YouTube Changes Social Media Icons for Gay Pride; Continues to Restrict LGBT Creators

Phaylen Fairchild

4 min readJun 8, 2018

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YouTube decided to change their iconic logo to reflect the colors of the Pride flag in celebration of Pride month, and the backlash on social media was disturbing.

Phaylen Fairchild

Written by Phaylen Fairchild

Actor, Filmmaker, LGBTQ+ & Women’s Rights Activist All work copyright phaylens@gmail.com

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