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New York, NY – GLAAD, the nation’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) media advocacy organization, today announced Zeke Stokes as the organization’s Vice President of Programs. In this role Stokes will oversee GLAAD’s advocacy work to advance the stories of LGBT people that lead to positive cultural change in the United States and […]

[…] Angeles, CA – GLAAD, the world’s largest LGBTQ media advocacy organization, and ScreenCrush today released a powerful video written by actress and writer Jen Richards and featuring transgender actors calling for equality in Hollywood – in front of and behind the camera. The video is part of ScreenCrush’s new franchise Our Hollywood, a month-long […]

Contact: Pedro Julio Serrano Spokesperson, Puerto Rico Para Tod@s pedrojulio@pedrojulioserrano.com 787.602.5954 Contact: Mary Emily O’Hara Rapid Response Manager, GLAAD    mohara@glaad.org Seven Transgender People Murdered in Puerto Rico Over Past Year; Puerto Rico Para Tod@s declares “state of emergency for gender violence and hate crimes.”  January 15, 2020 — In solidarity with the LGBTQ advocacy […]

  GLAAD, the world’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization; Drag Queen Story Hour, an LGBTQ literacy organization; and Transinclusive Group, which advocates to protect and defend equality for Transgender and LGBQ+ individuals in South Florida, are responding to increased anti-LGBTQ sentiment and misinformation targeting drag queens, specifically all-ages […]

GLAAD, the world’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization is responding to the death of Liara Tsai. Statement from Sarah Kate Ellis, President & CEO of GLAAD: GLAAD is saddened to hear of the tragic murder of Liara Tsai, a transgender woman living in Minnesota and working as a […]

[…] shine a spotlight on stories that may have otherwise gone unnoticed. In this media-rich environment, advocacy has changed. Organizations and advocates working toward lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) equality need to be smart and strategic about working with the media in order to move public opinion. We hope that this guidebook will provide […]

The third annual GLAAD Network Responsibility Index is an evaluation of the quantity, quality and diversity of images of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people on television. It is intended to serve as a road map toward increasing fair, accurate and inclusive LGBT media representations. Primetime programming on the five broadcast networks (ABC, […]

The first annual GLAAD Studio Responsibility Index (SRI) maps the quantity, quality and diversity of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people in films released by six major motion picture studios during the 2012 calendar year. GLAAD researched films released by 20th Century Fox, Paramount Pictures, Sony Columbia, Universal Pictures, The Walt Disney Studios […]