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[…] ANTHONY RAPP, AMBER TAMBLYN, AND GLAAD PRESIDENT & CEO SARAH KATE ELLIS  New York, NY  – April 27, 2022 – GLAAD, the world’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization, today announced that it will honor award-winning actor, producer, and activist Wilson Cruz with the Vito Russo Award during the […]

[…] room. Our whole community looks forward to seeing Karine deliver for our nation and represent every LGBTQ person with pride.” GLAAD, the world’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization, is responding to the announcement that Karine Jean-Pierre will become White House Press Secretary, the first Black woman and first […]

[…] Sheryl Lee Ralph and GLAAD President and CEO Sarah Kate Ellis New York, NY – Friday, May 6, 2022 – GLAAD, the world’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization, announced recipients for 16 of this year’s 30 categories for the 33rd Annual GLAAD Media Awards. Additional categories were announced […]

GLAAD, the world’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization, along with Equality NC and LGBTQ Center of Durham are responding to the passage of HB 755 in the North Carolina Senate, banning classroom conversation about sexual orientation and gender identity. The bill is sponsored by Rep. Hugh Blackwell (R-Burke) […]

[…] GLAAD also released a new version of a public service announcement featuring the Briggle family of Texas.  Ad transcript:  “Do you wanna meet a family of a transgender kid? Here we are. There are some politicians who are trying to tear my family apart simply because my son is transgender. Trans kids don’t have […]

[…] real world violence: from extremists showing up at drag shows to vandalism at LGBTQ community centers to bomb threats being called into children’s hospitals that care for transgender youth. This new partnership will help GLAAD and the entire LGBTQ movement in identifying and reporting the growing rates of anti-LGBTQ violence before it happens.”  ADL […]

[…] Haynes, co-owners of Club Q; Colorado State Senator Pete Lee; Colorado State Representative-elect Steph Vigil, Colorado State Representative Leslie Herod; and Ares Mars, a local queer and transgender poet and activist, studying to become a teacher in order to support and increase acceptance for queer youth in schools. Since Sunday, GLAAD has been on […]

[…] a 406% increase of “groomer” and similar smears across social media. Twenty children’s hospitals received bomb threats for providing medically safe and best practice health care to transgender youth. There were nearly 150 attacks on LGBTQ events. Since 2015, hate crimes have increased by 40%. And a new GLAAD poll found 48% of all […]