Accelerating Acceptance 2024

Launched in 2015, the GLAAD Media Institute’s 2024 Accelerating Acceptance report is an annual barometer on the state of support for LGBTQ Americans and equality. This report touches on community support, negative impacts of political dicourse and the importance of media exposure in changing hearts and minds. 

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In a historic move, on May 9, President Barack Obama announced his support for full marriage equality for gay and lesbian couples. In an interview with Good Morning America’s Robin Roberts, President Obama stated that his decision to publically support marriage equality is rooted in his faith. In the days immediately following President Barack Obama’s statement in support of marriage equality for gay and lesbian couples, news media outlets scrambled to address the president’s use of religious language in explaining how his “evolution” concluded with him choosing to support marriage equality. What we found was stark, but unsurprising.

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