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[…] 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 of activism among LGBT people that put the issue […]

ORLANDO, FL – We the undersigned organizations working on the front lines of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) movement share in the profound grief for those who were killed and many more who were wounded during Latin Night at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida. Their lives were lost or forever […]

[…] 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, the world’s largest LGBTQ media advocacy organization, today celebrated the LGBTQ-affirming wave of elections in the U.S. House of Representatives, […]

[…] from the seven major studios contained LGBTQ characters in 2018, up from all-time low in 2017 While overall LGBTQ representation increased, racial diversity of LGBTQ characters dropped, transgender characters remain completely absent, and more than half of all LGBTQ characters received under three minutes of screen time 20th Century Fox and Universal Pictures Ranked […]

GLAAD, the world’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization, is marking the 100th entry in the GLAAD Biden Accountability Tracker, an ongoing documentation of the Biden Administration’s appointments, policies and statements to support LGBTQ Americans, as the admininstration begins its second year in office. The GLAAD Biden Accountability Tracker, […]

  August, 19, 2022 – GLAAD, the world’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization, today responded to Meta’s confirmation that the Libs of TikTok account was not suspended from Facebook, despite media reports on August 17th that the account was suspended. Twitter also has not taken action on recent […]

(New York, NY – November 20, 2022) – GLAAD, the world’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization, is responding to the mass shooting at Club Q in Colorado Springs that killed at least five people and injured nearly twenty others.  GLAAD President and CEO Sarah Kate Ellis responded on […]

[…] CRITERIA FOR NOMINATION: GLAAD Media Awards nominees are selected using the following four criteria: Fair, Accurate, and Inclusive Representations – Rather than portraying the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer community using broad stereotypes, the project deals with the characters or themes in a fair, accurate, and multi-dimensional manner. Inclusive speaks to the importance […]