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RESOURCES INCLUDE GLAAD’S SOUTHERN STORYBANK, A SERIES OF VIDEO PORTRAITS FEATURING TRANSGENDER PEOPLE AS WELL AS PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV ACROSS THE U.S. SOUTH GLAAD: “It is more urgent than ever for national and local media to report accurate and inclusive stories about LGBTQ people, especially as transgender people and people living with HIV are […]

GLAAD is releasing its guide for journalists covering the 2020 election, identifying key issues of the LGBTQ community. For LGBTQ people and queer people of color, this is the most consequential election of our lifetime.

The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) today is urging both local and national media to take the following into consideration when reporting on the addition of Chaz Bono to the cast of the ABC show Dancing With The Stars, and when telling the stories of other transgender people.

[…] targeting them: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis attempted to contrast himself with former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, claiming a bill he signed banning mainstream health care for transgender people would stop the “gender mutilation of minors,” an inflammatory and false characterization of health care backed by every major medical association. DeSantis claimed Haley opposed the […]

[…] may be asexual and biromantic, asexual and Latinx, asexual and disabled, etc. In fact, The Trevor Project found that a larger sample of asexual youth identities as transgender or gender-nonconforming than LGBTQ youth in general. Asexual identities also exist among other sexual orientations, and being asexual is just as valid as being gay/lesbian, bi, […]

Multiple University student newspapers are responding to the pair of open letters written to The New York Times concerning its damaging and biased coverage of transgender people. The Pitt News at the University of Pittsburgh was first out of the gate with a piece on February 16, titled, “The New York Times’ coverage of transgender people […]

[…] August 7, 2018 – An open letter signed by more than 45 advocacy organizations, talent agencies, and production companies, today urged Hollywood to prioritize telling stories of transgender people and to involve transgender talent within the creative process. The letter was led by 5050by2020, a strategic initiative within TIME’S UP that advocates for increased inclusion […]

[…] at the state or federal level.  Opponents of The Equality Act are expected to argue against it based on false claims of religious bias and misinformation about transgender children. The facts to counter this misinformation are below, as well as the anti-LGBTQ records of Judiciary Committee members and certain witnesses.  Journalists are encouraged to […]