Logo_White

lede_post_card_default

lede_post_card_stacked

lede_post_card_featured_post

lede_post_card_featured_post_3:2

lede_post_card_featured_post_1:1

lede_post_card_featured_posts_hero

lede_post_card_featured_posts_hero_3:2

lede_post_card_featured_posts_hero_1:1

lede_post_card_featured_posts_sidebar

lede_post_card_highlighted_post

lede_post_card_horizontal_a

lede_post_card_horizontal_c

lede_post_card_related_post

lede_post_card_square

lede_article_featured_16x9

lede_article_featured_16x9_full_width

lede_article_featured_3x2

lede_article_featured_3x2_full_width

lede_article_featured_1x1

lede_article_featured_1x1_full_width

lede_article_featured_flexible

lede_article_featured_flexible_full_width

lede_article_content

lede_article_content_wide_width

lede_article_content_full_width

lede_byline_avatar_post_card

lede_byline_avatar_highlight

lede_profile_coral_avatar

lede_logo

lede_logo_banner

lede_logo_footer_banner

lede_logo_simple_header

lede_sponsorship_logo

lede_sponsorship_logo_river_card

lede_sponsorship_homepage_card_logo

lede_sponsorship_homepage_card

lede_leaderboard

Main Header Menu

Logo_2a8517

The Daily Dot

Daily Dot Contributor

d2b2d1cf067db610a25ade4d539ea771.jpg

Did ‘Supernatural’ just give fans the queer romance they’ve been hoping for?

335c5a47a1b00ea5cb4b88b4b4b9e8dd.jpg

Culture

The advice that helped a dad embrace his gay son

1c11bf1c8beb729f364dea46c9c66369.jpg

Entertainment

Everything wrong with ‘Teen Wolf’ explained in 4 charts

How YouTube fuels Russia’s anti-gay crusade

83bc360b6e36ba69969e1aa571874d17.jpg

One Direction fandom adds billionaire record exec to conspiracy theory

03691dcd665c11fb150aff36749d0fd4.jpg

Unclick

Gay cannibal fiction divides “Hannibal” fans

31cc00df9a033e4c5a6b28b42b4550ec.jpg

LGBT movement finds an ally in the most offensive site online

Curt Hopkins has over two decades of experience as a journalist, editorial strategist, and social media manager. His work has been published by Ars Technica, Reuters, Los Angeles Times, and San Francisco Chronicle. He is the also founding director of the Committee to Protect Bloggers, the first organization devoted to global free speech rights for bloggers

Curt Hopkins

77f1028f1e119f54581db1cd050d2032.jpg

Meet Chris Kluwe—the Internet’s first football star

Screen_Shot_2012-10-09_at_11.21.03_AM.png

Russia’s largest social network recognizes same-sex couples

Aja Romano is a geek culture reporter and fandom expert. Their reporting at the Daily Dot covered everything from Harry Potter and anime to Tumblr and Gamergate. Romano joined Vox as a staff reporter in 2016.

Aja Romano

08bd31a72dedc411969cc0ab4c04d645.jpg

Rule 34: Why After Elton and VH1 just hooked up on Tumblr

d80f2e5ff17c4aea25a0e1df96225f50.jpg

Antoine Dodson defends Chick-fil-A in YouTube videos

Based in Montreal, Kris Holt has been writing about technology and web culture since 2010. He writes for Engadget and Tech News World, and his byline has also appeared in Paste, Salon, International Business Times, Mashable, and elsewhere.

Kris Holt

food_network_best_shows

Food Network Confession leads to controversy

Lauren Rae Orsini is a web culture reporter who specializes in anime and the business of fandom. Her work has been published by Forbes and Business Insider.

Lauren Rae Orsini

220px-Leisha_Hailey_1.JPG

Southwest taking heat for booting kissing women

LGBTQ