Raymond Braun is an American media personality, journalist, and LGBTQ advocate. Early life and education Braun grew up in Toledo, Ohio, a city in Northwest Ohio. The first time he saw a queer person on TV was Matthew Shepard. He graduated from Stanford University. Career In 2013, Braun was an associate product marketing manager for YouTube Entertainment Marketing. He developed and implemented YouTube's first LGBTQ+ marketing campaign, #ProudToLove. The effort generated millions of views and widespread support. Afterwards, he became the LGBT marketing lead for Google and YouTube. In January 2015, Braun took a leave of absence from Google to start a YouTube channel focused on LGBT issues. , he is a contributing editor for Seventeen. Braun is the host of the 2019 documentary, State of Pride. Awards and honors Braun is gay. In 2014, he was recognized on Forbes' 30 under 30 in marketing and advertising. References External links Living people Year of birth missing (living people) LGBT people from Ohio Stanford University alumni LGBT YouTubers American LGBT rights activists American LGBT journalists American gay writers 21st-century American male writers American YouTubers Google employees American marketing businesspeople Internet marketing people 21st-century LGBT people