site scored multiple exclusives:
- Kamala Harris penned an op-ed making the case for why the community should vote for Joe Biden
- In an interview, Pete Buttigieg told readers that “Help is on the way”
- The first openly gay member of Congress from Kansas Sharice Davids shared her thoughts on her fight for a second term from the red state
- The nation’s first openly gay African-American member of Congress Mondaire Jones talked about growing up in poverty and making a difference
- Sarah McBride on her race to become the first trans person elected to the Delaware legislature
- Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Glenn Greenwald described his battle with the Brazilian version of Trump, Jair Bolsonaro, and how coming out changed his politics
LGBTQ Nation has established itself as the United States’ largest LGBTQ news site, racking up a monthly audience of millions. The news outlet scored an especially impressive readership during the campaign and through Election Day, with hundreds of thousands of daily visitors and social media shares. This election coverage builds on a growth year for LGBTQ Nation that featured expanded Pride coverage (May-June), the launch of the Heroes program (September), LGBTQ PRIME channel (May-Sept), and LGBTQ History Month coverage (October).
LGBTQ Nation is edited by Bil Browning and Alex Bollinger. Correspondents include Juwan Holmes, John Gallagher, Jhoni Jackson, Molly Sprayregen, and Daniel Villareal.