#ForYourPride: TikTok Celebrates the LGBTQ+ Community
TikTok remains a global entertainment platform that inspires creativity and fuels culture. The social media platform continues to commit to nurturing the inclusive and diverse community within the app. Of course, as they constantly work to make creators from various backgrounds and beliefs feel safe to express their truest selves. This June, in celebration of Pride Month 2021, TikTok has the unique opportunity to unite the LGBTQ+ community on the platform along with its supporters. This comes through a series of celebrations aimed at empowering, educating, and entertaining all its users. Through this, TikTok hopes to ultimately foster a more inclusive space that is truly a free place for all.
TikTok commemorates Pride Month 2021 through initiatives such as the ‘Free to Be’ global campaign, and the #ForYourPride hashtag challenge!
Everyone is Free to Be
TikTok commemorates Pride Month 2021. The platform continues on elevating the conversation around its global campaign theme, ‘Free to Be.’ This also means having the freedom to be yourself in any and all spaces. Aside from that, being free to evolve into the person you are meant to be, and enjoying the freedom to create content without judgment. It also means being free to push yourself to be better in every way. Of course, this includes checking your biases, learning to understand other people’s perspectives, and taking an active stand against discrimination. This also includes allowing anyone to feel free to be themselves without the pressure of societal or gendered norms.
Celebrating Pride Month 2021
TikTok reinforces its role as an entertainment platform that empowers the LGBTQ+ community. Through initiatives celebrating, recognizing, amplifying, and elevating LGBTQ+ creators and trends, and spotlighting trailblazing LGBTQIA+ creators, businesses, and partnerships. These also initiatives include:
- #ForYourPride Hashtag Challenge. A call-to-action to all users to declare what Pride means to you, and share what you do for your pride.
- New Pride-themed creative effects, filters, and stickers.
- Global Pride March. This remains a 12-hour Global Live Lineup featuring LGBTQIA+ talents. This also aims to boost awareness for the Free to Be campaign. This sets to happen on June 24th and will be hosted by countries around the world. Of course, this includes the US, Canada, Latin America, the Philippines, and more.
Global Live Lineup
TikTok creators Zendee and Roanne and Tina, together with Apa Agbayani from Metro Manila Pride Org will represent the Philippines at the Global Live Lineup. Metro Manila Pride Org also remains a not-for-profit organization dedicated to educating, equipping, and empowering the Filipino LGBTQIA+ community. They will appear during Southeast Asia’s slot on June 25th, between 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM. They will join participants from other regions.
This includes:
- Christine and the Queens
- Abbyroberts
- Biminibabes
- Kesha
- Queen Priyanka
- Coyle Twins
- Troye Sivan
- Scott Hoying
- Richumbley and Beingadp
- Luxury Law
- Tinashe
- mechanicshopfemme
- Escandalamx.
Be part of the global Pride Month 2021 celebration on TikTok, and do your part to create a truly free space for every creator, uplift those in need of support, and amplify anyone who is already making a difference!
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