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We are the world’s largest Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization. Our work increases media accountability and community engagement that ensures authentic LGBTQ stories are seen, heard, and actualized. Our findings have had a direct impact on inspiring positive LGBTQ cultural representation by nurturing understanding and holding social media platforms accountable for misinformation.
Reports and Publications from GLAAD
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…
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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.
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.
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