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The GLAAD Network Responsibility Index is an evaluation of the quantity, quality and diversity of images of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people on television. It is intended to serve as a road map toward increasing fair, accurate and inclusive LGBT media representations.  View the publication.

[…] marry nationwide. Notwithstanding the American public has grown well beyond majority status in support for marriage equality and we have reached what TIME Magazine called the “ transgender tipping point,” GLAAD’s Accelerating Acceptance 2016 survey reveals that other key, yet perhaps more nuanced attitudes about LGBTQ people are lagging and the cause of Accelerating […]

[…] gender and sexuality. Additionally, the findings show that non-LGBTQ Americans are becoming increasingly aware that there are more than two genders, with many polled also understanding that transgender and nonbinary people will continue to be a more visible and familiar part of life. However, with expanding visibility does come new challenges for acceptance. While […]

The current story of book bans is interwoven with the story of the skyrocketing number of legislative proposals targeting LGBTQ people and especially, transgender and nonbinary youth. Like bills targeting health care, drag performance, pronouns and public spaces, book bans baselessly and disingenuously purport to be about protecting children and parents’ rights, when their […]

NEW YORK, NY – GLAAD, the nation’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) media advocacy organization, today unveiled its GLAAD Global Voices: 2014 Winter Olympics Playbook, a resource guide for journalists and spokespeople covering the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia. The Playbook will be distributed in four languages to thousands of journalists traveling […]

New York, NY, February 4, 2014 — GLAAD, the nation’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) media advocacy organization, has released a resource guide for journalists covering the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia. The GLAAD Global Voices: 2014 Sochi Olympics Playbook is available here: www.glaad.org/russia and a PDF is available here. The […]

GLAAD, the nation’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) media advocacy organization, today responded to Southeastern Conference (SEC) Division I football player Michael Sam’s announcement that he is gay. “By rewriting the script for countless young athletes, Michael has demonstrated the leadership that, along with his impressive skills on the field, makes him a […]

Los Angeles, CA – GLAAD, the nation’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) media advocacy organization, today announced Lauren Custer Dowling as the organization’s Vice President of Development. In this role, Dowling will oversee all aspects of funding GLAAD’s mission to work through the media to advance the stories of LGBT people that lead […]