Search Results: transgender people (1590)

[…] becoming homeless, preferring to live on the streets. Studies have shown that over 30 percent of youth in foster care are LGBTQ and about 5 percent are transgender. That’s an LGBTQ population about three times higher and a trans population 5 times higher than youth not in foster care. A study for the journal […]

[…] is lost on most Americans. This shows in GLAAD’s 2023 Accelerating Acceptance report. According to the report, 71% of Americans claim they’ve never met someone who is transgender. This is alarming especially as anti-transgender rhetoric from politicians and some in the media continues to rise. Algorithms, for instance, are the language of social media […]

[…] this post on Instagram   A post shared by GLAAD (@glaad) The campaign, which aims to combat misinformation about the transgender community, features the stories of 3 transgender people from Ohio and Florida alongside their supportive family members, one of these stories being the Colby’s. Ashton is a 32-year-old LGBTQ advocate, speaker and consultant who […]

[…] Accelerating Acceptance study reveals…Learn moreTell New York Times to Stop MisinformationJoin 100+ organizations and leaders in calling on the New York Times to improve their coverage of transgender people.Learn MoreOur Voices. Our Votes.It’s all on the ballot this November. Register to vote, check your registration, and get the resources you need.Learn moreSocial Media Safety Index […]

[…] researchers documenting over 560 anti-LGBTQ incidents nationwide since the start of 2024. Research from other organizations has also shown that violence disproportionately targets the LGBTQ community, especially transgender / gender non-conforming and BIPOC LGBTQ people.  LGBTQ+ people are 2.7 times more likely to be a victim of gun violence compared to cisgender and heterosexual […]

[…] to plague LGBTQ Americans. GLAAD compiled the following partial list of incidents of violence from news coverage from January to June 2019. From the horrific murders of transgender women of color to other random acts of violence – this list is a snapshot of anti-LGBTQ violence in America and is not comprehensive. If you’ve […]

“Meta, on a systemic level, continues to fail to protect LGBTQ users, notably transgender people.”  (New York, NY — September 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 Meta after […]

(New York, NY – June 22, 2021) GLAAD, the world’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization, is responding to the failure in the U.S. Senate to open debate on the “For the People Act,” which would combat restrictions on voting that disproportionately impact people of color and LGBTQ people.  […]