The most LGBTQ+-affirming metro in America sits inside the state writing the anti-LGBTQ+ playbook — and three of its cities hold perfect equality scores. Partner with Pink Media for the most comprehensive yet targeted reach into Greater Fort Lauderdale, from Wilton Drive to the beach and across a county drawing from more than 170 countries.
The Opportunity
There are a variety of ways in which we can market to the LGBTQ+ South Florida community — from Wilton Drive's dense strip of LGBTQ+-owned bars, restaurants and retail to Oakland Park, the beach and the cruise port, the Latino and Caribbean communities that make this a majority-minority county, the large LGBTQ+ senior population, and the national and international travelers who make Greater Fort Lauderdale a top LGBTQ+ destination. Partner with Pink Media for the most comprehensive yet targeted reach into the highly-coveted LGBTQ+ consumer, with a focus on LGBTQ+ Fort Lauderdale and Broward County. 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 — geo-targeted down to the ZIP code around Wilton Manors, Oakland Park, the beach corridor and Port Everglades, plus the northern feeder markets that winter here. Second, we get your message out via strategically-placed social media posts, both organically and utilizing paid social media advertising — on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Threads, X and more.
This includes both social media hyper-targeted advertising and our #ILoveGay Network — now reaching over 1.5 million LGBTQ+ followers, with a dedicated South Florida presence in that network. 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 LGBTQ+ South Florida market through paid advertising channels AND organic social amplification — simultaneously, and steadily, especially when the state politics get loud.
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 interest and lifestyle data selects onto LGBTQ+ websites and apps, and geo-target down to the ZIP code — Wilton Manors and Wilton Drive, Oakland Park, the beach corridor, the cruise port, and the Northeast and Midwest feeder markets that book South Florida every winter.
For advanced placements, we utilize Automatic Content Recognition (ACR) technology — serving your brand films inside LGBTQ+ households on all smart devices, including Connected TVs (CTV), across the Miami–Fort Lauderdale DMA.
We tap into the online conversations and communities on your brand's behalf — amplifying your South Florida story, venues, sponsorships and events within LGBTQ+ communities on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Threads, X and more.
This includes both social media hyper-targeted advertising and our #ILoveGay social media network — now reaching over 1.5 million followers — paired with the local creators and nightlife brands whose reach in this market rivals traditional media.
From Pride Fort Lauderdale and Stonewall Pride to FLoatarama, OUTshine and Wicked Manors, we help your brand show up where the community already gathers — and here, sponsorship is the message.
Florida's LGBTQ+ capital, mapped for marketers. Our editorial summary covers Wilton Manors and the Broward core, marketing inside Florida's 2026 political climate, the post-SFGN media landscape and OutSFL, three perfect MEI 100s, the HIV frontline, the Pride Center at Equality Park, the Stonewall National Museum, and Visit Lauderdale's “Everyone Under the Sun” — with a full 13-chapter report available to buy or subscribe.
Targeting Capabilities
Pink Media's programmatic platform comes ready with built-in features that go far beyond standard LGBTQ+ advertising — and in a majority-minority county, creative that defaults to one demographic misses most of the market.
Targeting based on a wide variety of data selects & interests — layered onto the LGBTQ+ South Florida audience, the winter residents, and the cruise and resort travelers who fill the calendar.
Target and report by any region — country, state, DMA, ZIP code, or hyperlocal radius around Wilton Drive, Oakland Park, the beach corridor or Port Everglades.
Integrations with most major data providers — including L2, TargetSmart, i360, Tunnl, Aristotle, and more. Layer on exactly the right audience signals.
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 Map
"Fort Lauderdale" here means Greater Fort Lauderdale — Broward County, a metro of nearly two million people drawing from more than 170 countries, with a two-square-mile city at its center that Census-based analysis ranks as America’s second-gayest.
America's second-gayest city — roughly 140 same-sex couples per 1,000 households, trailing only Provincetown. Wilton Drive is one of the country's densest strips of LGBTQ+-owned bars, restaurants and retail, and in 2018 the city elected Florida's first all-LGBTQ+ commission.
The third city of the LGBTQ+ core, holding its own perfect Municipal Equality Index score alongside Fort Lauderdale and Wilton Manors — a residential and small-business layer where steady, year-round presence outperforms event-week spikes.
The destination engine — a beachfront Pride in winter, the cruise capital's CEI-scoring lines, and the hotel corridor that makes LGBTQ+ travelers among Greater Fort Lauderdale's highest-value, highest-repeat visitors.
Institutional anchors across Broward include the Pride Center at Equality Park — a 30,000-square-foot campus and one of the largest LGBTQ+ community centers in the country — the Stonewall National Museum & Archives, SunServe, Broward House, Latinos Salud, Equality Florida, and the Greater Fort Lauderdale LGBT Chamber and its Visitors Center.
The Data Behind LGBTQ+ Fort Lauderdale
A snapshot from the LGBTQ+ Fort Lauderdale Regional Guide — the market most often misread from the outside, and the scorecards that correct the record.
Wilton Manors — a two-square-mile city of roughly 12,000 — ranks as America’s second-gayest by same-sex-couple concentration, and elected Florida’s first all-LGBTQ+ city commission in 2018.
Fort Lauderdale, Wilton Manors and Oakland Park each hold a perfect Municipal Equality Index score — more impressive because state preemption has cost Florida cities points they once earned.
Greater Fort Lauderdale residents come from more than 170 countries. This is a majority-minority county with Florida’s only LGBTQ+ Caribbean festival and one of its strongest Latino HIV organizations.
Sources: HRC Foundation Municipal, Corporate and Healthcare Equality Indexes; the Williams Institute on same-sex couple concentration; Equality Florida; OutSFL and the Sun Sentinel. For the full picture, read the LGBTQ+ Fort Lauderdale Regional Guide.
The Fort Lauderdale Calendar
Planning for June only means missing two-thirds of this market — the calendar runs a beachfront Pride in winter, Stonewall Pride and FLoatarama in June, and Wicked Manors plus OUTshine's fall edition in October.
In Florida in 2026, showing up earns trust — and if state law strips public funding from Pride and HIV outreach, private-sector dollars become the difference between events happening and not. Pink Media builds South Florida campaigns that run 24/7, 365.
Pink Media brings 30 years of LGBTQ+ marketing expertise to the Greater Fort Lauderdale market — reaching the community across Wilton Manors, Oakland Park, the beach and the port, 24/7, 365 days per year. Campaigns start at $1,500 per month, scaled to your goals.
From the Blog
Market data and strategy from Matt Skallerud and the Pink Media team — written for brands, destinations and nonprofits reaching LGBTQ+ South Florida.
From ILoveGay.NET
Coverage of LGBTQ+ South Florida from the #ILoveGay network — including why Broward’s scorecards tell a different story than the state’s headlines.
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