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In January 2019, GLAAD, the world’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization, in partnership with The Black List, an annual survey of Hollywood executives’ favorite unproduced screenplays, announced the creation of The GLAAD List, a curated list of the most promising unmade LGBTQ-inclusive scripts in Hollywood that have been […]

[…] Our mothers, eventually, I think, become our sheroes. JM: Regarding Renée Richards, the tennis player who is trans, you admit to not knowing very much about being transgender back then, but that didn’t stop you from advocating for her and letting her play. BJK: She was on the tour back in ’77. I think […]

[…] episode of ‘Real Time with Bill Maher’, during which Maher parroted inaccurate and anti-transgender talking points often used by anti-LGBTQ activists trying to roll back equality for transgender people: This is not the first time Bill Maher has spouted inaccurate, anti-trans rhetoric. But this time he’s targeting youth. Pundits who fearmonger about trans youth and […]

[…] Tom Swift’s characters to authentically live in a world where their sexual orientations weren’t the main focus. This mindfulness allowed Isaac to safely reveal that he’s a transgender man.  In this way, the show not only shares the authentic stories, lives, and experiences of Black queer characters, but exhibits a distinct care for them […]

[…] lesbian in the city. What the blog has become known for is Kerr’s tireless In Memoriam section. The In Memoriam section pays tribute to those in the transgender, nonbinary, and gender non-conforming communities who have lost their lives to violence. Kerr chronicles these deaths by year, spanning back to 2013, almost a decade ago. […]

[…] she also raised more than $150,000 with her “Country Music Lunatic Person” T shirt inspired by her recent comments and media attention. The funds went to support GLAAD’s Transgender Media Program and Trans LifeLine. She said that it’s silly to be called “lunatic” for standing up for kids so she turned it into a positive. […]

[…] criticized Ryan for voting for The Equality Act, which provides comprehensive protections against discrimination for every LGBTQ American, using the inaccurate term “biological males” to refer to transgender girls. When asked if marriage equality would be a litmus test to evaluate a Supreme Court vacancy, Vance said: “I don’t like a litmus test for […]

[…] conversation featured on Teen Vogue’s platforms as well.  Additional research: 9 million LGBTQ adults are registered to vote About 3.6 million LGBTQ adults, including at least 525,000 transgender adults, live in the South, more than any other region in the U.S. More than 40% of LGBTQ people in the South are people of color: […]