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[…] we haven’t heard the last of his repeated lie.  Trump’s words gave me ugly flashbacks to 2004 when George Bush won reelection on the strength of anti-marriage equality statewide amendments which were also on the ballot. I remember being overwhelmed while watching the election returns. I was angry that Bush won again and hurt […]

[…] fought back. While historical accounts of the night vary, the violent response ignited a national firestorm of activism that brought new visibility to the struggle for LGBT equality. June is unofficially recognized as Pride Month by the LGBT community, and many Pride events still occur on the last Sunday in June to commemorate the […]

[…] with Don Lemon’s feature story on the Masterpiece Cake Supreme Court ruling; a CNBC.com story that sparked companies to speak out against the proposed rollback of marriage equality in Bermuda, and a Yahoo! profile of Cuban-American bisexual gun reform advocate Emma González. Univision earned seven nominations in GLAAD’s Spanish-language media categories. Telemundo earned four […]

[…] other scripted and reality series. The out transgender Black woman is also part of ACLU’s Artist Ambassador Project and regularly appears across media outlets speaking about trans equality, including a recent ABC News interview with GLAAD President and CEO Sarah Kate Ellis. “We owe a lot to our LGBTQ blogging community, because if they’re […]

[…] for sexual expression. Pariah first premiered at Sundance in 2011, where it won the Excellence in Cinematography Award.  The premiere of Pariah in 2011, years before marriage equality was legally institutionalized in the United States, was a seminal moment in history for Sundance and LGBTQ+ representation and cinema. Special screenings of Pariah were organized […]

[…] alongside Aunjanue Ellis, Jon Bernthal and Vera Farmiga. In 2021, Nash-Betts hosted the GLAAD Media Awards and in 2023,Nash-Betts was honored with the Visibility Award by Family Equality for her work with the organization to support and protect LGBTQ families. From 2022 to 2023, she led the ABC series, THE ROOKIE: FEDS, where she […]

[…] editor of the group’s publication, The Ladder, the first national lesbian magazine. Working with Frank Kameny, Gittings helped organize the first public demonstrations for gay and lesbian equality in  New York, Washington, D.C. and Philadelphia, paving the way for the Stonewall Riots in the summer of 1969. Four months after that momentous clash, a […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Friday, April 26, 2024  – GLAAD, the world’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization, shared photos from this year’s Bytes & Bylines, the only LGBTQ-focused annual gathering of technology, media and political leaders on the eve of the White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) Dinner weekend, which was