Research and Reports
Our work increases media accountability and community engagement that ensures authentic LGBTQ stories are seen, heard, and actualized.
GLAAD’s research and reports provide critical insights into LGBTQ representation in media, tracking progress and highlighting areas for improvement. 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.
Announcing Equality: Inclusive Newspapers List 2008
GLAAD is encouraging journalists to include gay, bisexual and transgender fathers and their families, as well as straight dads that have LGBT children in media coverage of Father’s Day. This toolkit provides potential story ideas and suggestions on how make Father’s Day coverage more inclusive.
For many lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students, the excitement of prom season may be overwhelmed by concerns that they may not feel welcome, or worse, might be actively excluded from prom. This toolkit will help journalists craft prom coverage that integrates the experiences of LGBT youth into stories.
GLAAD is encouraging journalists to include LGBT families in their coverage of Mother’s Day. This toolkit provides potential story ideas and suggestions on how to make coverage of Mother’s Day more inclusive.
Resources for crafting Valentine's Day coverage that integrates LGBT couples' romantic celebrations.
Chanukah, Christmas, Eid al-Adha, Kwanzaa, New Year's, Muharram, the Lunar New Year and other seasonal celebrations will soon set the stage for countless news and feature stories in mainstream and ethnic print and electronic media.
The film is a moving account of a family with two moms, a son and a daughter. When the children make contact with their donor, the dynamics of the family are challenged.
The Lunar New Year is one of the most prominent holidays in East Asian communities.…
The Talking About series was co-authored by GLAAD and the Movement Advancement Project (MAP), in…
The Talking About series was co-authored by the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD)…
The Talking About series was co-authored by the GLAAD and the Movement Advancement Project (MAP),…
The Talking About series was co-authored by the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD)…
