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GLAAD, the world’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization, is responding to the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) just-announced strategy to mitigate the spread of monkeypox virus (MPV), which includes prioritizing vaccinations for high-risk groups. MPV is spread by skin-to-skin contact with an infected person, or contact […]

[…] support for you here today. We MUST continue that for the days, weeks, years, and lifetimes to come – especially for queer people of color and for transgender people. We heard from many of you yesterday in this very building that you don’t feel safe, you don’t feel respected – that we must do better. […]

[…] and disinformation. More than 2,500 books were challenged or banned September 2021 to September 2022; the majority about LGBTQ characters.   Extremist politicians with zero engagement with transgender people proposed bills to restrict their healthcare, which is supported by every major medical association and public health authority.   When extremist politicians couldn’t pass bans on […]

[…] raised the bar for LGBTQ representation in Hollywood,” said GLAAD President and CEO Sarah Kate Ellis. “She tells stories that need to be told, including those of transgender people and people of color, in revolutionary and eye-opening ways that inspire and enrich. Her passion for inclusive storytelling, combined with her undeniable talents in writing, directing, […]

[…] being gay and they argued it was permissible for a baker to refuse to bake a cake for a gay wedding. They’ve also reinstated the ban on transgender Americans serving in the military and the HHS tried to institute a rule that would allow medical personal to deny care to LGBTQ people by citing […]

[…] on Dec 15, 2019 at 7:26pm PST It’s Transgender Day of Remembrance and we will be holding an online vigil today to remember the names of the transgender people whose lives have been lost to anti-trangender violence this year. #TDOR thread. pic.twitter.com/zu7gOPiQQj — GLAAD (@glaad) November 20, 2019 The so-called “One Million Moms” are at it […]

[…] media, the majority of the community is not given much representation, with the few LGBTQ+ characters in movies being lesbian, gay, occasionally bisexual or, some rare cases, transgender. Of the 110 films GLAAD counted from the major media studios in 2018, 18.2 percent of them contained characters identified as LGBTQ: Gay men appear in […]

Over the past few weeks, GLAAD has led a push for better understanding and respectful coverage of transgender and gender non-conforming people after a KDKA Pittsburgh radio show host misgendered Pennsylvania Health Secretary Dr. Rachel Levine in May. Regional media reported the host referring to Dr. Levine as “sir” at least three times, with […]