
APP CULTURE
Live With Pride
Great apps and games for the LGBTQ+ community.
Dive into powerful films, explore helpful resources, and play thoughtful games that honor the LGBTQ+ community’s history and diversity of experiences.

The HBO Max app’s “LGBTQ+ Voices” collection features the five-part series The Book of Queer, a deep dive into prominent LGBTQ+ figures. You’ll also find the Peabody Award–winning series We’re Here, which follows famous drag queens as they host transformative shows in small towns across the country.
Catch up on the latest episodes from RuPaul’s Drag Race, the award-winning franchise from the legendary American drag queen and television host, with WOW Presents Plus.
Tune in to The Criterion Channel for Portrait of Jason, a groundbreaking 1967 documentary about cabaret performer Jason Holliday that’s often credited as the first film about a Black gay man. Or stream The Watermelon Woman, the first feature film directed by a Black lesbian woman. (Find more in the app’s “LGBTQ+ Favorites” collection.)
MUBI’s “Pride Unprejudiced: LGBTQ+ Cinema” collection highlights the 2024 feature film Crossing, set in Istanbul’s trans community, and Life Is Not a Competition, But I’m Winning, a German documentary examining gender and competitive sports.
Dropout is home to many shows centered on queer creators and content. In the “Dungeons and Drag Queens” season of Dimension 20, a cast of drag queens and other improvisers play Dungeons & Dragons—and totally slay. Or watch lauded drag queen Monét X Change chat up celebrities in Monét’s Slumber Party.
Created in collaboration with a global network of therapists, Evolve is packed with mental-health resources specific to the LGBTQ+ community.
Check out Calm to listen to “Pride & Resilience,” a conversation with Raymond Braun and Dr. Moon on mental health and community support for the LGBTQ+ community.
In Headspace, find a moment of mindfulness with meditations like “Be Proud Today and Every Day,” or watch “Finding Your Pride,” a roundtable discussion about navigating the journey of coming out.

Support small businesses in Everywhere Is Queer, a global directory of queer-owned establishments and services.
In the lodging app misterb&b, all hotels have been vetted for being welcoming of the LGBTQ+ community. The app also highlights LGBTQ+ travel destinations, including gay beaches and Pride celebrations around the world.
These apps connect members of the LGBTQ+ community with interest-based groups, like Lex’s “Black Neurodivergents” or Freddie’s “Queer Artists.”
Calling all book lovers! Filter for LGBTQ+ while searching Fable’s clubs to find welcoming groups, like Sapphic Lit Book Club.
In the heartfelt interactive novel If Found…, the stakes are high as you delve into the diary of a young Irish transgender woman named Kasio. You’ll erase past mistakes and, maybe, save humanity.
Unbox a life in Unpacking. In this meditative App Store Award–winning puzzler, you’ll sift through the protagonist’s belongings over decades—and see her evolve and embrace her true self.
As cozy as a plush blanket, Adorable Home moves you and your partner into a happy house that you’ll love making your own. Plop a retro sofa in the living room, install a claw-foot tub in the bathroom, pin up a few Pride flags, and turn this virtual house into a home.

Rebel Girls is full of incredible stories about iconic figures, like poet Audre Lorde, gay rights activist Marsha P. Johnson, soccer star Megan Rapinoe, and trans youth advocate Jazz Jennings.
In MasterClass, RuPaul teaches lessons on self-expression and authenticity, author Roxane Gay expounds on writing for social change, and actor and director Jodie Foster shares her insights on filmmaking.
With these apps, read (or listen to) Sarah Schulman’s book Let the Record Show, a powerful history of AIDS activism in the United States, or check out novels like Fiebre Tropical, a multilingual story following a Colombian teenager’s coming out journey.