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GLAAD, the world’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization, is responding to the Biden administration’s announcement implementing updates to identity documents and steps to improve traveler experience. The announcement is among several made on Transgender Day of Visibility. The State Department announced that passports with the gender-neutral ‘X’ marker […]

[…] on Extremism release new count of anti-LGBTQ threats and attacks in the one year since the Club Q shooting, documenting 700+ incidents against LGBTQ people; Sunday marks Transgender Day of Remembrance honoring transgender people killed in anti-trans attacks (Thursday, November 16, 2023) GLAAD, the world’s largest LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer) media […]

GLAAD, the world’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization, along with The ACLU of Indiana, are responding to the passage of HB-1041 in Indiana, banning transgender girls Kindergarten through 12th grade from girls’ school sports teams. The bill was authored by Rep. Michelle Davis, who said in a committee […]

[…] global organization dedicated to elevating openly LGBTQ+ leaders who further equality at all levels of government, issued statements in support of Rep. Zooey Zephyr, the first openly transgender member of the Montana House of Representatives. Rep. Zephyr was censured by her colleagues and was prevented from being allowed to participate in a floor debate […]

Model, producer, and transgender advocate Rocero made history again when she was announced as part of Playboy’s Playmates of the Year earlier this month, a first for a transgender woman. This year, Playboy is honoring all twelve women who appeared in the magazine’s 2019 pages for each of their unique contributions to the brand […]

Today, GLAAD released an open letter signed by over 465 feminist leaders in advocacy, business, entertainment, media, politics, and social justice standing in solidarity with transgender women and girls in honor of Women’s History Month and Transgender Day of Visibility, which takes place today. The letter, organized by GLAAD and Raquel Willis, comes in […]

This post is updated continuously. Latest update: July 15, 2021. This year has seen an unprecedented number of state legislature introductions of bills that target transgender people, primarily with a focus on trans youth. As of July 15, at least 121 bills have been proposed around the country targeting transgender people and youth. That includes […]

[…] were at the Tokyo games, making these the most inclusive Olympic games in history and tripling the Rio Games just four years ago. Also, for the first time, out transgender and non-binary Olympians competed, making history, and impacting media coverage on transgender athletes at all levels. The Tokyo games were history-making, from an LGBTQ perspective, from […]