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"The LGBT has celebrated a historic 24 hours, and YouTube is celebrating the occasion, \u2014 and Pride Month \u2014 by highlighting inspirational videos as a greater effort to \"show your pride.\"\nFor the first time ever, YouTube is shining a spotlight on Pride Month with videos from its LGBT creators. A collection of LGBT programming will be highlighted on Thursday and Friday via its YouTube Spotlight channel, which features a daily selection of trending videos from across YouTube.\nSEE ALSO: Brands Celebrate DOMA Ruling on Facebook, Twitter\n\nThe company has also assembled a touching tribute video that pulls clips from some of the most moving and inspirational uploaded videos, such as people coming out to their loved ones and marriage proposals. Be sure to check it out above.\nAlthough the initiative comes just one day after the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) decision was declared unconstitutional on Wednesday by the Supreme Court, YouTube said its campaign, #ProudtoLove, has been in the works for some time.\n\"We had always planned to launch #ProudtoLove to coincide with the gay pride parades and celebrations in San Francisco, New York, London, Paris and other cities around the world during the weekend of June 28 to 30,\" a YouTube spokesperson told Mashable. \nSEE ALSO: 9 Sweet LGBT Proposals to Celebrate Pride Month\n\n\"And this week's U.S. Supreme Court's decisions make us all the more excited to show our pride of and share our love for the LBGT community on YouTube. Our hope is that people will share the #ProudtoLove video with their loved ones and upload videos about what, why or who they're proud to love, too.\"\nWhat's the most inspiring YouTube video you've seen for Pride Month? Share in the comments below.\nImage courtesy of Flickr, asterix611\n\n\nBrands Celebrate DOMA Ruling\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGap\n\n\nImage: Facebook, Gap\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFab.com\n\n\nImage: Facebook, Fab\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMarc Jacobs\n\n\nImage: Facebook, Marc Jacobs International\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBonobos\n\n\nImage: Facebook, Bonobos\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKimpton Hotels &amp; Restaurants\n\n\nImage: Facebook, Kimpton Hotels &amp; Restaurants\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMartha Stewart Living\n\n\nImage: Facebook, Martha Stewart Living\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBanana Republic\n\n\nImage: Facebook, Banana Republic\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMasterCard\n\n\nImage: Twitter, MasterCard\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSmirnoff\n\n\nImage: Facebook, Smirnoff\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBen &amp; Jerry's\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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