Publications
Our work increases media accountability and community engagement that ensures authentic LGBTQ stories are seen, heard, and actualized.
From analyzing Hollywood films to assessing news coverage and social media platforms, GLAAD’s data-driven reports shape industry standards and drive meaningful change. Widely recognized as authoritative resources, GLAAD’s reports were viewed and quoted more than 200,000 times last year, influencing conversations across media, advocacy, and policy.
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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…
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…
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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.
Fifty years after the Stonewall uprising, the LGBTQ community has great reason to celebrate the…
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 the seven major motion picture studios during the 2018 calendar year. GLAAD researched films released by 20th Century Fox, Lionsgate, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures, 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.
The Where We Are on TV report analyzes the overall diversity of primetime scripted series…
The GLAAD Studio Responsibility Index (SRI) maps the quantity, quality and diversity of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people in films released by the seven major motion picture studios during the 2017 calendar year. GLAAD researched films released by 20th Century Fox, Lionsgate Entertainment, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures, Universal Pictures, Walt Disney Studios and Warner Brothers, 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.
The More Than a Number Report is an advanced reporting guide for journalists and advocates to accompany our Doubly Victimized Guide. It reflects that many more reporters are now covering the homicides of transgender people in the U.S. but there is still a lot of work to do to improve coverage. The biggest hurdle, in this report’s thesis, is to shift from the “deadliest year ever” headlines into a more accurate and respectful framing of lives lost.
Each year through extensive polling and research, GLAAD looks at the state of America’s hearts…
Below are some of the findings from this report:Of the 698 characters on scripted primetime series,…
The Where We Are on TV report analyzes the overall diversity of primetime scripted series…
“Southern Stories: A Guide for Reporting on LGBTQ People in Florida” is part of GLAAD’s…