Acknowledgments
GLAAD is grateful to the many organizations and individuals with whom we do this important work.
We especially want to acknowledge our SMSI advisory committee: ALOK; Lucy Bernholz; Alejandra Caraballo, Esq.; Joan Donovan; Jelani Drew-Davi; Liz Fong-Jones; Evan Greer; Leigh Honeywell; Maria Ressa; Tom Rielly; Sarah T. Roberts; Brennan Suen; Kara Swisher; and Marlena Wisniak.
Very special thanks to: Research consultant, Andrea Hackl and the team at Ranking Digital Rights. Thanks to GLAAD staff including Senior Social Media Safety Program Manager, Leanna Garfield; Senior Director of Social Media Safety, Jenni Olson; Communications Manager, Jose Useche; Communications Consultant, Allison Bloom; Brand Creative Director, Crystal Stratford; Creative Studio Manager, Elizabeth Fernandez; Graphic Designer, Roho Yniguez; Web Producer, Heidi Spillum; Senior Manager of News & Research, Sarah Moore; and Chief Communications Officer, Rich Ferraro. Thanks are due as well to the staff at all of the social media companies who work with GLAAD to improve LGBTQ safety on their platforms. Extra special thanks to anyone else we forgot to mention, and to the countless journalists, researchers, activists, and others who continue to drive change forward.
This report would not have been possible without the support of: Craig Newmark Philanthropies and Logitech. Thank you to David Hornik, Kara Swisher, and the Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society for early support of this project.
If you’d like to support the work of the Social Media Safety program and this report, please donate to GLAAD at GLAAD.org/donate.
