{"id":31151,"date":"2020-10-27T14:48:26","date_gmt":"2020-10-27T13:48:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/schwulekontakte.com\/?p=31151"},"modified":"2020-10-27T14:48:58","modified_gmt":"2020-10-27T13:48:58","slug":"facebook-celebrates-the-coming-out-day-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/schwulekontakte.com\/en\/2020\/10\/27\/facebook-celebrates-coming-out-day-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook celebrates Coming Out Day 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Coming Out Day 2020: Facebook celebrates with the LGBTQ community<\/h1>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-31152\" src=\"https:\/\/schwulekontakte.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Facebook-feiert-den-Coming-Out-Day-2020-2.jpg\" alt=\"Facebook celebrates Coming Out Day 2020\" width=\"1200\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/schwulekontakte.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Facebook-feiert-den-Coming-Out-Day-2020-2.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/schwulekontakte.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Facebook-feiert-den-Coming-Out-Day-2020-2-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/schwulekontakte.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Facebook-feiert-den-Coming-Out-Day-2020-2-1024x640.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/schwulekontakte.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Facebook-feiert-den-Coming-Out-Day-2020-2-768x480.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"><p>Facebook is a virtual place where everyone should - ideally - feel comfortable, regardless of their skin colour, sexual orientation and other \"details\". Just in time for the <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/schwulekontakte.com\/en\/lexicon\/coming-out-2\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Coming out is the decision to admit one&#039;s homosexuality. Coming out is certainly one of the most significant terms in the scene. If you come out, you admit your inclination for the same sex. Many gays are afraid of this important step. After all, it is by no means always clear how the...\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Coming Out<\/a> Day 2020<\/em><\/strong> the social network focused on new features around the <a href=\"https:\/\/schwulekontakte.com\/en\/lexicon\/lgbtq\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"In general terms, LGBTQ refers to the queer scene. The LGBTQ movement fights for the rights of people who feel they belong to it. The abbreviation LGBTQ stands for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Queer. Accordingly, the abbreviation is made up of the first letters of the preferences in question (for the same sex, for example). The main identifying feature...\" class=\"encyclopedia\">LGBTQ<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/schwulekontakte.com\/en\/lexicon\/scene\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Scene&quot; is a comparatively broad term that can refer to different areas, including the gay scene. The term &quot;scene&quot; is a word that can be used with regard to incredibly diverse areas. The members of a scene often feel they belong together as a community and...\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Scene<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>With many great new extras, the platform wants to warmly welcome or look after the community and thus wrap itself in an even more colourful appearance.<\/p>\n<p>Especially welcome: the changes are supposed to be permanent and not just limited to 24 hours. The new features should therefore hit the mark with many gays. The platform has come up with a lot to integrate the scene into its network. Watch out: <em><strong>Facebook<\/strong> <\/em>will now be even more varied and rainbow-friendly!<\/p>\n<h2>Innovation no. 1: more individual design options<\/h2>\n<p>Colourful, more colourful, <em><strong>Facebook<\/strong><\/em>The new features make the network shine brightly. In order to celebrate the diversity of the scene and to encourage others to celebrate as well, queers and all fans of the scene now have a number of options at their disposal.<\/p>\n<p>Particularly impressive here are the many new stickers and an animated<strong><em> Facebook logo<\/em><\/strong>which in itself is a stylish eye-catcher. The stickers, on the other hand, can continue to make clear statements in the creative design of new posts and stories and showcase their individuality - whether centrally or \"only\" in the margins.<\/p>\n<h3>Innovation No. 2: the Coming Out Day Watch Show<\/h3>\n<p>In addition to the new stickers mentioned above, the <strong><em>Coming Out Day<\/em><\/strong> at <strong><em>11 October 2020<\/em><\/strong> also sent a show through the vastness of the internet. It was produced by <em><strong>Demi Lovato<\/strong><\/em> (US singer) and <em><strong>Tan France<\/strong><\/em> (Queer Eye) and was about people talking about their coming out to family, friends, etc.<\/p>\n<p>This was to show that no one who is confronted with this \"task\" has to feel alone. The corresponding contributions should above all give courage and show that other people are struggling with the same problem.<\/p>\n<p>It is possible that exactly these contributions have also helped to plan one's own coming out. (see innovation no. 3)<\/p>\n<p>Above all, viewers learn that no matter who they love or how they love each other, the community is behind them.<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-31153\" src=\"https:\/\/schwulekontakte.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Facebook-feiert-den-Coming-Out-Day-2020-1.jpg\" alt=\"Facebook celebrates Coming Out Day 2020 (1)\" width=\"473\" height=\"306\" srcset=\"https:\/\/schwulekontakte.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Facebook-feiert-den-Coming-Out-Day-2020-1.jpg 850w, https:\/\/schwulekontakte.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Facebook-feiert-den-Coming-Out-Day-2020-1-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/schwulekontakte.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Facebook-feiert-den-Coming-Out-Day-2020-1-768x497.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 473px) 100vw, 473px\"><h4>Innovation No. 3: Help for your own coming out<\/h4>\n<p><em><strong>Facebook<\/strong> <\/em>not only wants to welcome the LGBTQ community with the campaign and the innovations around Coming Out Day and ensure that the network also appears a little more open visually.<\/p>\n<p>Rather, the platform also wants to provide assistance in coming out. In addition to the Watch Show, there are numerous guides that can provide support. Relatives of queers are also addressed here.<\/p>\n<p>You have the chance to inform yourself in order to be able to react correctly when coming out or to deal with the matter fundamentally in the first step. An important contribution to help! Because: only those who inform themselves can possibly change their perspective.<\/p>\n<h5>Conclusion<\/h5>\n<p>Also in 2020, the celebration of the<strong><em> Coming Out Days<\/em><\/strong> still represents a big step towards acceptance and tolerance. With circa <em><strong>1.79 billion users<\/strong><\/em> daily is <strong><em>Facebook<\/em> <\/strong>still more relevant than ever.<\/p>\n<p>If this huge network is the <em><strong>Coming Out Day<\/strong><\/em> celebrates, this can help to break down prejudices and raise awareness. In places where TV and other media may (still?) have little <a href=\"https:\/\/schwulekontakte.com\/en\/lexicon\/active\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Active, the sexual part of dominant men The term &quot;active&quot; is used to describe a partner who takes on the active part during sex. But what does that actually mean in everyday sex? Basically, &quot;active&quot; can be interpreted in two ways here. For example, the one who controls the action, takes the initiative on his own, etc. is more dominant than the one who...\" class=\"encyclopedia\">active<\/a> are, can <em><strong>Facebook<\/strong> <\/em>possibly reach more people.<\/p>\n<p>If even one person manages to come out a little more stress-free through this action and takes this step with pride and self-confidence, the platform has already achieved a lot.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Schwulekontakte\/\">Do you already know our Facebook page for schwulekontakte.com ?&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You might also be interested in this exciting article: <a title=\"Attention! Spoilers! - Conclusion to episode 3 of Prince Charming\" href=\"https:\/\/schwulekontakte.com\/2020\/10\/27\/achtung-spoiler-fazit-zu-folge-3-von-prince-charming\/\">Conclusion to episode 3 of Prince Charming<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/schwulekontakte.com\/en\/lexicon\/coming-out-2\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Coming out is the decision to admit one&#039;s homosexuality. Coming out is certainly one of the most significant terms in the scene. If you come out, you admit your inclination for the same sex. Many gays are afraid of this important step. After all, it is by no means always clear how the...\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Coming Out<\/a> Day 2020: Facebook celebrates with the <a href=\"https:\/\/schwulekontakte.com\/en\/lexicon\/lgbtq\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"In general terms, LGBTQ refers to the queer scene. The LGBTQ movement fights for the rights of people who feel they belong to it. The abbreviation LGBTQ stands for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Queer. Accordingly, the abbreviation is made up of the first letters of the preferences in question (for the same sex, for example). The main identifying feature...\" class=\"encyclopedia\">LGBTQ<\/a> Community Facebook is a virtual place where everyone should - ideally - feel comfortable regardless of their skin colour, sexual orientation and other \"details\". Just in time for Coming Out Day 2020, the social network focused on new features around the LGBTQ <a href=\"https:\/\/schwulekontakte.com\/en\/lexicon\/scene\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Scene&quot; is a comparatively broad term that can refer to different areas, including the gay scene. The term &quot;scene&quot; is a word that can be used with regard to incredibly diverse areas. The members of a scene often feel they belong together as a community and...\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Scene<\/a>. With... <a href=\"https:\/\/schwulekontakte.com\/en\/2020\/10\/27\/facebook-celebrates-coming-out-day-2020\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":31152,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1,3986,1257,525],"tags":[6057,6056],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.0 (Yoast SEO v21.8.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Facebook f\u00fchrte zum Coming Out Day neue LGBTQ Features ein\u00a0<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Facebook hat den Coming Out Day 2020 auf besondere Weise gefeiert, Mit an Bord: einige neue Features und eine gro\u00dfe Watch Party.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/schwulekontakte.com\/en\/2020\/10\/27\/facebook-celebrates-coming-out-day-2020\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Facebook feiert den Coming Out Day 2020\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Facebook hat den Coming Out Day 2020 auf besondere Weise gefeiert, Mit an Bord: einige neue Features und eine gro\u00dfe Watch Party.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/schwulekontakte.com\/en\/2020\/10\/27\/facebook-celebrates-coming-out-day-2020\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Schwulekontakte.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Schwulekontakte\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-10-27T13:48:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-10-27T13:48:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/schwulekontakte.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Facebook-feiert-den-Coming-Out-Day-2020-2.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"750\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"christian\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@schwulekontakt1\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@schwulekontakt1\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"christian\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/schwulekontakte.com\/2020\/10\/27\/facebook-feiert-den-coming-out-day-2020\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/schwulekontakte.com\/2020\/10\/27\/facebook-feiert-den-coming-out-day-2020\/\",\"name\":\"Facebook f\u00fchrte zum Coming Out Day neue LGBTQ Features ein\u00a0\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/schwulekontakte.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2020-10-27T13:48:26+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-10-27T13:48:58+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/schwulekontakte.com\/#\/schema\/person\/0f424a8a420edf455f5909ed780b922c\"},\"description\":\"Facebook hat den Coming Out Day 2020 auf besondere Weise gefeiert, Mit an Bord: einige neue Features und eine gro\u00dfe Watch Party.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/schwulekontakte.com\/2020\/10\/27\/facebook-feiert-den-coming-out-day-2020\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/schwulekontakte.com\/2020\/10\/27\/facebook-feiert-den-coming-out-day-2020\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/schwulekontakte.com\/2020\/10\/27\/facebook-feiert-den-coming-out-day-2020\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Startseite\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/schwulekontakte.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Facebook feiert den Coming Out Day 2020\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/schwulekontakte.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/schwulekontakte.com\/\",\"name\":\"Schwulekontakte.com\",\"description\":\"schwulekontakte.com\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/schwulekontakte.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/schwulekontakte.com\/#\/schema\/person\/0f424a8a420edf455f5909ed780b922c\",\"name\":\"christian\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/schwulekontakte.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/00402845dfee629ed73ad51b1bd8bac2?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/00402845dfee629ed73ad51b1bd8bac2?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"christian\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/schwulekontakte.com\/en\/author\/christian\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Facebook introduced new LGBTQ features for Coming Out Day\u00a0","description":"Facebook celebrated Coming Out Day 2020 in a special way. On board: some new features and a big watch party.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/schwulekontakte.com\/en\/2020\/10\/27\/facebook-celebrates-coming-out-day-2020\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Facebook feiert den Coming Out Day 2020","og_description":"Facebook hat den Coming Out Day 2020 auf besondere Weise gefeiert, Mit an Bord: einige neue Features und eine gro\u00dfe Watch Party.","og_url":"https:\/\/schwulekontakte.com\/en\/2020\/10\/27\/facebook-celebrates-coming-out-day-2020\/","og_site_name":"Schwulekontakte.com","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Schwulekontakte","article_published_time":"2020-10-27T13:48:26+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-10-27T13:48:58+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":750,"url":"https:\/\/schwulekontakte.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Facebook-feiert-den-Coming-Out-Day-2020-2.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"christian","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@schwulekontakt1","twitter_site":"@schwulekontakt1","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"christian","Estimated reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/schwulekontakte.com\/2020\/10\/27\/facebook-feiert-den-coming-out-day-2020\/","url":"https:\/\/schwulekontakte.com\/2020\/10\/27\/facebook-feiert-den-coming-out-day-2020\/","name":"Facebook introduced new LGBTQ features for Coming Out Day\u00a0","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/schwulekontakte.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2020-10-27T13:48:26+00:00","dateModified":"2020-10-27T13:48:58+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/schwulekontakte.com\/#\/schema\/person\/0f424a8a420edf455f5909ed780b922c"},"description":"Facebook celebrated Coming Out Day 2020 in a special way. On board: some new features and a big watch party.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/schwulekontakte.com\/2020\/10\/27\/facebook-feiert-den-coming-out-day-2020\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/schwulekontakte.com\/2020\/10\/27\/facebook-feiert-den-coming-out-day-2020\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/schwulekontakte.com\/2020\/10\/27\/facebook-feiert-den-coming-out-day-2020\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Startseite","item":"https:\/\/schwulekontakte.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Facebook feiert den Coming Out Day 2020"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/schwulekontakte.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/schwulekontakte.com\/","name":"Gaycontacts.com","description":"gaycontacts.com","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/schwulekontakte.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/schwulekontakte.com\/#\/schema\/person\/0f424a8a420edf455f5909ed780b922c","name":"christian","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/schwulekontakte.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/00402845dfee629ed73ad51b1bd8bac2?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/00402845dfee629ed73ad51b1bd8bac2?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"christian"},"url":"https:\/\/schwulekontakte.com\/en\/author\/christian\/"}]}},"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/schwulekontakte.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31151"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/schwulekontakte.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/schwulekontakte.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schwulekontakte.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schwulekontakte.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31151"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/schwulekontakte.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31151\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schwulekontakte.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/schwulekontakte.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schwulekontakte.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schwulekontakte.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}