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.
The Opportunity
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
A comprehensive strategy that reaches the queer outdoorist through paid advertising channels AND organic social, organization & creator amplification — simultaneously.
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).
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.
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
Pink Media's programmatic outdoors targeting platform comes ready with built-in features that go far beyond standard LGBTQ+ advertising.
Targeting based on a wide variety of data selects & interests — including outdoors, camping, hiking, and adventure-travel affinity audiences.
Target and report by any region — country, state, DMA, ZIP code, or hyperlocal radius around parks gateways, resort towns, and gear retail.
Connected TV with ACR technology on all smart devices — premium placements for brand films and destination content.
Built-in campaign feature to adhere to the Digital Advertising Alliance's (DAA) rules & regulations — compliant by default.
Real-World Targeting Examples
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.
The Queer Outdoors Economy by the Numbers
A snapshot from the LGBTQ+ Outdoors Market Guide — a fast-growing, loyalty-driven audience whose demand always outran the industry's imagination.
Mikah Meyer's record visit to all 419 National Park Service sites — the queer parks story at continental scale.
Pattie Gonia's debut trail video — the movement's reach, measured, and drag's most effective environmental voice.
Queer outdoor groups & nonprofits in Field Mag's 2026 census — the market's front door, growing annually.
US LGBTQ+ spending power (LGBT Capital) — with adventure travel a top motivator (CMI).
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.
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.
Ready to Connect?
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.