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By Stephanie Hu, Communications Intern On March 14th, 2024, esteemed media leader, actress, and author Oprah Winfrey received GLAAD’s Vanguard Award at the 35th annual GLAAD Media Awards in Los Angeles. The Vanguard Award honors allies who have promoted acceptance of LGBTQ people and issues. Introduced by long-time friends, iconic Chicago performer Chilli Pepper, and

A list of 2024 anti-transgender bills proposed nationwide as well as state by state is available at: https://www.equalityfederation.org/tracker/cumulative-anti-transgender. Broad anti-LGBTQ legislation and state-by-state bills can also be found at: https://www.aclu.org/legislative-attacks-on-lgbtq-rights-2024. Checklist for Media Reporting on Transgender People and Issues Ask for interviewee name and pronouns and use them in your reporting.  Do not use a

GLAAD today called on media to shine attention on SB 1082, a dangerous bill that was introduced by Arizona state senator Sylvia Allen and is scheduled to be heard by the Arizona Senate Education Committee on Tuesday, January 14, 2020. GLAAD is working to elevate ways to take action against the bill with Arizona-based organization ONE

In 2023, the Ugandan Parliament passed legislation further criminalizing the identities and actions of the LGBTQ+ community. Now, on Wednesday, April 3, 2024, Uganda’s Constitutional Court failed to repeal the country’s Anti-Homosexuality Act. The Court struck down two sections and two subsections such as those that restricted healthcare access for LGBTQ+ people or required people

HOUSTON, TX – What’s unfair to Houston’s Gia Pacheco is that each election cycle the transgender, immigrant communities, and others are used as an “expendable pawn” for votes. In the meantime, discriminatory laws get passed that harm LGBTQ, immigrant communities in the Lone Star State, says Pacheco.  “The hate that’s pushed during these Congressional hearings,

(Austin, Texas – April 30, 2024) – Equality Texas, the largest nonprofit in Texas focused on securing full equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people, the Transgender Education Network of Texas (TENT,) an organization dedicated to furthering gender-diverse equality in Texas and GLAAD, the world’s largest LGBTQ media advocacy organization, are responding to

What do Elton John, Paris Hilton, Whoopi Goldberg, and Billie Jean King all have in common? They all agree The Rainbow Parade: A Celebration of LGBTQIA+ Identities and Allies is a must read! In a time where LGBTQ inclusive literature is being banned all over the country, it is more important than ever to uplift the

Today GLAAD joins all of our partners and millions of Americans celebrating 20 years since the first legal marriages for same-sex couples. The first marriages took place on this day 20 years ago in Massachusetts following a long fight in both the state legislature and the courts, marking a milestone for LGBTQ activists who worked