June has always been a hectic month for the LGBT community as several PRIDE celebrations and rainbow-themed collaterals are all over the internet.

For this year, RainbOSM (a safe space for LGBT and allies on OpenStreetMap), MapBeks and the Open Mapping Hub Asia Pacific with HOT thought on casually collaborating in releasing some LGBT tagging information out of the closet (JK!).

This is essentially important as LGBT spaces and features are part of the real world and through OpenStreetMap we are able to digitally make them existent.

Here are some tags that you can use:

Aside from mapping, we can also make our mapathons and events more inclusive and safe with these tips:

not all spaces are mapped by straight lines

MAPBEKS

Special shout-out to Amanda for bringing the discussion at a higher level and Anamika for the design <3