Lex

Thrilled to share that Lex has been acquired by 9count! 🎉 When I joined Jennifer Rhiannon Lewis & Kel Rakowski ❤️🔥 my goal was to help build Lex into a thriving, vibrant LGBTQ+ community. To make Lex a space that could help connect people through shared interests & passions, to create a space that could make any place safer and queerer. This partnership will supercharge our ability to scale for our 1M+ global users. Excited to continue to build alongside the incredibly supportive Alex Hofmann, Joe Viola, Jennifer Rhiannon Lewis and the entire 9Count team! Read more: https://lnkd.in/eUSWsYJX

Lex in Times Square! We really are making every space a #queer space.

To close out Pride Month with a splash, we spoke to a few LGBTQ+ founders about their businesses, New York, how the tech ecosystem can support LGBTQ+-led companies, and more. We’re excited to share a special edition of our Companies to Watch series, featuring Advocate, Both& Apparel, Levl, and Lex. https://lnkd.in/ejCuMDJg

Pride Month is coming to a close, culminating in celebration, rememberance and our renewed commitment to continuing championing the LGBTQ+ community and experience every day. Excited to be speaking for Lex at LGBT+ VC’s Prosperity Summit on June 25. See you there!

I've worked in the subscription & freemium space for a good portion of my career at some of the biggest brands out there. Looking forward to sharing how we've applied those learnings, lessons and experiences to build premium features at the start-up scale at Lex.

Pride Month is here! For June's Travel + Leisure, I explored how apps like Grindr, Lex, and HER App create a sense of community for LGBTQ+ travelers and complement queer physical spaces. But those venues are dwindling in number. Thanks to Ed Salvato, Austin Konkle, and many others (sorry if I couldn't include you!) for lending a voice here. And I'm so grateful stories like this get space in huge print publications.

Thanks for calling out our data safety practices 💚

Thanks for the shout out!

Catch our CPO Michelle Parsons chatting about all things #productmanagement at the UXDX conference in NYC today. She'll be talking about the role of product managers from start up to established companies, including the variety of product organization structures and remit & responsibilities, through an interactive forum discussion. Learn more about her talk & the full agenda here: https://lnkd.in/eWSmiF3j #product #ux #design #dev #collaboration

Meet our team! Annika Hansteen-Izora (they/she/he) is our Lead Product Designer. As a product designer and creative director they are inspired to create experiences rooted in connection, joy, and authenticity. Since joining Lex in August, they have brought to life new features such as Group Explore and Events that have driven so much impact in creating real connection on Lex. Outside of work you can find them making playlists, researching ecology, and planting gardens. * Q&A with Annika * Q: What's your favorite thing that you've worked on at Lex? A: Our Group Explore experience! Q: Favorite way to use Lex or something you discovered because of Lex? A: My favorite way to use Lex is through our Groups Explore feature to help me find local QTBIPOC community and events! Q: Biggest lesson you learned this year? A: As Octavia E. Butler put it, “Forget inspiration. Habit is more dependable. Habit will sustain you whether you’re inspired or not. Habit will help you finish and polish your stories. Inspiration won’t. Habit is persistence in practice.” Q: A book/podcast/TV show/movie you would recommend? A: The book An Indigenous Present, a volume of Native North American contemporary artists, musicians, filmmakers, choreographers, architects, writers, photographers, designers and more.