WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National LGBTQ Task Force announced today that it has been honored for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Websites and Mobile Sites in the 28th Annual Webby Awards.
Hailed as the “Internet’s highest honor” by The New York Times, The Webby Awards, presented by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (IADAS), is the leading international awards organization honoring excellence on the Internet.
The National LGBTQ Task Force launched its new website in July of 2023 with industry-leading features allowing for greater online accessibility. Including a new set of fonts and brand colors following WCAG AA accessibility best practices for color contrast and font size, ensuring people with different abilities can navigate and easily interact with the site.
A key function builds in easy-to-access English-to-Spanish translation, which allows users to toggle between Spanish and English content with a click. This provides a seamless user experience in Spanish for Spanish-language readers seeking resources and information about LGBTQ issues.
This award represents a culmination of years dedicated to building inclusive spaces by the National LGBTQ Task Force, steeped in our values of creating safe and accessible spaces for everyone in our community and our allies. We are in an increasingly new and shifting reality that dictates how technology can and should bring us together. This recognition means so much to us and shows that we are indeed doing the values-rooted work that creates both radical welcome and radical accessibility for all.
Kierra Johnson, National LGBTQ Task Force Executive Director
The National LGBTQ Task Force retained RAD Campaign to design and develop the new website rooted in justice, equity, and accessibility that empowers users to easily get involved in our work for LGBTQ+ equity.
From book bans to drag bans to bans on gender-affirming care and the GOP’s relentless attacks on the LGBTQIA+ community, RAD Campaign had one big audacious goal – to create an accessible website that serves as a safe and inclusive space where every LGBTQIA+ person or ally feels welcome and seen, and is given the resources and power to get involved in some of the most important issues of our lifetime.
Allyson Kapin, RAD Campaign Co-Founder
Honorees like the National LGBTQ Task Force are setting the standard for innovation and creativity on the Internet,” said Claire Graves, President of The Webby Awards. “It is an incredible achievement to be selected among the best from the 13,000+ projects we reviewed this year.
IADAS, which nominates and selects The Webby Award Winners, is comprised of Internet industry experts including Marian Croak, VP of Engineering – Responsible AI & Human Centered Technology, Google; Sarah Harden, CEO, Hello Sunshine; Tobe Nwigwe, Artist & Actor; Shigetaka Kurita, Artist & Father of Emojis; Severin Hacker, Cofounder & CTO, Duolingo; Law Roach, Image Architect; Yann LeCun, VP & Chief AI Scientist, Meta; Roxane Gay, Host, The Roxane Gay Agenda; Quinta Brunson, Writer, Director and Actor; Questlove, DJ and Producer; Todd Kaplan, Chief Marketing Officer, Pepsi Co; Ashley Murphy, VP Global Consumer Marketing, Rare Beauty; Nelly Mensah, VP of Digital Innovation, Global Head of Web3 and Metaverse, LVMH; Jim Habig, Vice President Marketing, LinkedIn; and Tonya Custis, Director of AI Research, Autodesk.
About The National LGBTQ Task Force
The National LGBTQ Task Force advances full freedom, justice, and equality for LGBTQ people. We are building a future where everyone can be free to be their entire selves in every aspect of their lives. Today, despite all the progress we have made to end discrimination, millions of LGBTQ people face barriers in every aspect of their lives: in housing, employment, healthcare, retirement, and basic human rights. Those barriers must go.
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About the Webby Awards
Hailed as the “Internet’s highest honor” by The New York Times, The Webby Awards is the leading international awards organization honoring excellence on the Internet, including Websites and Mobile Sites; Video; Advertising, Media and PR; Apps & Software, Social; Podcasts; Games and AI, Metaverse & Virtual. Established in 1996, The Webby Awards received 13,000 entries from all 50 states and over 70 countries worldwide this year. The Webby Awards are presented by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (IADAS). Sponsors and Partners of The Webby Awards include WP Engine, LinkedIn, Verizon, YouGov, NAACP, KPMG, Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, Vox Media, The Hustle, Podcast Movement, It’s Nice That, Convince & Convert, The Neuron, The Gradient, Last Week in AI, MKT1, Bens Bites, The Tilt, Orangeletter, AIGA and The Standard Hotel.
CONTACT:
Cathy Renna, Communications Director, National LGBTQ Task Force, 917-757-6123, [email protected]
