2024 State of HIV Stigma Report

This marks the fifth year that GLAAD, with Gilead Sciences and the Gilead COMPASS Initiative®, have tracked Americans’ knowledge and attitudes around HIV and HIV stigma. Ending stigma and increasing public education about HIV remain urgent, and the keys are found in using media to tell stories of HIV today and of people living with HIV.

GLAAD Network Responsibility Index 2011 – 2012

The sixth annual GLAAD Network Responsibility Index (NRI) is an evaluation of the quantity and…

Skewed Perception: Religious Voices on President Obama and Marriage Equality

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.