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From the Office of the President & CEO, Sarah Kate Ellis In 2013, GLAAD created the Studio Responsibility Index (SRI) to track lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) inclusion in major studio films and to drive acceptance and meaningful LGBTQ inclusion. To date, we’ve seen and felt the great impact our TV research […]

[…] in recent years and had seen images in past three months versus 30 percent who had not been exposed to images in the past three months) and transgender people (44 to 33 percent), a 13-percentage point difference for gays and lesbians (48 vs 35 percent), and a 14 point difference regarding bisexual people (45 […]

[…] GLAAD Media Award nominated film The True Adventures of Wolfboy, a story about a teenage boy with wolf-like qualities who runs away from home and befriends a transgender girl who dreams of being a singer. Written by trans screenwriter Olivia Dufault, the film is the rare transition narrative from a transgender point of view. […]

[…] and discrimination when seeking healthcare, or having limited or no healthcare coverage. Mental health and quarantine safety Trans Lifeline, a nonprofit that runs a crisis hotline for transgender people, reported that calls about suicidal ideation have increased by 89% since the start of the pandemic. Similarly, The Trevor Project released data around LGBTQ youth […]

[…] year marked significant growth of LGBTQ characters of color. But the report also found no LGBTQ characters with disabilities and no LGBTQ characters living with HIV. Additionally, transgender and non-binary characters remained completely absent for the fourth year in a row. The latest Studio Responsibility Index lists animated and family films as a critical […]

[…] Lutheran Church in America, and the Presbyterian Church (USA) have all adopted policies of LGBTQ inclusion. Their leaders are often vocal supporters of marriage equality, employment nondiscrimination, transgender inclusion, and other LGBTQ issues. Other religious institutions, churches, and denominations continue to debate issues of LGBTQ inclusion, the blessing of same-sex couples’ unions, and the […]

[…] role in expanding public awareness and understanding of LGBTQ people and issues that affect our lives. While LGBTQ acceptance and visibility continue to grow, our community, especially transgender people and LGBTQ people of color, continues to face discrimination, systemic racism, and negative policies and attacks on the local, state, and national levels. Thanks to […]

[…] bisexual men, and other men who have sex with other men. According to CDC data from August 12, 99% of early Mpox cases occurred in cisgender and transgender men, 94% of whom reported recent male-to-male sexual or close intimate contact. Black and Latinx people, people living with HIV, and people who were recently diagnosed […]