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This Delight Month we wish to rejoice the Black LGBTQ+ influencers bringing enjoyable, entertaining and insightful content material to social media. These stars have leveraged their social media platforms to entertain by bigger mediums in podcasting, TV, movie and music. Try a gallery of 15 of our favourite Black LGBTQ+ influencing stars inside.
These influencer celebrities should not shy on the subject of waving their rainbow flags. They’re unapologetic of their strategy to overlaying culturally related content material on-line. They’ve additionally amassed large followings, which have taken their abilities to a number of different mediums and even bigger platforms.
Queer figuring out artists like Child Tate and Saucy Santana have made our record for his or her entertaining posts and songs that preserve followers on their toes. Different main abilities like The Learn co-hosts Crissle and Child Fury have used their podcasting and social media acumen to search out their very own paths in TV as writers and hosts of different platforms.
There are a selection of fantastic Black LGBTQ+ creators to rejoice however we’ll begin with these 15 proficient influencers. Remark a few of your favorites under.
1. Amber Whittington
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Amber Whittington, higher recognized on social media as “Ambers Closet,” is a lesbian content material creator primarily based in Los Angeles. Followers could acknowledge her from her standard YouTube channel, the place she discusses relationship, LGBTQ+ points, and her identification as a masculine-presenting queer particular person.
Observe Amber at @amberscloset on Instagram and @amberscloset33 on TikTok.
2. Child Tate
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Child Tate, born Tate Sequoya Farris, is a bisexual rapper and influencer primarily based in Atlanta, Ga. Whereas she grew up within the music enterprise as singer Dionne Farris’s daughter, Child Tate cast her personal path with hits like “I Am,” “Hey, Mickey,” and “Sl*t Him Out.” She additionally proudly shares her reality of being a queer, Black rapper within the business on social media.
Observe Child Tate on Instagram and TikTok @imbabytate.
3. Crissle West
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Crissle West is a author, influencer, and half of one of many world’s favourite podcasts, The Learn. Alongside her finest pal Child Fury, Crissle engages in dialog round popular culture’s messiness whereas including helpful psychological well being gems and defending queer, Black of us at all times. By means of the podcast’s success, Crissle determined to pursue a profession within the psychological subject and just lately graduated. She celebrated alongside shut household and mates.
Observe Crissle on Instagram @crissle.
4. Denzel Dion
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Denzel Dion made an affect on the web along with his self-titled YouTube channel, which at the moment has over 1 million subscribers. His day-one followers recall Denzel’s hilarious movie star style commentary, with him ending most of his movies with “I mentioned what I mentioned, and I meant what I mentioned.”
Since his early Vine days, Denzel has continued to blossom on socials, rising his viewers on different social platforms and even began his personal style line, NOID. He additionally co-hosts a podcast along with his BFF, Rickey Thompson, referred to as We Stated What We Stated.
Observe Denzel on Instagram and TikTok @denzeldion.
5. Dev Doe
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Dev is a transgender influencer and artist in NYC. They/she is a staple within the New York drag present scene and is simply as signficant within the style world. Dev flaunts their fearless type, which has acquired consideration from manufacturers like Rihanna’s Savage X Fenty line. She additionally acquired the Glam Awards Breakthrough Artist in 2022.
Observe Dev on Instagram and TikTok @devdoee.
6. Essie Golden
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Essie is plus-size style influencer and mannequin in NYC. She has created a flourishing platform to advertise her type or collaborations with manufacturers like Nike, Louis Vuitton, and her private shoe firm, Thick Laces. Essie is a proud bisexual girl and reminds her followers that being bisexual doesn’t have a specific look.
Observe Essie on Instagram and TikTok @essiegolden.
7. Jade Fox
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Lesbian influencer Jade Fox describes herself as “Your genuine authority on all issues tradition and style.” On her YouTube channel, Jade discusses matters within the Black queer neighborhood and her position as an influencer. Jade additionally used her love of favor to create her T-shirt store, Hillfox Membership.
Observe Jade on Instagram and TikTok @iamjadefox.
8. Child Fury
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Child Fury’s gained viral fame far earlier than individuals have been utilizing the time period “viral.”His YouTube video “S–t Black Gays Say” in 2012 gained traction and he has since continued to reinvent himself. By means of his and Crissle’s podcast, The Learn, Child Fury brings pleasure to their followers along with his comedic quips on popular culture and his “Sports activities Shorts.”
Child Fury has additionally been vocal about his psychological well being struggles, which has made him much more influential and relatable. Because the podcast, Child Fury has written for TV on Issa Rae’s “Rap Sh!t.”
Observe Child Fury on Instagram @kidfury.
9. Jay Versace
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One of many biggest Vine tales ever informed. Jay Versace was a part of the social media app’s reign and it’s his viral movies that gained him notoriety on-line and past. Followers can’t neglect his unforgettable bob wig with the bangs.
After a couple of years of success as an influencer, Jay left comedy behind to pursue his true ardour — music. Since reinventing himself, the overtly homosexual producer has labored with numerous artists like Summer time Walker, SZA, and Infantile Gambino.
Observe Jay on Instagram @jay.
10. Ty Winter
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Ty is an influencer, mannequin, poet and designer, who conjures up the plenty with their unapologetic type, spoken phrase and entertaining content material. They’ve been a pillar in LGBTQ+ illustration for the Gen-Z technology.
Observe Ty on Instagram and TikTok @winterissues.
11. Rickey Thompson
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Rickey Thompson discovered main success along with his comedy sketches on Vine and later Instagram and TikTok. As of late he’s developed into an actor along with his breakout position in Amazon Prime’s “Swarm” in March 2023.
Observe Rickey on Instagram and TikTok @rickeythompson.
12. Saucy Santana
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Rashad Spain, aka Saucy Santana, started his profession because the Metropolis Women’ make-up artist. The overtly homosexual rapper left his outdated day job behind and located stardom utilizing TikTok and Instagram.
By means of his social media success, Saucy rapidly established himself as a rapper with hits like “MATERIAL GWORRLLLLLLLL!,” “Booty,” and “Pinot Noir.” Followers additionally love Saucy’s fearless feedback about being homosexual within the music business and his expressive type.
Observe Saucy on Instagram and TikTok @saucysantana.
13. Naomi Smalls
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Naomi Smalls is a notable queer influencer and drag queen. Followers have doubtless seen Naomi from “RuPaul’s Drag Race” Season 8, the place Naomi was a runner-up. Because the present, she has continued performing with different “Drag Race” favorites and has returned to the present for Season 4 of “RuPaul’s Drag Race All-Stars.”
Observe Naomi on Tik Tok and Instagram @naomismalls.
14. Shea Coulee
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Shea Coulee is a well-liked trans-infleuncer, who turned well-known after showing on Season 9 of “RuPaul’s Drag Race” in 2017. Although Shea didn’t win Season 9, she received the All-Stars trophy in Season 5.
At the moment, Shea continues to fearlessly converse out towards LGBTQ oppression, particularly the current anti-drag payments positioned in sure U.S. states.
Observe Shea on TikTok and Instagram @sheacoulee.
15. Jazzmyne Jay
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Jazzmyne Jay doesn’t take social media too critically however she additionally doesn’t play about creating protected areas within the queer neighborhood, particularly for plus-size fashions like herself.
Jazzmyne’s typically displaying off her cutest appears to be like or off getting tattoos together with her boo. She additionally has no concern reminding haters that there’s sufficient room for everybody to thrive, however particularly LGBTQ+ of us.
Observe Jazzmyne on Instagram @jazzmynejay and on TikTok @thiiiiktok.
