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[…] since Alex Newell made his big breakthrough as Unique “Wade” Adams on the hit series Glee. From 2012 to 2015, Wade was one of the most visible transgender characters on television, ultimately helping to move the needle for LGBTQ visibility. Now, after releasing his hit EP Power (2016) and making his Broadway debut in […]

[…] a star-studded list of presenters and special guests for the 31st Annual GLAAD Media Awards in New York, including late-night talk show host and comedian Jimmy Fallon, transgender actress and advocate Nicole Maines (Supergirl), beauty guru and YouTube personality Patrick Starrr, actor and activist Jesse Williams (Grey’s Anatomy), Jaboukie Young-White (comedian and correspondent on […]

GLAAD, the world’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization, announced today that the 31st Annual GLAAD Media Awards in New York will no longer occur next week following new guidance from the New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo around COVID-19. The 31st Annual GLAAD Media Awards are presented by Delta, […]

[…] COVID-19. The letter was initiated by a coalition of six organizations: the National LGBT Cancer Network; GLMA Health Professionals Advancing LGBTQ Equality; Whitman-Walker Health; SAGE; New York Transgender Advocacy Group; and National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance. Read the full letter here. As concerns over the spread of COVID-19 continue to grow, the letter […]

GLAAD, the world’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization, announced today that the 31st Annual GLAAD Media Awards in Los Angeles will no longer take place on Thursday, April 16. GLAAD is working to reschedule the event to later in the year. GLAAD previously canceled the GLAAD Media Awards […]

[…] to LGBTQ content. The LGBTQ titles on this year’s list are: Prince and Knight, by Daniel Haack, illustrated by Stevie Lewis; George, by Alex Gino; Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out, by Susan Kuklin; A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo, by Jill Twiss, illustrated by EG Keller; Sex is a Funny Word, […]

[…] few women even approached me, and with a casual ease told me that they loved my look. In short, I had finally found a home. Our updated Transgender Inclusion Policy is now available. Thank you to all the members of the ultimate community that consulted on, contributed to, and served as an inspiration for, […]

[…] my reasons for not speaking today. I am participating in the Day of Silence, a national youth movement protesting the silence faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people and their allies in schools. My deliberate silence echoes that silence, which is caused by harassment, discrimination, and prejudice. I believe that ending the silence […]