Brands making big mistakes with their LGBTQ strategies.

Samsung got so much warm-and-fuzzy buzz with ads showing how Gus Kenworthy, the proudly gay U.S. skier, kept in touch with his far-away boyfriend that it’s easy to overlook one of the most ground-breaking things about the campaign. It ran in March, linked to the Olympics, boldly defying the usual we-run-our-gay-ads-during-Pride-month thinking.