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[…] events at state legislatures to oppose proposed anti-LGBTQ bills being debated. At least 122 anti-LGBTQ bills are being considered across the country, including 56 bills to prohibit transgender participation in sports in more than 30 states, and 35 bills in 22 states targeting transgender youth access to transition-related care. Newly-released research shows the healthcare […]

[…] themselves. The Times’ difficult history covering the LGBTQ community and the early days of the HIV/AIDS crisis has echoed in its current struggles to accurately report on transgender people. Prominent frontpage coverage has frequently missed the big picture of the trans community, choosing instead to hyper-scrutinize essential and mainstream medical care, undermining its support […]

[…] LGBTQ youth still experience family rejection, homeless, and minority stress, leading to poor health outcomes, including suicidality. And anti-LGBTQ activists and lawmakers continue to target and attack transgender youth specifically. The Trevor Project found that 75% of LGBTQ youth reported experiencing discrimination based on their sexual orientation or gender identity at least once in […]

2019 has been one of the biggest years for transgender representation in media. Check out GLAAD’s Where We Are on TV Report to see that there are 26 regular and recurring transgender characters across cable, broadcast, and streaming platforms. However, there is still a long way to go as trans characters only represent 6% of the 433 […]

Transition-related health care for transgender people and youth is supported by every major medical association and leading health authority. Efforts to ban and criminalize this care are not based in medical or scientific expertise, and frequently spread misinformation about what the care is. Below are facts to inform the public and media about the […]

New York, NY – GLAAD, the nation’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LBGT) media advocacy organization, today released the findings of a new survey, conducted online by Harris Poll among over 2,000 U.S. adults age 18+, which shows that the number of Americans who report knowing or working with someone who is transgender has doubled […]

RESOURCES INCLUDE GLAAD’S SOUTHERN STORYBANK, A SERIES OF VIDEO PORTRAITS FEATURING TRANSGENDER PEOPLE AS WELL AS PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV ACROSS THE U.S. SOUTH GLAAD: “It is more urgent than ever for national and local media to report accurate and inclusive stories about LGBTQ people, especially as transgender people and people living with HIV […]

Moderators limit LGBTQ-specific questions to misgendering transgender youth GLAAD: “It is unconscionable, during this time of sharply increased anti-LGBTQ violence and threats—propelled by rhetoric from extremist politicians, Fox News, and many of these candidates—that the debate moderators offered up only one clumsy question about our community, and zero questions about the real issues facing […]