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Gay Times loses 80% of advertisers amid US anti-diversity push
Gay Times has lost 80 per cent of its advertisers in the past year due to a 'well-funded anti-diversity effort' in the United States, according to its chief executive.
Tag Warner said that the LGBTQ+ magazine had faced an advertising shortfall as brands that had previously paid for advertising campaigns to run on its website had aborted their plans amid a wider decline of support for inclusive events.
'It seems like LGBT+ inclusion was something that everybody wants to do but now hardly anybody wants to do,' said Warner.
The magazine has had to make redundancies and is appealing to readers for help
'We've seen entire Prides [events] being cancelled because they don't have funding any more. I know of hundreds of freelancers in the industry that rely on advertising and marketing campaigns to pay their bills. And now those bills aren't being paid.'
