Jet magazine, the nation’s pre-eminent African American biweekly magazine, has featured a gay couple in its Dec. 10 issue as part of its December Jet Love wedding series The biweekly feature, which traditionally showcases straight couples featured Dr. Ravi Perry and Paris Prince and included a short bio of the couple and explains how the…
NEW YORK – The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), The Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network (GLSEN), and PFLAG National, have released a joint statement denouncing the Dr. Oz Show for airing an episode debating the merits of so-called reparative therapy, and positioning a representative of the discredited National Association for Research and Therapy…
Today, The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), and the Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition (MTPC), announced the national launch of new I AM: Trans People Speak videos, featuring New York Times bestseller Professor Jennifer Finney Boylan, actress Laverne Cox, Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund (TLDEF) attorney Noah Lewis, and performance poet Kit Yan….
Today anti-bullying advocate and Spirit Day ambassador Katy Butler launched a Change.org petition asking President Barack Obama and Gov. Mitt Romney to join GLAAD and millions of Americans by wearing purple Oct. 19, for Spirit Day. Participants wearing purple on this day to stand against bullying and show support for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender…
The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) today released the annual Where We Are on TV report; a comprehensive review of scripted LGBT primetime characters in the upcoming 2012-2013 television season. After a decrease last year, the number of regular lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) characters on broadcast networks has risen to the highest ever…
Modern Family, the American comedy series created by Christopher Lloyd and Steven Levitan scooped the award for Best Comedy Series and two acting awards at the 64th annual Emmy Awards aired last night on ABC. Julie Bowen won Best Supporting Actress and Eric Stonestreet won Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of gay father Cameron,…
In a statement released to Think Progress today, Intel’s Chief Diversity Officer, Rosalind Hudnell, said that the company could no longer fund the Boy Scouts of America, so long as the Scouts stand by their long-held policy barring gay troops and leaders from participating in the organization. This follows a campaign by The Gay &…
NEW YORK – Celebrity blogger Perez Hilton, Nickelodeon’s Avan Jogia,Pretty Little Liars star Shay Mitchell, NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal, TV icon George Takei, and daytime talk show host of The Wendy Williams Show, Wendy Williams, will join The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), hundreds of corporations, national landmarks, schools, local communities and millions of Americans…
(CNN) – Toronto Blue Jays shortstop Yunel Escobar has been suspended for three games after a photo emerged from Saturday’s game showing him with a Spanish homophobic slur in his eye black, the substance ballplayers put below their eyes to reduce the sun’s glare. Escobar acknowledged being the author of the message, but was reticent…
A church group has produced what they describe as “a simple flyer for your older grade school or middle school children about homosexuality?” Mission: America, a Christian ministry, publication and Web site founded by Linda Harvey, has produced the new “guide” to teach parents on how to talk to kids about homosexuality. Authored by Harvey,…
