NEW YORK – GLAAD, the nation’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) media advocacy organization, today announced the resignation of President Herndon Graddick. Under Graddick’s tenure, GLAAD began campaigns including a national call for the Boy Scouts of America to end their ban on gay scouts and scout leaders. The organization also announced a continuation…
(CNN) — Just because it’s entertaining doesn’t mean it can’t also set an example. That’s the position the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation takes with its nominees for the 24th annual GLAAD Media Awards, which recognizes “outstanding images of the LGBT community.” Among the contenders in the outstanding film – wide release category are…
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…
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…
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,…
Actor and LGBT advocate Wilson Cruz has joined The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation’s (GLAAD) staff as the strategic giving officer. Cruz will be part of GLAAD‘s development team, helping to fund GLAAD‘s work amplifying stories from the LGBT community that build support for equality. Announcing the appointment Herndon Graddick, president of GLAAD said,…
BRIDGEPORT, Ohio – A member of the board of directors of the Ohio River Valley Council of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) has resigned following the BSA’s decision to oust Jennifer Tyrrell, a Bridgeport mom, as her son’s scout leader because she is a lesbian. David J. Sims resigned from the board April 27…
The board of directors at GLAAD announced Saturday the appointment of the organization’s new president Herndon Graddick. “Herndon Graddick is already a well-respected leader within the LGBT movement, and we believe will be a visionary and strategic leader for GLAAD’s culture-changing work,” said Sheri Fults, National Co-Chair of the Board of Directors. “Right now GLAAD…
NEW YORK – The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) has announced the launch of its Commentator Accountability Project. The project aims to educate the media about the extreme rhetoric of over three dozen activists who are often given a platform to speak in opposition to LGBT people and the issues that affect their…
Anti-gay group One Million Moms (OMM) has announced that it has abandoned its call for daytime talk show host Ellen DeGeneres to be fired as J.C. Penney’s new spokesperson. OMM is a project of the American Family Association, an organization the Southern Poverty Law Center designates as a hate group. In an interview with Christian…
