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in Belonging

This year, we’re supporting LGBTQ+ communities with commitments to help fund and celebrate inclusive spaces that foster belonging for all.

Space to Belong

A global shutdown reaffirmed our universal need for the inclusive spaces that bring us together and celebrate belonging.

Explore the experience

Collage of four images. One featuring a mechanic working underneath a car at Repair Revolution. Another featuring a group of nine folks wearing face masks outside of a storefront. The third of two curly-haired young people leaning close to one another. The final image of three flags flying side-by-side – the LGBTQ rainbow flag, the Black Lives Matter flag, and the transgender pride flag.

Collage of three images. One featuring a group of nine folks wearing face masks outside of a storefront. The second of two curly-haired young people leaning close to one another. The final image of three flags flying side-by-side – the LGBTQ rainbow flag, the Black Lives Matter flag, and the transgender pride flag.

“I think warmth is the most important feature we offer. Just having people come in and feel like they’re meant to be there.”

FAYE ORLOVE, FOUNDER OF JUNIOR HIGH, A NONPROFIT COMMUNITY ARTS SPACE IN GLENDALE, CA

A group of smiling and laughing young people lounge on a sofa together. One of them holds a stuffed purple unicorn. There are twinkly lights hung against the painted brick wall.

A smartphone screen shows a Google business overview page featuring a check mark next to “gender-neutral restroom”

Add the “LGBTQ friendly” attribute to your Business Profile

Your business can join the growing list of businesses globally that have already enabled the “LGBTQ friendly,” “Transgender safespace,” and “Gender-neutral restroom” attributes on Google Maps and Search.

See how

A smartphone screen shows a Google business overview page with reviews and star ratings

Spread the word about a space you love

Help others find inclusive spaces and help these businesses grow by posting photos, leaving reviews, and sharing their Business Profile on Google Maps and Search.

See how

This year alone, Google.org committed $4M in cash and Ad Grants – as well as tools, training, and volunteer opportunities – to LGBTQ+ businesses and organizations affected by the COVID-19 crisis.

Learn more about our commitments

A diverse group of joyful people at an outdoor event wearing purple Outright Action t-shirts, waving Gay Pride rainbow flags

Supporting global LGBTQ+ communities through COVID-19

Google.org is committing $2M in cash and $1M in Ad Grants to OutRight Action International to support LGBTQ+ people most affected by the COVID-19 crisis. Google.org will also be supporting two trans-focused organizations with $500K each in Ad Grants to help them raise awareness of their work and increase access to critical resources.

Helping LGBTQ+ small businesses grow

Together with the National LGBT Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC) and its affiliate chambers, Grow with Google is providing tools and training to help LGBTQ+ small businesses adapt and grow.

Pride with LGBTQ+ cultural organizations

In collaboration with institutions from all over the world, explore and celebrate the LGBTQ+ movement on Google Arts & Culture. This year, cultural partners are spotlighting the iconography behind Pride, sharing the history of the original flag, while also focusing on other inclusive symbols used today.

A rainbow Pride flag waves in the wind, carried down a street in a parade.

Learn about Google and Youtube’s latest product initiatives and activations supporting and celebrating the LGBTQ+ community.

A smartphone shows an image in Google Photos of a woman running on a mountain trail – below are controls that let the user hide specific images and people in the app’s “Memories” settings

Choose the content you look back on with Google Photos

Hide photos of certain people or time periods from showing up with improved controls from Google Photos.

Learn more

Stream the ultimate Pride party with YouTube

YouTube Originals invites you to YouTube Pride 2021 – a virtual pride celebration featuring Demi Lovato, Olly Alexander, Trixie Mattel, and more!

Watch the event

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Support LGBTQ+ community spaces

After a year of isolation and hardship, many LGBTQ+ spaces and businesses are on the road to recovery. Help others discover inclusive spaces on Google Maps and Search so LGBTQ+ friendly businesses continue to grow. Visit “LGBTQ friendly” spaces near you, then share reviews and photos of the ones you love on Google Maps.

Google Doodle for Pride 2021: Frank Kameny

For this year’s Pride Doodle we’re celebrating American gay rights activist Frank Kameny. In 1957, Kameny was dismissed from military service based on an executive order effectively barring members of the LGBTQ+ community. His formal appeal was the first known civil rights claim based on sexual orientation pursued in a U.S. court.

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A Google Doodle illustration of gay rights activist and U.S. military vet Frank Kameny wearing a floral garland as he walks amongst the blossoming cherry trees in Washington D.C.