AfterEllen
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Type of site
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Blog, news |
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| Available in | English |
| Owner | Evolve Media |
| Created by | Sarah Warn |
| Website | afterellen |
| Commercial | Commercial |
| Registration | Optional |
| Launched | April 2002 |
| Current status | Online |
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Blog, news |
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| Available in | English |
| Owner | Logo |
| Created by | Sarah Warn |
| Website | thebacklot |
| Commercial | Commercial |
| Registration | Optional |
| Launched | January 2005 |
| Current status | Online |
AfterEllen.com, founded in April 2002, is a website that focuses on the portrayal of lesbian and bisexual women in the media.TheBacklot.com, its companion site for gay and bisexual men, was launched in January 2005 under the name AfterElton.com. AfterEllen.com was founded by Sarah Warn, and AfterElton.com by Warn, Michael Jensen, and Brent Hartinger. Warn initially served as the editor in chief of both websites. Michael Jensen became editor in chief of AfterElton.com in November 2005. Karman Kregloe became the editor in chief of AfterEllen.com in November 2009 and Dennis Ayers took over as editor in chief of AfterElton in 2011.
Both websites were bought in 2006 by the cable television channel Logo. AfterEllen was sold in 2014 to Evolve Media, owner of CraveOnline.
AfterEllen.com is not affiliated with Ellen DeGeneres, although its name refers to DeGeneres's coming out, specifically "The Puppy Episode", the episode where her character came out on her ABC sitcom Ellen.
The site considers television, film, music, books, and celebrity news. It publishes articles, regular columns, reviews, recaps of television shows with lesbian and bisexual characters or subtextual content, and maintains several blogs. More recently, weekly video blogs, often called "vlogs", have become a key part of AfterEllen.com, the more popular of which include "Brunch With Bridget", "Lesbian Love", and "Is This Awesome?" The site also features popular web series, such as the Streamy winning and Webby nominated Anyone But Me.
It is the top website for LGBT women, reaching over 700,000 readers a month as of 2008. In March 2008, it was named one of "the world's 50 most powerful blogs" by British newspaper The Observer for its "irreverent look at how the lesbian community is represented in the media."
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