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[…] (@NFL) October 20, 2022 The PSA also features members of the Carolina Panthers Top Cats Cheerleaders, Javontre Booker, Ebonee Bryant-Smith, Chris Crawford, and Justine Lindsay – who became the NFL’s first openly transgender cheerleader this year. All participants featured in the PSA echo the importance of being allies, standing up for LGBTQ youth across […]

[…] advocates and allies to curtail attempts by anti-LGBTQ lawmakers at the state and local level to roll back protections for LGBTQ and especially transgender people. There have been a number of efforts at the administrative and executive level as well as court rulings these past few weeks that showcase the need to keep driving […]

GLAAD launched the bilingual campaign Inclusive Screens, Pantalla Inclusiva in Decem ber 2017 to engage Latinx LGBTQ people and allies around the lack of inclusion on novelas and series on Spanish language television and the lack of the full inclusion of Latinx people in English language media. Folks are encouraged to sign a petition […]

[…] morning of June 28, 1969, a group of patrons at the Stonewall Inn – a New York city bar that was a frequent target of police raids because it catered to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community – fought back against police brutality and harassment. Their uprising set in motion a wave […]

  Colorado becomes first state to elect an openly gay man as Governor, Kansas Elects Nation’s First Out Native American Member of Congress, and more than 100 LGBTQ Candidates Win Federal, State, Local Races Voters in Massachusetts Make History with First Statewide Popular Vote in Favor of Transgender Rights New York, NY – GLAAD, […]

[…]   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Laverne Cox (@lavernecox) The annual Spirit Day concert, held last night in Downtown LA at The Belasco, featured Black queer performers Wayne Brady and Vincint, both of whom are also 2023 Out100 honorees. Both Brady and Vincint gave stellar performances and shared moving […]

[…] Smirnoff at Caesars Palace on February 07, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Daniel Boczarski/Getty Images for GLAAD) LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – FEBRUARY 07: (L-R) Jonathan Beane, NFL SVP of Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, President & CEO of GLAAD Sarah Kate Ellis, Carl Nassib, Kevin Maxen, Lance Bass, LZ Granderson and Des […]

Southern Story Bank LGBTQ Southerners represent the vibrancy, resiliency, and beauty of the region they call home. The vast majority live in states without statewide laws protecting them from discrimination as transgender Southerners face record-high state-sponsored targeting of essential healthcare, free speech, and access to school sports and bathrooms. The South also has the […]