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• GAY TIMES LNCH AMPLIFUND: A NEW FUND TO AMPLIFY LGBTQ MEDIA AND ACTIVISM AROUND THE WORLD
• GAY TIM SHOWS THAT THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNY IS INPLETE WHOUT THE TCREATIVEADD TO COLLECTIONSHARE 0GREY LONDON LNCH AMPLIFUND MPAIGN TO SUPPORT THE TRANS MUNYGAY TIMES AND GREY LONDON HAVE LNCHED AMPLIFUND MPAIGN - INPLETE WHOUT THE T - AT GAY TIMES HONOURS DURG TRANS AWARENS WEEK RPONSE TO CREASED TRANSPHOBIA AND HATE THE GLOBAL MEDIA.2021 HAS BEE THE ADLIT YEAR FOR TRANS PEOPLE ON RERD. THE TRANS MUNY IS BEG CREASGLY TARGETED, WH TRANSPHOBIA AND HATE G OM BOTH THE MEDIA AS WELL AS OM RIGHT-WG GROUPS, BOTH ON AND OFFLE. MORE RECENTLY, THE LGB ALLIANCE HAVE LLED FOR THE T TO BE REMOVED OM LGBTQ+.TO STAND SOLIDARY AND HELP TO RAISE VISIBILY AND AWARENS AROUND TRANS ISSU, AMPLIFUND HAVE LNCHED A POWERFUL NEW MPAIGN: INPLETE WHOUT THE T.CREATED BY GREY LONDON, THE IA OF THE MPAIGN IS TO REMOVE THE LETTER ‘T’ OM A RANGE OF DIFFERENT TEXTS AND MUNITNS - SHOWG THAT WHEN YOU ERASE A LETTER OM ANY WORD, ANY LANGUAGE, YOU REMOVE BOTH THE PREHENSN AND THE UNY BEHD - AND THE SAME IS TE WHEN YOU REMOVE THE T OM LGBTQ+.THE MPAIGN WAS LNCHED TO A LIVE DIENCE DURG TRANS AWARENS WEEK AT GAY TIMES HONOURS, WH A POWERFUL SPEECH WHERE AN HERENT VOICE-OVER WAS HEARD ONT OF AN DIENCE OF OVER ONE THOAND LGBTQ+ MUNY MEMBERS AND ALLI - CLUDG A PLETHORA OF TRAILBLAZERS AND CELEBRI OM ELLIE GOULDG, JA THIRLWALL (LTLE MIX), WILL YOUNG AND RA SAWAYAMA. TAG WARNER CEO, GAY TIMES, TRODUCED THE MPAIGN VIO AND VED THE DIENCE TO START G #WHTHET ACROSS SOCIAL MEDIA TO MONSTRATE THEIR SUPPORT.TRANS RIGHTS ARE VAL ALL YEAR ROUND, AND SO TO EMPHASIZE THE FACT THAT THE ISSU GO BEYOND A SIGNATED WEEK OR DAY, A MULTI-PLATFORM MPAIGN HAS BEEN LNCHED, CLUDG OOH ADVERTISG AND SOCIAL POSTS ACROSS GAY TIMES CHANNELS, AS WELL AS QUEER FLUENCERS AND ALLI ALSO GETTG VOLVED AND SHOWG THEIR SUPPORT ONLE.THE MPAIGN WILL NTUE WH FUTURE EXECUTNS FOCG ON GETTG OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS, BRANDS AND CHARI VOLVED, WH THE AIM TO SHOW HOW WE AS A GLOBAL MUNY ARE PLETE WHOUT OUR TRANS BROTHERS AND SISTERS - WHOUT THE T.TAG WARNER, CEO GAY TIMES, SAID: “WE CREATED AMPLIFUND PARTNERSHIP WH THE AWARD-WNG LGBTQ+ HUMAN RIGHTS CHARY GIVEOUT TO AMPLIFY QUEER VOIC TO GLOBAL DIENC AND SUPPORT LGBTQ+ ACTIVISTS AROUND THE WORLD THEIR MPAIGNG AND MEDIA WORK. THIS NEW MPAIGN WH GREY LONDON, LNCHED PERSON AT GAY TIMES HONOURS TO AN DIENCE OF OVER ONE THOAND MEMBERS OF OUR QUEER MUNY AND ALLI, HIGHLIGHTS THE IMPORTANCE OF ‘THE T’ LGBTQ+. WH 2021 BEG THE ADLIT YEAR ON RERD FOR TRANS PEOPLE, IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER FOR AS A BS, AND AS A MUNY, TO STAND WH OUR TRANS BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND RERCE THE MSAGE - WE ARE PLETE WHOUT THE T.”LRA JORDAN BAMBACH, PRINT AND CCO UK AT GREY, ADD: “TRANS PEOPLE HAVE LED THE WAY LGBTQ+ RIGHTS OM THE STONEWALL RTS TO OUR OWN RALLI AND DIRECT ACTNS HERE THE UK. TO BE TRANS TODAY IS TO BE FACED WH EVEN MORE DISCRIMATN, HATE AND THE POTENTIAL FOR VLENCE THAN MANY OTHER AREAS OF OUR MUNY. SO, ’S FUNDAMENTALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE NEVER LGB WHOUT THE T AND WE STAND TOGETHER TO PROTECT THE HARD-EARNED RIGHTS AND ACCEPTANCE WE HAVE, AND THOSE STILL TO FIGHT FOR. WE’RE CREDIBLY PROUD TO HAVE LNCHED THIS MPAIGN WH GAY TIMES AT THIS VAL TIME OUR LLECTIVE HISTORY.”THE CREATIV, CHAZ MATHER AND LUCY JON, SAID: "WE JT ULDN’T UNRSTAND WHY ANYONE WOULD WANT TO REMOVE THE T OM AN ACRONYM THAT STANDS FOR UNY AND EQUALY, PECIALLY WHEN TRANSGENR PEOPLE HAVE PLAYED SUCH AN IMPORTANT ROLE LGBTQ+ HISTORY AND SUCH AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE QUEER MUNY. WE CREATED THIS MPAIGN TO REMD PEOPLE OF THAT FACT. IT’S SOMETHG WE BOTH FEEL REALLY PASSNATE ABOUT."CREDITS
• GAY TIMES LNCH AMPLIFUND: A NEW FUND TO AMPLIFY LGBTQ MEDIA AND ACTIVISM AROUND THE WORLD
• NEW FUND OM GAY TIM PROMOT LGBT+ MEDIA AROUND THE WORLD
• AD OF THE DAY: INHERENT GAY TIM AD AFFIRMS IMPORTANCE OF T LGBT+
• GAY TIM LNCH AMPLIFUND MPAIGN RISTG THE EXCLN OF THE TRANS MUNY OM LGBTQ+

GAY TIMES LNCH AMPLIFUND: A NEW FUND TO AMPLIFY LGBTQ MEDIA AND ACTIVISM AROUND THE WORLD

” Tag Warner, CEO, Gay Tim. Managed by the award-wng chary GiveOut, the fund is generoly sponsored by Gay Tim, the world’s longt-nng LGBTQI Tim is mted to the amplifitn of queer voic and experienc.

Through a rigoro procs of nsultatn, due diligence and vettg, GiveOut works wh Gay Tim to intify grant recipients unr Amplifund, which form part of GiveOut’s overall portfol of grants to support LGBTQI human rights activism to AmplifundTo support AMPLIFUND, click on the ‘Donate’ button above.

To plement the lnch of AMPLIFUND, Gay Tim is rollg out a UK-wi ‘out of home’ media mpaign llaboratn wh Grey London, MediaCom and ClearChannel, to challenge the perceptn of LGBTQ experienc both the UK and ternatnally. GAY TIMES has lnched a new fund that will support LGBTQ media and activism across the world. Amplifund is a new philanthropic iative created by GAY TIMES partnership wh LGBTQ human rights chary GiveOut that aims to amplify queer voic to global dienc.

GAY TIM SHOWS THAT THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNY IS INPLETE WHOUT THE TCREATIVEADD TO COLLECTIONSHARE 0GREY LONDON LNCH AMPLIFUND MPAIGN TO SUPPORT THE TRANS MUNYGAY TIMES AND GREY LONDON HAVE LNCHED AMPLIFUND MPAIGN - INPLETE WHOUT THE T - AT GAY TIMES HONOURS DURG TRANS AWARENS WEEK RPONSE TO CREASED TRANSPHOBIA AND HATE THE GLOBAL MEDIA.2021 HAS BEE THE ADLIT YEAR FOR TRANS PEOPLE ON RERD. THE TRANS MUNY IS BEG CREASGLY TARGETED, WH TRANSPHOBIA AND HATE G OM BOTH THE MEDIA AS WELL AS OM RIGHT-WG GROUPS, BOTH ON AND OFFLE. MORE RECENTLY, THE LGB ALLIANCE HAVE LLED FOR THE T TO BE REMOVED OM LGBTQ+.TO STAND SOLIDARY AND HELP TO RAISE VISIBILY AND AWARENS AROUND TRANS ISSU, AMPLIFUND HAVE LNCHED A POWERFUL NEW MPAIGN: INPLETE WHOUT THE T.CREATED BY GREY LONDON, THE IA OF THE MPAIGN IS TO REMOVE THE LETTER ‘T’ OM A RANGE OF DIFFERENT TEXTS AND MUNITNS - SHOWG THAT WHEN YOU ERASE A LETTER OM ANY WORD, ANY LANGUAGE, YOU REMOVE BOTH THE PREHENSN AND THE UNY BEHD - AND THE SAME IS TE WHEN YOU REMOVE THE T OM LGBTQ+.THE MPAIGN WAS LNCHED TO A LIVE DIENCE DURG TRANS AWARENS WEEK AT GAY TIMES HONOURS, WH A POWERFUL SPEECH WHERE AN HERENT VOICE-OVER WAS HEARD ONT OF AN DIENCE OF OVER ONE THOAND LGBTQ+ MUNY MEMBERS AND ALLI - CLUDG A PLETHORA OF TRAILBLAZERS AND CELEBRI OM ELLIE GOULDG, JA THIRLWALL (LTLE MIX), WILL YOUNG AND RA SAWAYAMA. TAG WARNER CEO, GAY TIMES, TRODUCED THE MPAIGN VIO AND VED THE DIENCE TO START G #WHTHET ACROSS SOCIAL MEDIA TO MONSTRATE THEIR SUPPORT.TRANS RIGHTS ARE VAL ALL YEAR ROUND, AND SO TO EMPHASIZE THE FACT THAT THE ISSU GO BEYOND A SIGNATED WEEK OR DAY, A MULTI-PLATFORM MPAIGN HAS BEEN LNCHED, CLUDG OOH ADVERTISG AND SOCIAL POSTS ACROSS GAY TIMES CHANNELS, AS WELL AS QUEER FLUENCERS AND ALLI ALSO GETTG VOLVED AND SHOWG THEIR SUPPORT ONLE.THE MPAIGN WILL NTUE WH FUTURE EXECUTNS FOCG ON GETTG OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS, BRANDS AND CHARI VOLVED, WH THE AIM TO SHOW HOW WE AS A GLOBAL MUNY ARE PLETE WHOUT OUR TRANS BROTHERS AND SISTERS - WHOUT THE T.TAG WARNER, CEO GAY TIMES, SAID: “WE CREATED AMPLIFUND PARTNERSHIP WH THE AWARD-WNG LGBTQ+ HUMAN RIGHTS CHARY GIVEOUT TO AMPLIFY QUEER VOIC TO GLOBAL DIENC AND SUPPORT LGBTQ+ ACTIVISTS AROUND THE WORLD THEIR MPAIGNG AND MEDIA WORK. THIS NEW MPAIGN WH GREY LONDON, LNCHED PERSON AT GAY TIMES HONOURS TO AN DIENCE OF OVER ONE THOAND MEMBERS OF OUR QUEER MUNY AND ALLI, HIGHLIGHTS THE IMPORTANCE OF ‘THE T’ LGBTQ+. WH 2021 BEG THE ADLIT YEAR ON RERD FOR TRANS PEOPLE, IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER FOR AS A BS, AND AS A MUNY, TO STAND WH OUR TRANS BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND RERCE THE MSAGE - WE ARE PLETE WHOUT THE T.”LRA JORDAN BAMBACH, PRINT AND CCO UK AT GREY, ADD: “TRANS PEOPLE HAVE LED THE WAY LGBTQ+ RIGHTS OM THE STONEWALL RTS TO OUR OWN RALLI AND DIRECT ACTNS HERE THE UK. TO BE TRANS TODAY IS TO BE FACED WH EVEN MORE DISCRIMATN, HATE AND THE POTENTIAL FOR VLENCE THAN MANY OTHER AREAS OF OUR MUNY. SO, ’S FUNDAMENTALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE NEVER LGB WHOUT THE T AND WE STAND TOGETHER TO PROTECT THE HARD-EARNED RIGHTS AND ACCEPTANCE WE HAVE, AND THOSE STILL TO FIGHT FOR. WE’RE CREDIBLY PROUD TO HAVE LNCHED THIS MPAIGN WH GAY TIMES AT THIS VAL TIME OUR LLECTIVE HISTORY.”THE CREATIV, CHAZ MATHER AND LUCY JON, SAID: "WE JT ULDN’T UNRSTAND WHY ANYONE WOULD WANT TO REMOVE THE T OM AN ACRONYM THAT STANDS FOR UNY AND EQUALY, PECIALLY WHEN TRANSGENR PEOPLE HAVE PLAYED SUCH AN IMPORTANT ROLE LGBTQ+ HISTORY AND SUCH AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE QUEER MUNY. WE CREATED THIS MPAIGN TO REMD PEOPLE OF THAT FACT. IT’S SOMETHG WE BOTH FEEL REALLY PASSNATE ABOUT."CREDITS

Amplifund will be fund by Gay Tim’ rporate partnerships, subscriptns and dividual donatns, and will channel rourc to support queer activism and media, helpg to crease the acceptance of LGBTQ muni around the world. J-FLAG is the Jamai Fom for Lbians, All-Sexuals and Gays and last year celebrated their 20th anniversary.

Speakg at the lnch of Amplifund, IraQueer’s founr and executive director Amir Ashour explaed that although homosexualy isn’t illegal Iraq, also isn’t legal. “I believe this is a step-change not jt UK-based LGBTQ charable thkg and approach, but also a step-change how we unrstand, create and distribute media around the world for our muny, ” said Tag Warner, CEO of GAY TIMES.

“We are thrilled to be partnerg wh GAY TIMES tablishg Amplifund, to support LGBTQ activist groups around the world their media work and mpaigng.

GAY TIMES LNCH AMPLIFUND: A NEW FUND TO AMPLIFY LGBTQ MEDIA AND ACTIVISM AROUND THE WORLD

To plement the lnch of Amplifund, GAY TIMES has unveiled a UK-wi Out of Home (OOH) media mpaign llaboratn wh Grey, MediaCom and ClearChannel to challenge the perceptn of what means to be LGBTQ both the UK and around the world and to discs how we thk about givg. Amplifund was lnched ont of an dience of muny figur and special guts London, cludg UK Black Pri’s Lady Phyll, Gaysians CEO Reeta Loi, and trans activist Munroe Bergdorf.

NEW FUND OM GAY TIM PROMOT LGBT+ MEDIA AROUND THE WORLD

” The Amerin sger-songwrer is full of passn and praise for pop culture’s latt queer superstar, mendg him for fg a succsful and uful mic reer as an openly gay man. When you have an openly gay man like Lil Nas X fully embracg his sexualy his mic and visuals and ’s the biggt h the world, you know thgs are headg the right directn. We have straight artists creatg this type of entertament and we’ve grown acctomed to over the past 25 years, but when me to gay artists we had to tone down, or make sure that wasn’t too sexualised, or aggrsive, and had to be safe and easy to digt.

There was always an accepted level of gay and you uldn’t challenge ‘tradnal valu’ too much, so I love the fact Lil Nas X has torn that down. ’ To me, what was for the longt time was ‘I n intify as gay, but I n’t show .

AD OF THE DAY: INHERENT GAY TIM AD AFFIRMS IMPORTANCE OF T LGBT+

As a gay person, ’s really nice to seek out and take the iative to learn about .

GAY TIM LNCH AMPLIFUND MPAIGN RISTG THE EXCLN OF THE TRANS MUNY OM LGBTQ+

The gay person was the joke or the victim. The gay rights movement was started by Black trans women and Latx trans women, and we need to celebrate that.