SAN FRANCISCO — GLAAD has announced it will honor Tyler Oakley at GLAAD Gala San Francisco at the Hilton San Francisco Union Square Nov. 7. The event will be hosted by Mean Girls and Looking star Daniel Franzese and will feature a special performance by Grammy Award-nominated recording artist and Selma star Ledisi. Additional special…
Despite the legislative success of gay marriage this year, the LGBT community is still far from reaching universal acceptance in the United States, GLAAD Chief Executive Officer Sarah Kate Ellis said in a lecture at Princeton University this week. Fighting workplace discrimination and providing access to suitable restrooms for the trans community are two of…
GLAAD released today a public service announcement (PSA) to inspire, inform, and reignite the passion and action needed to beat the HIV and AIDS epidemic once and for all. The PSA, produced by the award-winning Martian Entertainment, was created by GLAAD and The Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation as part of an ongoing partnership that launched earlier this…
#SpiritDay is coming up Oct. 15, and some of your favorite celebrities have already taken the pledge to go purple and show their support for LGBT youth! You can join them by going purple now, find out more about how to get involved at glaad.org/spiritday. Celebrities including Caitlyn Jenner, Patricia Arquette, Britney Spears, Kim Kardashian,…
NEW YORK, NY – GLAAD has announced the launch of the “Go Purple for #SpiritDay” app, powered by Toyota Financial Services. The free app allows users to take part in Spirit Day, the largest and most visible anti-bullying campaign in the world supporting LGBT youth, by making their social media photos purple. The app also…
GLAAD has announced the launch of a UK operation as part of its growing global work to accelerate acceptance of the LGBT community. GLAAD UK officially launches this month and will be part of a series of announcements made at the group’s first-ever international board meeting, taking place at the House of Lords in central…
GLAAD have released a new video on LGBT bullying and this year’s Spirit Day pledge. The powerful video shows what bullying can feel like for LGBT youth and the struggles they face every day. (Warning some strong language). The video’s creator Harold Moss, creative director of FlickerLab, explained the reason behind creating the video, why…
NEW YORK, NY – GLAAD, the nation’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LBGT) media advocacy organization, has released the findings of a new survey, conducted online by Harris Poll among over 2,000 U.S. adults age 18+, which shows that the number of Americans who report knowing or working with someone who is transgender has doubled in…
GLAAD has created a video of anti-LGBT moments in Hollywood films over the last five years. “We’re still the butt of the joke,” Sarah Kate Ellis, CEO and president of GLAAD, told Variety. “We’re still infrequently seen and when we are seen, it’s in a negative light.” In the wake of the Emmy Awards, the…
A new Ugandan LGBT publication, Bombastic Magazine, is looking to protect the community by telling their authentic stories. Kasha Jacqueline, one of the founders of Bombastic Magazine and the LGBT movement in Uganda, says that, “changing the hearts and minds of regular Ugandans I the most crucial step in triggering real change.” She goes on…
