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[…] vetoed the bill last month after meeting with transgender people, parents of transgender youth, and their health care providers. DeWine said parents told him “their child would be dead today if not for the care they received from Ohio’s children’s hospitals.” According to Equality Ohio, 585 people submitted testimony opposing HB 68 since it […]

“LGBTQ people in America are under attack like never before.”  — Under Fire: The War on LGBTQ People in America, Movement Advancement Project (February 2023) Looking back on 2023, we saw a proliferation of online hate and disinformation against LGBTQ people — rhetoric that has been echoed across political stages, in mass media, and […]

In the ancient dance of kings and queens on the notorious battlefield of black and white, the chess community finds itself in another battle. A cultural battle, between the old vanguard – typically more conservative, and the new – younger, more accepting, and way more queer. We have seen a chess boom in recent […]

[…] nonbinary people.  Still, per GLAAD’s inaugural Advertising Visibility Index, brands are missing opportunities to capture consumers by relying on LGBTQ celebrities as spokespeople without additional storytelling. See below for the LGBTQ-inclusive ads that aired during Super Bowl LVIII: e.l.f, In e.l.f we Trust, featuring Benito Skinner and Heidi N’ Closet Hellmann’s, Mayo Cat, featuring […]

[…] State of the Black Church Symposium at Spelman College in Atlanta. Pride In The Pews, founded by Don Abram, aims to promote the holistic health and well- being of Black LGBTQ+ communities in the public square, the pulpit, and the pew. The two-day event included a fireside chat with State Sen. Shevrin Jones and […]

A church commemorating Transgender Day of Remembrance in Washington, DC, Novem ber 2016 (Ted Eytan) Content warning: The following piece includes examples of hate and extremism. Churches, synagogues, and other places of worship have found themselves in the crosshairs while in the pursuit for LGBTQ rights and safety. According to new findings from GLAAD […]

As we inch closer and closer to the GLAAD Media Awards on March 14 and the 96th Academy Awards on March 10, there have been numerous awards ceremonies in film and TV. Last week and through the weekend Hollywood had a plethora of ceremonies including the African American Critics Association (AAFCA) Awards, the Screen Actors (SAG-AFTRA) Awards, the Film […]

LGBTQ Video Game Content is Lacking For the purposes of this report, and to set a baseline against which future industry efforts can be measured, GLAAD quantified the number of available games with LGBTQ content against the total number of games presently available.14 We did this by identifying games on the major PC and […]