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By Stephanie Hu, Communications Intern On March 14th, 2024, Emmy-award winning actress Niecy Nash- Betts received the Stephen F. Kolzak Award at the 35th annual GLAAD Media Awards in Los Angeles. The Stephen F. Kolzak Award, named in honor of the Los Angeles casting director who headed LGBTQ+ and HIV activism efforts, celebrates an […]

[…] the 2023 Social Media Safety Index (SMSI). GLAAD President and CEO Sarah Kate Ellis swiftly called out the company and its leadership, stating: “Meta CEO Mark Zucker berg should tell the world today that his company cares about the safety, rights, and dignity of transgender people. Meta must address this urgent and terrifying scourge […]

“Meta, on a systemic level, continues to fail to protect LGBTQ users, notably transgender people.”  (New York, NY — Septem ber 28, 2023) – Yesterday, GLAAD, the world’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization submitted a public comment to the Oversight Board, the independent body that makes recommendations to […]

GLAAD President and CEO: “Meta CEO Mark Zucker berg should tell the world today that his company cares about the safety, rights, and dignity of transgender people. Meta must address this urgent and terrifying scourge of violent anti-trans hate content.” (New York, NY — September 14, 2023) – GLAAD, the world’s largest lesbian, gay, […]

About Stories Share Resources Vote The LGBTQ community isn’t a threat. Misinformation and hatred are. THE PROBLEM “Protect our children” language is being used to create a false narrative and drive an anti-LGBTQ agenda across social media. The MISSION Change. The. Narrative. With “Protect This Kid,” we’re reclaiming this language on behalf of the […]

[…] ASAP at a theater near you—and if you miss it in theaters, see the film on demand May 7! 2.) The official trailer for I Used to Be Funny—from lesbian writer and director Ally Pankiw—has debuted! The dark dramedy marks Pankiw’s first feature film, and stars Rachel Sennott as Sam Cowell, a stand-up comic […]

[…] 1.5 times, in large part due to GLAAD’s annual study, alongside work with studio leadership and creatives. We know that the stories told in those films have been an inextricable part of a culture-shift seen and experienced by the LGBTQ community with support for LGBTQ people and acceptance at an all-time high. More people […]

[…] we all come from. But first, let’s know that people are dying. And if you are to know that people are dying and if you wish to be an ally, or as I prefer, an accomplice, what do you feel like you as a cis person would need in order to create action? What spaces are […]