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r/gay PUBLIC
r/gay is a community which welcomes ALL LGBTQIA+ people. Topics include: identity and self-discovery, love and relationships, community support, resilience, representation in culture/media, mental health, intersectionality. **Divisive / hateful speech in any form will not be tolerated**.
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r/gay is a PUBLIC community on Reddit with over 490,272 members. It currently has a positive sentiment with an engagement rate of 0.6%. With a community friendliness score of 80, this subreddit presents a moderate conversion potential for authentic brand participation. Self-promotion is generally allowed according to recent analysis.
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Subreddit Rules
- Be civil.: There is no reason to engage in personal attacks or insults. Always participate with civility.
- Discuss, don't divide: This community supports constructive conversations about issues that affect us, including critiques of groups, movements, or ideologies that harm LGBTQIA+ people.
- However, discussions must stay focused on systems, policies, and beliefs, not on attacking individuals or fundamental aspects of identity within our community.
- Content which de-legitimises, excludes, antagonises or pits members of the LGBTQIA+ community against each other will be removed.
- Please do not post pointless selfies for physical validation, outfit advice, hookups or ratings.: Other subs exist to discuss physical appearance. Please use them instead.
- - **NOTE: *Wholesome pics & selfies are welcomed!* (anniversaries, special events, SFW activities, pride, achievements, celebrations, etc) :)**
- No solicitation or hookup posts or comments.: Please do not use this sub to promote yourself to try to pick up. Other subs and apps exist for this purpose.
- No NSFW pics or vids.: If its something you wouldnt want your grandma to see, dont post it here. Oh, hang on... :)
- - Please do keep any images / vids SFW
- No AI-generated content.: Please do not submit any content that is AI-generated.
- No sales or self-promotion : - Users may use the self-promotion monthly sticky post to promote SFW businesses, services and causes.
- - Promotion in the main sub of ANY form of service, business, channel, medium, app, book, donations, causes, surveys (see rule 7) etc, will result in a ban.
- - Creative work (ie art etc) may be posted in the main sub but do not include a sales link in any of your posts and do not promote/sell/advertise via DM.
- - Large-scale activism projects may be allowed; please modmail for approval.
- No underage members / No underage sex discussions.: - Underage users, please use r/LGBTeens (160k+), r/GayBroTeens (11k+), r/BisexualTeens (137k+), or r/teengirlswholikegirls (12k+) for advice.
- - Adult accounts which try to solicit any form of underage sex discussions/confessions anywhere in the sub will be banned and reported to Reddit admins.
- No surveys/polls.: - Consider r/askLGBT, r/askGSM, r/LGBTstudies, and r/SampleSize.
- - FYI: r/LGBT, r/ainbow, r/GayMen, r/lesbian, and r/askGayMen do not allow surveys or polls either.
What is r/gay?
r/gay is a public Reddit community created in March 2008 with over 490,272 members. r/gay is a community which welcomes ALL LGBTQIA+ people. Topics include: identity and self-discovery, love and relationships, community support, resilience, representation in culture/media, mental health, intersectionality. **Divisive / hateful speech in any form will not be tolerated**.
The community has a positive sentiment and an engagement rate of 0.6%. With a friendliness score of 80, it is considered very welcoming to new members.
Self-promotion is generally allowed, making it a potential opportunity for authentic brand participation.
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