AfterEllen.com, founded in April 2002, is a
website that focuses on the portrayal of
lesbian and
bisexual women in the
media.
TheBacklot.com, its companion site for
gay and bisexual men, was launched in January 2005 under the name
AfterElton.com. AfterEllen.com was founded by
Sarah Warn, and AfterElton by Warn, Michael Jensen, and
Brent Hartinger. Warn initially served as the editor in chief of both. Michael Jensen became editor in chief of AfterElton.com in November 2005. Karman Kregloe became the editor in chief of AfterEllen.com in November 2009 and Dennis Ayers took over as editor in chief of AfterElton in 2011. Both websites were bought in 2006 by the cable television channel
Logo. AfterEllen was sold in 2014 to Evolve Media, owner of
CraveOnline.