Facebook, Messenger and Instagram Released Features for LGBTQ Pride Month

New Camera effects will be available throughout the year

Facebook released several features Friday to help people on the social network celebrate and commemorate LGBTQ Pride Month 2018, and the new effects will be available throughout the year.

Searching for “fbpride” among Facebook’s profile picture frames will bring up a host of options, in English and Spanish, that can be repositioned and set as profile pictures for whatever period of time users choose.

Text posts, photos and videos can be personalized with elements such as text backgrounds, pride masks, effects and frames in Camera, as well as pride stickers, and all of this content can be shared in News Feed or Stories.

One feature from last year that didn’t make the cut was the pride rainbow Reaction, as Facebook spokeswoman Lisa Stratton told Rachel Sandler of Business Insider, “We are no longer doing custom Reactions for major holidays or moments in culture.”

Messenger Camera is included in the fun, as well, with customization options similar...

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