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[…] also expand on GLAAD’s history of elevating culture-changing stories of LGBTQ people and families that humanize political issues with a focus on issues including so-called religious freedom, transgender equality, racial justice and immigration reform. The Digital Campaigns & External Engagement department recognizes that the battles of today are being won or lost online long […]

[…] the Department of Justice for ignoring a letter from six Democratic members of Congress calling for a federal hate crime investigation into the pattern of murders of transgender women. “Can you hear us, Jeff Sessions?” she said, and added, “You don’t need to have a trans family member, or a gay friend, or a […]

[…] Teen Vogue Outstanding Digital Journalism Article: “After the Orlando Shooting, the Changed Lives of Gay Latinos” by Daniel Wenger (NewYorker.com) Outstanding Digital Journalism – Multimedia: “Unerased: Counting Transgender Lives” by Meredith Talusan and Mic staff (Mic.com) Outstanding Music Artist: Tegan and Sara, Love You to Death (Warner Bros. Records.) Outstanding Blog: Holy Bullies and Headless […]

[…] same time, Harley Quinn’s bi identity, which is front and center in the comic books that inspired the film, was completely erased in the ‘Suicide Squad’ film. Transgender representation remains abysmally low, with only one transgender character counted, the same number as the 2015 report, and once again the character was used a punchline […]

[…] season of ‘America in Transition’ is expected to be online November 2017. Creator André Pérez is an oral historian, educator, filmmaker, and community organizer. He founded the Transgender Oral History Project in 2007, and created a traveling multimedia historical exhibit in 2009. Director and Senior Producer of I Live for Trans Education, Pérez spearheaded […]

[…] like Amazon, Electronic Arts, Bloomberg, Microsoft and Ubisoft. While at Amazon, Heineman was an active member of Glamazon, the company’s LGBTQ employee group, where she fought for transgender health care. She was also recently named to LGBTQ Nation’s list of the ‘top 50 successful transgender Americans you should know.’ Heineman has consulted for GLAAD, […]

[…] among 140 leading entertainers including Jennifer Lawrence, Ariana Grande, Laverne Cox, and Whoopi Goldberg to speak out in an open letter against two anti-LGBTQ bills, which targeted transgender youth in Texas and were later defeated. Most recently, Spears sparked global attention when she wore a t-shirt stating ‘We Are All Dreamers’ and called on […]

[…] rise of machine learning poses new challenges on bias in data. Also at SXSW, the GLAAD-sponsored documentary TransMilitary will premiere. TransMilitary chronicles the lives of four American transgender service members defending their country’s freedom while fighting for their own, and the larger efforts to bring an end to the ban on transgender people serving […]