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GLAAD, the world’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization, is responding to two states’ bills banning transgender youth from lifesaving healthcare. The bill in Arizona failed to advance out of committee today. Hours later, a bill in Alabama passed a Senate committee and would make it a felony to […]

[…] — May 14, 2024) Today GLAAD, the world’s largest LGBTQ media advocacy organization, issued the following statement in response to the murder of Jazlynn Johnson, an 18-year-old transgender teenager from Las Vegas who was killed by a 17-year-old boy earlier this month. GLAAD’s President and CEO Sarah Kate Ellis (she/her) issued the following statement […]

[…] risk of suicide; archdiocese moves from targeting LGBTQ teachers to students New York, NY – Thursday, June 25, 2020 – GLAAD, the world’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization, today denounces the Archdiocese of Indianapolis’ new policy which targets transgender young people for rejection and exclusion in all areas […]

  GLAAD, the world’s largest LGBTQ media advocacy organization, is responding to the North Dakota legislature’s passage of a bill today prohibiting transgender students from participating in a school-sponsored athletic team. The bill passed 69 to 25 and now goes to Gov. Doug Burgum’s desk. Bills banning transgender students from sports participation are now […]

[…] members of the U.S. House voted on party lines in favor of HR 734, the so-called “Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act” which would prohibit transgender girls from participating in school sports, claiming that doing so would be a violation of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. Sarah Kate Ellis […]

[…] LGBTQ characters, as well as the number of queer women characters dropped More than half of all LGBTQ characters receive under three minutes of screen time and transgender characters remain completely absent for the third year in a row Los Angeles, CA – Thursday, July 16, 2020 – GLAAD, the world’s largest LGBTQ media […]

LESS THAN 30% OF NON-LGBTQ AMERICAN ADULTS PERSONALLY KNOW A TRANSGENDER PERSON, DEMONSTRATING AN URGENT NEED FOR EDUCATION AND REPRESENTATION Supermajority of non-LGBTQ Americans (84%) support equal rights for the LGBTQ community Majority of non-LGBTQ Americans (70%) agree companies should publicly support the LGBTQ community through advertising, and sponsorships Thursday, June 01, 2023 – […]

AND FACTS ABOUT TRANSGENDER INCLUSION, SAFETY AND FAIRNESS FOR ALL PLAYERS AND FANS Staley: “I’m of the opinion … if you’re a woman, you should play. If you consider yourself a woman and you want to play sports or vice versa, you should be able to play.” GLAAD: “The women’s game has never been […]