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.
The second annual Social Media Safety Index (SMSI), a report on LGBTQ user safety across…
Since 2015, GLAAD’s annual Accelerating Acceptance study has measured Americans’ attitudes and comfortability towards LGBTQ…
The Where We Are on TV report analyzes the overall diversity of primetime scripted series…
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,…
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…
For LGBTQ people and queer people of color, this is the most consequential election of our lifetime.