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[…] policies for transgender and gender nonconforming students. Across the commonwealth —at over 100 schools—students spoke up for themselves and their classmates with shouts of “DOE, leave us be” and “Trans rights are human rights.” They join a growing number of students in dozens of cities nationwide who are making their voices heard against policies […]

[…] on TV. The second season of HBO Max’s Gossip Girl kicks off this Thursday! The reboot features out actors Jordan Alexander, Zion Moreno, Jason Gotay, and John Benjamin Hickey, as well as queer characters Akeno “Aki”, Monet, Max, Rafa, Gideon, Roy, and more. It’s the second semester of Junior year, and Gossip Girl is […]

[…] Adkins.  In addition to featuring some great country music and binge worthy drama, Monarch highlights the stories of LGBTQ people in the country music scene. Out actors Beth Ditto and Kevin Cahoon joined GLAAD’s Anthony Allen Ramos to talk about their characters and the importance of this representation. Queer actress and singer Beth Ditto, […]

[…] falling hard to failing harder than a botched punchline—in this hilariously relatable play about love, loss, and, above all, “The Laugh”. Check out GLAAD’s interview with Dawkins below:   For so many of us in the LGBTQ community, we find inspiration from role models — idols that are within our community who have helped […]

[…] Today survivors of the Club Q shooting in Colorado Springs that killed five people and injured approximately 20 others joined GLAAD and other advocates in providing testimony before the House Committee on Oversight and Reform on anti-LGBTQ rhetoric, extremism and violence. View the video of the testimony here. The hearing examined how the surge […]

Pop superstar Fletcher has officially broken into the world of acting, and what better place for a queer icon like herself to get her start than The L Word: Generation Q? From this “sapphic chaos” on screen to releasing a new music video for her song “Better Version” with Kelsea Ballerini, Fletcher is definitely […]

The unique challenges that 2021 posed were no match for the persistence of game developers who delivered some of their best stories yet. Learning how to coordinate work-from-home teams and overcome release delays was no small feat, and GLAAD recognizes the time, passion, and effort that the gaming industry has put into making quality games […]

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