Publications
As the LGBTQ community continues to expand and become more visible, the 2021 Accelerating Acceptance…
Fair, accurate, and inclusive news media coverage is vital to expanding public awareness and understanding of LGBTQ people. While recent decades have shown remarkable advancements in accurate reporting on issues affecting our lives and increasingly nuanced portrayals of the incredible diversity within LGBTQ communities, many reporters, editors, and producers continue to face challenges covering LGBTQ issues in a complex, sometimes rhetorically charged climate.
The U.S. South has the highest concentration of LGBTQ Americans of any region, in states without statewide laws protecting them from discrimination.
Measuring American attitudes toward HIV and the impact stigma has on people living with HIV…
The GLAAD Studio Responsibility Index (SRI) maps the quantity, quality and diversity of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) characters in films released by eight major motion picture studios during the 2020 calendar year. GLAAD researched films released by Lionsgate, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures, STX Films, United Artists Releasing, Universal Pictures, Walt Disney Studios and Warner Bros., as well as films released by four subsidiaries of these major studios. The report is intended to serve as a road map toward increasing fair, accurate and inclusive LGBTQ representation in film.
As part of the launch of The Visibility Project, P&G and GLAAD also announced findings…
GLAAD’s Social Media Safety Index (SMSI) marks the first-ever baseline evaluation of the LGBTQ user safety experience across…
The Where We Are on TV report analyzes the overall diversity of primetime scripted series…
Each year through extensive polling and research, GLAAD looks at the state of America’s hearts and minds when it comes to accepting LGBTQ people.
For LGBTQ people and queer people of color, this is the most consequential election of our lifetime.
READ THE MOST RECENT STUDIO RESPONSIBILITY INDEX HERE.
The GLAAD Studio Responsibility Index (SRI) maps the quantity, quality and diversity of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) characters in films released by eight major motion picture studios during the 2019 calendar year. GLAAD researched films released by Lionsgate, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures, STX Films, United Artists Releasing, Universal Pictures, Walt Disney Studios and Warner Bros., as well as films released by four subsidiaries of these major studios. The report is intended to serve as a road map toward increasing fair, accurate and inclusive LGBTQ representation in film.
Measuring American attitudes toward HIV and the impact stigma has on people living with HIV
The HIV epidemic won’t end until we tackle the effects of stigma. We partnered with Gilead Sciences to better understand how much stigma still exists and its impact on those living with HIV. Despite making significant progress towards ending the epidemic, a majority of the public feels uncomfortable, uninformed, and concerned about HIV and people living with it. The State of HIV Stigma survey confirms that stigma and misinformation around HIV is widespread, and there is much work to be done to educate the public before we can end the epidemic once and for all.
Read the study. This year, GLAAD has partnered with Procter & Gamble to release the…
Every week, the GLAAD staff is going to provide you with recommendations of LGBTQ media…
PHYSICAL HEALTH How COVID-19 Spreads The virus is thought to spread mainly from person-to-person through…
News and AnnouncementsUpcoming LGBTQ-inclusive shows and GLAAD events.Together In Pride: You Are Not Alone. “VIDA’s”…
GLAAD has gathered all of our resources into a central hub to help guide, inform,…
Individuals Stories of LGBTQ advocates accelerating acceptance. GLAAD Media Institute Alumni Resources Turned Away…
&Together Headlines/News Updates GLAAD’s rapid response to current events. Calling Out Congress On People…
The Where We Are on TV report analyzes the overall diversity of primetime scripted series…
Stonewall 50: A Journalist’s Guide to Reporting on the 50th Anniversary of Stonewall and the Legacy of Pride seeks to inform journalists about the history of the Stonewall Uprising and its impact on the LGBTQ movement into the modern day. The guidebook covers several topics: story ideas when covering Stonewall 50, a history of the Stonewall Inn, an overview of significant events in the modern LGBTQ movement, and a focused discussion on the issues the LGBTQ movement faces today– both in the USA and around the world.