LGBTQ+ Market Specialization

LGBTQ+ Outdoors
Marketing

The fastest-growing frontier in the LGBTQ+ marketplace. From Pattie Gonia's mountaintop to Mikah Meyer's 419-park record, the community was always outside — it just wasn't in the catalog. Partner with Pink Media for the most comprehensive yet targeted reach into the queer outdoorist. A focused, two-fold approach built for gear brands, parks and destinations, tour operators, and campgrounds.

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The Opportunity

A Two-Fold Campaign Approach
Built for the Queer Outdoorist

There are a variety of ways in which we can market with the outdoors — from crew hikers and parks pilgrims to campground loyalists, the backcountry set, rural land-connected communities, and Gen Z's eco-activist generation. Partner with Pink Media for the most comprehensive yet targeted reach into the highly-coveted LGBTQ+ consumer, with a focus on Outdoors, Camping & Hiking. Our campaigns are two-fold.

First, we focus on getting your message and story out to a hyper-targeted LGBTQ+ audience online via traditional online advertising, mobile apps, video advertising, and more — including outdoors data selects, and CTV geo-targeted to the ZIP code around parks gateways, resort towns, and retail trade areas. Second, we get your message out via strategically-placed social media posts and organization & creator amplification — because in this market, the queer outdoor organizations and creators are the front door, and visible welcome routes every itinerary.

This includes both social media hyper-targeted advertising and our #ILoveGay Network, now reaching over 1.5 million LGBTQ+ followers. Our success metrics are based on the visibility and performance we provide: impressions, reach, click-throughs, and engagement.

Our Campaign Framework

Part One + Part Two.
Complete Outdoors-Market Coverage.

A comprehensive strategy that reaches the queer outdoorist through paid advertising channels AND organic social, organization & creator amplification — simultaneously.

Part One
Hyper-Targeted Digital Advertising

We focus on getting your message and story out to a hyper-targeted LGBTQ+ audience online via traditional online advertising, mobile apps, video advertising, and more.

On the programmatic ad exchange, we layer outdoors data selects onto LGBTQ+ websites, and geo-target down to the ZIP code around parks gateways, resort towns, and gear retail trade areas.

For advanced placements, we utilize Automatic Content Recognition (ACR) technology — serving brand films and destination content within LGBTQ+ households on all smart devices, including Connected TVs (CTV).

Display Ads Mobile Ads Video Ads CTV ACR Technology
Part Two
Organization & Creator Amplification

We tap into the online conversations and communities on your behalf — amplifying your trips, trails, and campaigns within LGBTQ+ outdoors communities on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Threads, X and more.

This includes both social media hyper-targeted advertising and our #ILoveGay social media network — plus partnerships with the queer outdoor organizations and creators (from Venture Out and Unlikely Hikers to the movement's trailblazers) whose credibility no brand can self-generate.

From ski weeks and parks season to campground weekends and Pride outside, we help you show up where the audience already is — plus #ILoveGay Today interviews with outdoor leaders, guides, and founders.

Facebook Instagram LinkedIn Threads Creators #ILoveGay
Pink Media #ILoveGay LGBTQ+ Outdoors, Camping & Hiking Content
LGBTQ+ Outdoors Market Guide — Pink Media
New Report

The LGBTQ+ Outdoors
Market Guide

The fastest-growing frontier in the LGBTQ+ marketplace. Our editorial summary covers the trailblazers Pattie Gonia and Mikah Meyer, the queer outdoor organizations, the gay campground network, the national-parks travel economy, the gear industry's courage tests, and queer ecology — with a full report available to buy or subscribe.

Targeting Capabilities

Speed & Agility —
Features Built for Rapid Activation

Pink Media's programmatic outdoors targeting platform comes ready with built-in features that go far beyond standard LGBTQ+ advertising.

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Custom Audiences

Targeting based on a wide variety of data selects & interests — including outdoors, camping, hiking, and adventure-travel affinity audiences.

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Geo-Targeting

Target and report by any region — country, state, DMA, ZIP code, or hyperlocal radius around parks gateways, resort towns, and gear retail.

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CTV for Brand Films

Connected TV with ACR technology on all smart devices — premium placements for brand films and destination content.

Automated Disclosure

Built-in campaign feature to adhere to the Digital Advertising Alliance's (DAA) rules & regulations — compliant by default.

Real-World Targeting Examples

We Can Target It. We Can Reach It.

These examples illustrate a sampling of what we can offer. Campaigns are monitored and custom-tailored to remove underperforming placements and double down on what's working.

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Reaching crew hikers and gear-curious newcomers with a main-catalog brand campaign across display, mobile, and video
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Targeting parks pilgrims in feeder markets ahead of parks season or a gateway-town activation with Safe Space signaling
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Reaching campground loyalists and adventure travelers around event weekends and ski weeks in the destination city

The Queer Outdoors Economy by the Numbers

The Numbers That Make
This Market Worth Reaching

A snapshot from the LGBTQ+ Outdoors Market Guide — a fast-growing, loyalty-driven audience whose demand always outran the industry's imagination.

419

Parks, One Journey

Mikah Meyer's record visit to all 419 National Park Service sites — the queer parks story at continental scale.

100M+

Views, One Debut

Pattie Gonia's debut trail video — the movement's reach, measured, and drag's most effective environmental voice.

22+

National Organizations

Queer outdoor groups & nonprofits in Field Mag's 2026 census — the market's front door, growing annually.

$1.4T

Spending Power

US LGBTQ+ spending power (LGBT Capital) — with adventure travel a top motivator (CMI).

CMI 23rd Annual LGBTQ Travel Study — outdoor & adventure travel participation
The community's adventure appetite always outran the industry's imagination. CMI's LGBTQ Travel Study has tracked strong outdoor and adventure-travel participation for years. Source: CMI 23rd Annual LGBTQ Travel Study.

Sources: the CMI LGBTQ Travel Study, Gallup, LGBT Capital, and Field Mag's organization census, as compiled in Pink Media's Outdoors Market Guide. Read the summary.

Featured Service

Ready to Reach the
Queer Outdoorist?

Pink Media brings 30 years of LGBTQ+ marketing expertise to the outdoors market — reaching a fast-growing, fiercely loyal audience for gear brands, parks and destinations, tour operators, and campgrounds, 24/7, 365 days per year. We work with any budget, with entry packages from $495.

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1.5M+
#ILoveGay FollowersA direct, engaged line to the queer outdoors audience
$1.4T
LGBTQ+ Spending PowerWith adventure travel a top motivator
$495
Entry PackagesFlexible campaigns scaled to your goals and audience
30+
Years of LGBTQ+ ExpertiseActive in the LGBTQ+ digital space since 1995

Ready to Connect?

Let's Reach the Queer
Outdoorist Together

One partner. A clear plan. Real results. Tell us about your brand, park, destination, tour, or campground and let's build a strategy that reaches the right LGBTQ+ outdoors audience — with welcome they can see.