Introducing this year's Queer 50: Trailblazers in Tech, Business, Advocacy & More

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Today we’re proud to share Fast Company's second annual Queer 50 list, produced in collaboration with Lesbians Who Tech & Allies. This list features 50 women and nonbinary leaders across many industries—including tech, finance, venture capital, media, and entertainment.

This year's list is truly a reflection of the past 12 tumultuous months. Honorees include standouts in healthcare, business leaders who pivoted effectively, and leading activists and politicians working toward racial and gender equity. You can read more about our selection process here.

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—Julia Herbst

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Announcing Fast Company’s second annual Queer 50 list

Introducing the second annual list of LGBTQ women and nonbinary innovators in business and tech.

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BLM’s Alicia Garza speaks truth to power

Alicia Garza is an activist, author, founder of Black Futures Lab—and No. 1 on this year’s Queer 50 list.

tech

How Amazon became an engine for anti-vaccine conspiracy theories

A series of audits find the Everything Store’s algorithms recommending falsehoods about the coronavirus, vaccines, and more.

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Frito-Lay Snack Index Finds Consumers Have ‘Two Summers in One’ Mentality

Salty snacks are the No. 1 food contributor to sales growth at retail, and in-person activities this summer are coming back – but some pandemic behaviors will stay. Learn more.

It’s not always fun being first, but I’ll take the hit."

Lena Waithe

co.design

I helped pioneer UX design. What I see today horrifies me

Where did we go wrong?

impact

Worker pay went up just 1.8% in 2020. CEO pay increased nearly 16%

Soaring stock markets helped CEO compensation surge this year, pushing up the ratio between CEO and worker pay to historic highs.

co.design

The makers of the Instant Pot are now selling another pandemic must-have

The company that brought consumers a pot for making everything from pasta to yogurt has built a $130 air purifier that filters out 99.9% of the SARS-COV-2 virus.

impact

This carbon-capture tech removes CO2 from the ocean by making seashells

Seashells form naturally from carbon dioxide in the water. Now scientists are trying to mimic the process.

tech tips

5 great Google Photos alternatives now that unlimited storage is gone

As one of the web’s best deals goes away, here are some other places to store your snapshots—for free or at a reasonable cost.

recommender

This $600 ‘inkjet printer for skincare’ gave me radiant, glowy skin—and changed how I think about beauty

Opte’s beauty printer deposits light serum pigment over dark spots, enhancing skin’s natural beauty without covering it up.

recommender

Summer is here! Get ready with these 48 essentials Fast Company editors swear by

From swimsuits to camping gear to sunscreen and bug spray, these are the best products for Summer 2021

NEWS

AMC’s popcorn pop: What you need to know

Meme stock favorite AMC has been on fire this week. Yesterday the stock went up a staggering 95.22% to $62.55.

AMC, meanwhile, has announced a new communications program called AMC Investor Connect. If you sign up today, you get a free large popcorn when attending a movie this summer.

So AMC stock is skyrocketing because of free popcorn? Nah—probably not. AMC’s pop is more likely due to the meme stock investors over at the “Wall Street Bets” Reddit forum.

Investors on the forum have been pumping AMC all week. However, it’s unclear how long the rally will last. Shares have been up and down during pre-market trading on Thursday.

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Queer leaders on the impact of the pandemic and the future beyond it

2020 had a huge impact on our lives, from the global pandemic to our reckoning with racism and bigotry. Alicia Garza, cofounder of Black Lives Matter; Sally Susman, chief corporate affairs officer at Pfizer; Jen Wong, chief operating officer of Reddit; and Lara Mendonça, head of product design at Bumble discuss how it impacted queer lives and where we go from here.

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