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Pride was, is, and will forever be, a protest and riot from police brutality.

Since the mid-1990s, GLAAD has been working to make sure journalists and entertainment professionals have the tools they need to tell the stories of transgender people. These are just a few highlights of our work. Educating Journalists and Hollywood 1998 – GLAAD’s Media Reference Guide includes a transgender section with specific details on how […]

[…] Ellis has evolved GLAAD from a media watchdog organization to one of the most powerful cultural change agents across industries. At a time when LGBTQ issues were being largely left out of the mainstream conversation, Ellis, GLAAD, One Iowa, and The Advocate  co-hosted the first Presidential Candidate Forum on LGBTQ issues during the 2020 […]

“I never want to shy away from acknowledging who I am, being authentic as much as I can be. It’s an important thing to be able to say, ‘Yes, I’m out. I’m not ashamed of any part of who I am.’” When Rep. Sharice Davids was elected to Congress in 2018, she became one […]

[…] Pulse nightclub shooting and leading gun reform advocate. “The reality is not that these things are impossible to solve. The reality is not that violence is inevitable because other countries have solved it. The reality is that we have allowed our leaders to get away with being not held accountable for their inaction to […]

[…] on Netflix November 17th. Executive produced by Dwyane Wade and Jon Marcus, the film features fathers of queer kids including Stephen Chukumba, Frank Gonzales, Jose Trujillo, Peter Betz, Wayne Maines, as well as Dennis Shepard, the father of Matthew Shepard, as they talk about their love for their children while on a fishing trip in […]

The March on Washington in 1963 was a major benchmark in the civil rights movement and although there are many great names linked to the this moment in history, it is Bayard Rustin’s name we don’t hear enough. Enter Rustin. Director George C. Wolfe puts a spotlight on one of the greatest activists and […]

November 13 to 19 marks Transgender Awareness Week. GLAAD is observing the week by highlighting trans people and their contributions to the literary world and beyond. There are few ways better than to learn from and celebrate the diversity of trans identity and experience than reading directly from trans authors themselves who have published […]