These Black Women Run The Only LGBTQ-First Streaming Platform
While searching for something good to watch on her 4th generation Apple TV, Alia Daniels noticed something missing: LGBTQ+ programming. At the time, 2015, there was significant buzz around the device’s upgrade, which would allow users to choose from the full App store instead of the usual streaming suspects (Hulu, Netflix and Prime Video etc.). But even with the expanded options, there were no apps, shows or movies focused on the POC queer community.
“I knew we had to do something,” Daniels told ESSENCE. She joined forces with her friends LaShawn McGee, Damian Pelliccione, and Christopher Rodriguez to create a home for LGBTQ-first content in a way they hadn’t ever seen before.
Later that year the four of them launched Revry, a play on the word “revelry” which is a nod to the fantastical notion of launching such a game-changing platform. Although the idea of a queer-only channel isn’t new (i.e. Logo), Revry’s earnestness sets itself a part.
