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[…] LGBTQ+ candidates — and voters who support them — if we want to see office holders represent the full spectrum of our community. This year’s report says transgender and non-binary elected officials only account for 8.1 percent of all LGBTQ+ elected officials (up from 6.9 percent in June 2022), noting that there are currently […]

[…] on Instagram   A post shared by GLAAD (@glaad) Other egregious and dangerous Project 2025 proposals include: Stripping away non-discrimination protections Closing the Department of Education Eliminating transgender health care in Medicare and Medicaid  Calling for a ban on abortion pills and criminally prosecuting providers. Eradicating federal funding for DEI programs Replacing the Department […]

[…] soon Ira’s long-term relationship is tested. Watch here. In more steaming  news, trans multi-hyphenate D. Smith‘s documentary Kokomo City is available now. Kokomo City features four Black transgender sex workers who tell their life stories in intimate and candid interviews. Visit here to watch the film praised by Variety, IndieWire, The Hollywood Reporter and […]

[…] a dysfunctional family of adopted sibling superheroes who reunite to solve the mystery of their father’s death and the threat of an imminent apocalypse. In season three, transgender actor and producer Elliot Page will return to play queer character Vanya Hargreeves and Robert Sheehan will return to play the non-binary, pansexual character Klaus Hargreeves. […]

Of the 125 film releases GLAAD counted from the major studios in 2016, 23 (18.4%) contained characters identified as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer. This is an increase of nearly one percentage point from the 17.5% of films (22 of 126) found to be inclusive in 2015. Gay men continue to be the […]

[…] for president. Both governors are publicly affiliated with Moms for Liberty, and signed a record number of anti-LGBTQ bills in their states. Reynolds’ bills and rhetoric include:  transgender youth, HIV and AIDS education, LGBTQ topics in the classroom, and access to diverse reading materials. To date, more than 1,000 books and 500 unique titles […]

New York, NY – GLAAD, the nation’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) media advocacy organization, today announced Zeke Stokes as the organization’s Vice President of Programs. In this role Stokes will oversee GLAAD’s advocacy work to advance the stories of LGBT people that lead to positive cultural change in the United States and […]

(July 30, 2024) GLAAD, the world’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization, is responding to today’s announcement that the Director of Project 2025 has resigned. Statement from Sarah Kate Ellis, President and CEO of GLAAD: “The Heritage Foundation and its leaders can run but cannot hide. No resignation will […]