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Spirit Day goes well beyond the United States. Spirit Day was actually started by a high school student in Canada who used the purple from the pride flag, which represents spirit, to shine a light on anti-bullying efforts and the crucial role that supportive friends and family play in a LGBTQ youth’s life. Since then, millions

  By: Courtney Johnson, Communities of Color and Media Consultant and MPV Subject Matter Expert   Even as monkeypox virus (mpox) transmission ebbs and begins to trend downward, it is still important to acknowledge that the unequitable vaccine rollout persists when it comes to reaching and serving communities of color.  Black people currently make up

In February of 2017, the big-budget game Horizon Zero Dawn launched to critical acclaim and resounding commercial success. Although the game was based on a new and unfamiliar Playstation IP, players were quickly won over by its post-apocalyptic solarpunk setting and innovative open-world gameplay. To top it all off, its compelling protagonist provided the backbone

How does an incredibly gifted dancer, often referred to by many as the “Black Baryshnikov,” spend the last years of his life homeless, addicted to drugs, and disconnected from friends and family, only to be found dead from multiple gunshot wounds underneath an overpass bridge in Atlanta? It’s one of many sobering questions explored in

This report was conceptualized and developed prior to the onset of the recent monkeypox (MPX) outbreak in the U.S. Currently, an overwhelming majority of MPX cases in the U.S. is among Black and Latino sexual minority men[1], mirroring the HIV epidemic. Additionally, preliminary data suggests that MPX disproportionately affects people living with HIV [2]. While

Spanish-Language & Latine Media GLAAD serves as a resource to Spanish and English-language Latine media outlets to ensure fair, accurate and inclusive representations of LGBTQ people. LEER EN ESPAÑOL HOLA AND WELCOME! If you are a journalist, writer or producer, we’ve created lots of resources, en español, to help you cover LGBTQ issues.  LGBTQ community

GLAAD, the world’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization, is highlighting the participation of out LGBTQ athletes in this year’s Paralympic Games in Tokyo. This year, the number of out LGBTQ athletes (23) is nearly double the amount that competed (12) in at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio. GLAAD

GLAAD, the world’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization, is responding to the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) just-announced strategy to mitigate the spread of monkeypox virus (MPV), which includes prioritizing vaccinations for high-risk groups. MPV is spread by skin-to-skin contact with an infected person, or contact with