As the openly gay CEO of Portico Media, a dynamic Taiwanese media hub specializing in the linear, digital and OTT fronts, Jay has always championed in the idea of giving back to LGBTQ+ community and has spent nearly a decade integrating LGBT+ activism into his company’s business strategy. In May 2020, Jay took his LGBTQ+ focused streaming platform, GagaOOLala, global, bringing queer stories from Asia to the rest of the world. Since then, GagaOOLala has amassed a following of over 2 million members worldwide and has commissioned over 50 LGBT+ original titles (features, shorts, series, documentaries, and variety shows) that have collectively gone on to be represented in over 200 international film festivals, thereby giving a voice to underrepresented creators in countries such as Taiwan, Thailand, Japan, and the Philippines. Due to Jay’s dedicated effort in actively seeking LGBT+ professionals, 66% of the current employees at Portico Media are openly part of the community today. Moreover, GagaOOLala is also a founding member of the Marriage Equality Coalition Taiwan, and Jay is currently a board member for the Rainbow Coalition and the Taiwanese coordinator for Men Having Babies. Jay Lin is a father of two six-year-old twin boys.
