Gaehive

The Gaehive, also known as the LGBTQ+ Studio, is a studio for LGBTQ+ Scratchers. It was created by --Waterfall-- on January 13, 2019. As of Feburary 2023, it has over 12,000 followers.

History
The Gaehive was created by --Waterfall-- on January 13, 2019. It quickly gained popularity, due to --Waterfall--'s popularity on Scratch. From 2019 to early 2020, the studio stayed at a stable activity level. --Waterfall-- left Scratch in late 2019, leaving the studio without an active owner.

Once COVID-19 quarantine began, the studio experienced a boom in activity. The managers started adding text to the title after "♥️ LGBTQ+ ♥️". During 2020, vent studios were created, but all of them were eventually deleted by the Scratch Team or abandoned, due to discussion of suicide and self-harm, and the negative environment that it created. Raids, where a troll spams disrespectful comments, were common. In one case, a troll would come back and spam slurs every day.

On July 6, 2021, studios were updated. This change created a lot of controversy in the Scratch community. Because the update removed the ability for managers to edit the title, description, or thumbnail, and --Waterfall-- was inactive, the studio wasn't able to be edited. Eventually, Za-Chary, who was a member of the ST at the time, changed the thumbnail and title for us. The title was changed to "♥️ LGBTQ+ ♥️ You are valid!" On September 14, 2021, the Scratch Team added the ability for hosts to transfer the studio to another Scratcher. Za-Chary transferred the studio to DogCatPuppyLover, who remained the host for a while. Later, DogCatPuppyLover transferred the studio to cutefruit as a joke, which led to the creation of a rotating host system, where each active manager hosts the studio for a day.