YouTube launched its fifth-annual Pride campaign this week with a new video highlighting queer creators. When users go to YouTube's Spotlight page, they'll see the featured video titled "#ProudToBe: Celebrate Brave Voices this Pride."
The video celebrates people within the LGBTQ community striving to share their stories and be themselves in a world that still tries to silence them — an act of bravery, as the video's description points out. It's part of YouTube's Creators for Change initiative, and has garnered more than 4 million views in just one day.
"An inclusive, vibrant, ever-expanding LGBTQ+ community has been a vital part of YouTube since we started," the description says. "And we're proud to stand with a group that believes every human being deserves the right to be who they are and love who they love. So to all those brave voices who continue to make YouTube the colorful, diverse and supportive place it is, we're #ProudToBe with you."
But wait, why did YouTube wait to debut this video at the end of Pride Month? It may be to coincide with the Stonewall riots that began on June 28, 1969. Whether that's the case is unclear, but it's still a great tribute, even if it came late.
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