News & Rapid Response

Working with journalists and news outlets in print, broadcast, and online, our team serves as a resource to newsmakers and works to ensure that the news media is accurately and fairly representing LGBTQ people in its reporting.

In The News

CLARIFYING THE ROLE OF THE COALITION OF 100+ ORGANIZATIONS AND LEADERS CALLING ON THE NEW YORK TIMES  TO STOP PRINTING BIASED, IRRESPONSIBLE TRANS STORIES

March 17, 2023

ONE MONTH LATER: COALITION ASKS NEW YORK TIMES: WILL YOU MEET WITH TRANS COMMUNITY LEADERS?

March 15, 2023

GLAAD, FREEDOM OKLAHOMA RESPOND TO CENSURING OF REP. MAUREE TURNER, OKLAHOMA’S FIRST AND ONLY NONBINARY LAWMAKER, WHO HELPED A TRANSGENDER PROTESTOR IN THE CAPITOL

March 7, 2023

ARTISTS ANNOUNCED FOR GLAAD & SONY MUSIC GROUP’S “ICONS” SERIES

March 6, 2023

Response to the New York Times’ reply to a letter from 1,200+ of their own contributors expressing concern about the outlet's coverage of transgender people

March 3, 2023

See all the latest on the Trump Accountability Project

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Today, @GLAAD released our 27th annual Where We Are on TV Report analyzing the number of LGBTQ regular and recurring ch… @sarahkateellis • 0h
With attacks on the LGBTQ community in political and news spaces, Hollywood has more influence than ever and it's criti… @sarahkateellis • 0h
so these series are able to more deeply explore the lives and stories of characters audiences have come to love. (3/5) @sarahkateellis • 0h
As the media landscape continues to grow and change, it is imperative that these companies stand behind the excellent L… @sarahkateellis • 0h
We have seen with shows like The Last of Us, Stranger Things, The Umbrella Academy, and more, that when networks and st… @sarahkateellis • 0h
GLAAD: TV's LGBTQ Representation Is Down, Due in Part to 54 Cancelled Shows https://t.co/YPcdgskuRv @TVLine • 1h
Where We Are on TV assesses and analyzes the number of LGBTQ regular and recurring characters on scripted primetime… https://t.co/3XazCzOkPB @glaad • 0h
Thank you 🙏🏻 @lee_fontaine • 13h
“Creating these networks of support reduces anxiety, depression and helps the young person feel like they have an outlet and a… @MPRnews • 12h
“Unfairly policing and taxing businesses that create safe spaces for LGBTIA+ communities only harms our community f… https://t.co/tqPPtLaTwt @glaad • 13h

Latest Updates

Donald Trump

Latest Update: August 14, 2019
08.14.19 - The Trump Administration revealed they plan to grant federal contractors the ability to use "religious exemptions" as an excuse to discriminate against LGBTQ Americans at the workplace.  08.14.19 - The Trump Administration urged the Equal Employment Oppportunity Commission (EEOC) to reverse their Obama-era policy of providing workplace protections for LGBTQ Americans. The request comes weeks before oral arguments begin at the U.S. Supreme Court on October 8. 

Mike Pence

Latest Update: October 16, 2017
-- 10.16.17 - In a profile on Vice President Mike Pence that ran in the New Yorker, President Trump reportedly joked of Pence when asked about LGBTQ rights: “Don’t ask that guy—he wants to hang them all!”

Kellyanne Conway

Latest Update: October 16, 2017
-- 10.13.17 - Along with President Trump, Kellyanne Conway spoke at the Family Reseach Council's Values Voter Summit, a convening of fringe groups united around discrimination against LGBTQ people.