LGBTQ+ Market Specialization

LGBTQ+ Film &
Television Marketing

The most-watched vertical in the marketplace — and the most engaged fandoms on earth. Partner with Pink Media for the most comprehensive yet targeted reach into LGBTQ+ film and TV audiences. A focused, two-fold approach built for studios, streamers, festivals, and entertainment brands.

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The Opportunity

A Two-Fold Campaign Approach
Built for LGBTQ+ Film & TV Fans

There are a variety of ways in which we can market to LGBTQ+ film and television audiences — from prestige-cinema and awards watchers to Drag Race loyalists, festival-goers, and the Gen Z superfans who turn shows into movements. Partner with Pink Media for the most comprehensive yet targeted reach into the highly-coveted LGBTQ+ consumer, with a focus in the world of LGBTQ+ Film & Television. Our campaigns are two-fold.

First, we focus on getting your title and story out to a hyper-targeted LGBTQ+ audience online via traditional online advertising, mobile apps, video advertising, and more. Second, we get your message out via strategically-placed social media posts, both organically and utilizing paid social media advertising — tapping into the strong LGBTQ+ film and TV communities on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Threads, X and more.

This includes both social media hyper-targeted advertising and our #ILoveGay Network, now reaching over 1.5 million LGBTQ+ followers — an audience that doesn't just watch, it markets, through the edits, fan art, and watch-party energy that keep series alive. Our success metrics are based on the visibility and performance we provide: impressions, reach, click-throughs, and engagement.

Our Campaign Framework

Part One + Part Two.
Complete LGBTQ+ Screen Coverage.

A comprehensive strategy that reaches LGBTQ+ film and TV audiences through paid advertising channels AND organic social amplification — simultaneously.

Part One
Hyper-Targeted Digital Advertising

We focus on getting your title and story out to a hyper-targeted LGBTQ+ audience online via traditional online advertising, mobile apps, video advertising, and more.

On the programmatic ad exchange, we layer film & TV data selects — genre and platform affinities, streaming subscribers, festival-goers — onto LGBTQ+ websites, and geo-target down to the ZIP code for platform launches, theatrical markets, and festival cities.

For advanced placements, we utilize Automatic Content Recognition (ACR) technology — serving trailers and campaign films within LGBTQ+ households on all smart devices, including Connected TVs (CTV), precisely to the audience the title was made for.

Display Ads Mobile Ads Video Ads CTV ACR Technology
Part Two
LGBTQ+ Fandom Social Amplification

We tap into the online conversations and communities on your title's behalf — amplifying your trailers, clips, reviews and press within LGBTQ+ film and TV communities on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Threads, X and more.

This includes both social media hyper-targeted advertising and our #ILoveGay social media network — now reaching over 1.5 million followers and growing — paired with queer film podcasts, critics, and creator partnerships for the trust transfer that turns a premiere into a movement.

From festival season and awards corridors to Pride and premiere windows, we help your title show up where the fandom already gathers — hosting the room, not interrupting it.

Facebook Instagram LinkedIn Threads X / Twitter #ILoveGay
Pink Media #ILoveGay LGBTQ+ Film & TV Content
2026 LGBTQ+ Film & TV Market Guide — Pink Media
New · 2026 Report

The 2026 LGBTQ+ Film
& TV Market Guide

The most-watched vertical in the LGBTQ+ marketplace. Our editorial summary covers GLAAD's representation data, the filmmakers and essential works, the worldwide festival circuit (Frameline, Outfest), streaming, archives, and how studios, streamers and sponsors reach the most engaged fandoms on earth — with a full report available to buy or subscribe.

Targeting Capabilities

Speed & Agility —
Features Built for Rapid Activation

Pink Media's programmatic film & TV targeting platform comes ready with built-in features that go far beyond standard LGBTQ+ advertising.

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Custom Audiences

Targeting based on a wide variety of data selects & interests — including screen signals like genre affinity, streaming subscribers, and festival-goers.

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Geo-Targeting

Target and report by any region — country, state, DMA, ZIP code, or hyperlocal radius around theatrical markets, premiere cities, and festival weekends.

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Data Selects

Integrations with most major data providers — including L2, TargetSmart, i360, Tunnl, Aristotle, and more. Layer on exactly the right audience signals.

Automated Disclosure

Built-in campaign feature to adhere to the Digital Advertising Alliance's (DAA) rules & regulations — compliant by default.

Real-World Targeting Examples

We Can Target It. We Can Reach It.

These examples illustrate a sampling of what we can offer. Campaigns are monitored and custom-tailored to remove underperforming placements and double down on what's working.

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Targeting LGBTQ+ prestige-cinema & awards watchers around a theatrical or streaming release window
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Targeting queer streaming subscribers nationwide with trailer served via CTV + video with ACR
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Targeting LGBTQ+ festival-goers within a ZIP radius around Frameline, Outfest & premiere cities

The Data Behind LGBTQ+ Screen Culture

The Numbers That Make
This Audience Worth Reaching

A snapshot from GLAAD's representation research and CMI's LGBTQ Community Survey — the datasets behind the 2026 LGBTQ+ Film & TV Market Guide.

489

Characters on Scripted TV

489 LGBTQ regular and recurring characters in 2024–25 (GLAAD) — with streaming carrying 372 of them and an audience that converts fandom into marketing.

150M+

The Ally Audience

Beyond the community itself, GLAAD sizes 150M+ supportive non-LGBTQ adults — making queer-inclusive content general-audience content with a superfan core.

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The Acceptance Flywheel

Seeing LGBTQ+ people on screen raises non-LGBTQ comfort with LGBTQ+ family members by up to 35% (GLAAD) — the cultural return beyond the P&L.

CMI 13th Annual LGBTQ Community Survey — film & TV entertainment profile slide 38

Sources: GLAAD Studio Responsibility Index & Where We Are on TV; Community Marketing & Insights (CMI), 13th Annual LGBTQ Community Survey. For the full picture, read the 2026 LGBTQ+ Film & TV Market Guide.

From the Blog

Further Reading on
LGBTQ+ Entertainment Marketing

How Pink Media reaches LGBTQ+ audiences for films, television, and live entertainment — the playbook behind our screen-culture campaigns.

Pink Media — LGBTQ+ Entertainment Marketing
Entertainment Marketing
LGBTQ+ Entertainment Marketing

From film launches and television premieres to theatrical productions, Pink Media pairs hyper-targeted advertising with #ILoveGay social amplification to reach LGBTQ+ entertainment audiences where they already are — turning trailers, reviews, and press into community conversation.

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Pink Media brings 30 years of LGBTQ+ marketing expertise to film and television — reaching the most engaged fandoms on earth for studios, streamers, festivals, and entertainment brands, 24/7, 365 days per year. We work with any budget, starting at $1,500 per month.

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1.5M+
#ILoveGay FollowersA direct, engaged line to LGBTQ+ film & TV fandoms
489
LGBTQ TV CharactersThe scripted-TV count in 2024–25 — a growing, superfan audience (GLAAD)
$1,500
Starting Budget / MonthFlexible campaigns scaled to your goals and audience
30+
Years of LGBTQ+ ExpertiseActive in the LGBTQ+ digital space since 1995

From ILoveGay.NET

LGBTQ+ Film News from
the #ILoveGay Network

Daily coverage of queer film and documentary — festival programming, sponsorship, distribution, and the filmmakers telling our stories.

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Documentary
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Hollywood History
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Destination Campaign
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Documentary
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Film & TV Audiences Together

One partner. A clear plan. Real results. Tell us about your title or campaign goals and let's build a strategy that reaches the right LGBTQ+ screen audience.