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Tiq Milan nominated for 2014 Black Trans Advocacy Award
GLAAD's Sr. Media Strategist, Tiq Milan, has been nominated for a 2014 Black Trans Advocacy Award for his dynamic work and advocacy within and for the African-American and transgender community.The...
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Major Christian charity allows hiring to include married LGBT people
World Vision, one of the largest Christian charity organizations has announced that it will allow the hiring of LGBT Christians in same-sex marriages. The change is in response to the increasing number...
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VIDEO: Melissa Etheridge releases 'Uprising of Love' video for LGBT Russians
Grammy award winner Melissa Etheridge has released the new music video today for her current hit song “Uprising of Love” dedicated to LGBT Russians.Etheridge originally wrote the song after meeting...
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Women at GLAAD speak: Being women in the LGBT movement
In honor of Women's History Month, I asked a few of the women at GLAAD for their thoughts on women in the LGBT movement. Here's what they had to say: "Women's voices have long led the LGBT movement. On...
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Snapshots: Calling Bill Donahue's bluff, international efforts to stop...
Wonder what we’re up to at GLAAD?Be sure to check out GLAAD's Blog each week for updates about our latest work to build support for LGBT equality through news, entertainment, and online media.When...
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Obama appoints first gay African-American to head the White House Office of...
President Obama has appointed Douglas M. Brooks as the Director of the White House Office of National AIDS Policy (ONAP). Mr. Brooks will be the first openly gay African-American appointed to the...
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Neon Trees lead singer Tyler Glenn comes out in Rolling Stone, posts...
Following his coming out as gay in the newest issue of Rolling Stone, Tyler Glenn, lead singer of the Utah New Wave pop band Neon Trees, has released a long form statement on the band's Facebook page....
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What to Watch Wednesday 3/26: 'Modern Family' visits Las Vegas
Tonight catch all new episodes of Modern Family, Nashville and The Real World: Ex-plosion.What to Watch: Wednesday, March 269:00pm: Modern Family, ABC (30 mins) NEWThe family visits Las Vegas. Claire...
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VIDEO: Methodist minister puts "love over law," suspended for officiating...
85-year-old Dallas-based Reverend Bill McElvaney has been suspended by the United Methodist Church for presiding over a gay couple's marriage."Love over law," said the retired clergy, who has been...
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GLAAD Link - your daily round-up of LGBT news, March 26, 2014
Today's top LGBT news headlines. For more news updated throughout the day, visit www.glaad.org. NATIONAL/INTERNATIONALNew Chief Executive of Firefox gave $1,000 to support California's Prop 8 equal...
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How the media is criminalizing HIV, why that's a problem, and what we can do...
The conversation around HIV/AIDS in America has in many ways evolved in recent decades. Though much of the general public has a greater knowledge of HIV/AIDS, the stigma surrounding it has not entirely...
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You Can Play guides NFL into LGBT-inclusive future
You Can Play met with NFL coaches and general managers at the NFL annual meeting in Orlando on Monday. Openly gay former NFL player and You Can Play Executive Director Wade Davis helped to speed up the...
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Help get trans violinist and vocalist Tona Brown to Carnegie Hall
Tona Brown is a transgender violinist and vocalist who has the opportunity to be the first African-American violinist to perform at Carnegie Hall, in the first ever LGBT Pride event at this location....
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VIDEO: Hangout with Janet Mock and more trans women writers on Google+ TONIGHT!
Tonight at 8PM EST, trans writers Janet Mock, Toni Newman, Ryka Aoki, and Mey Rude will get together via Google+ Hangout and you're invited.Janet, advocate and New York Times best selling author of...
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VIDEO: Jennifer Lopez discusses producing 'The Fosters' with Ellen Degeneres
On Ellen last week, pop star Jennifer Lopez appeared to talk about her new album, her role as a judge on American Idol, and her motivation for becoming an executive producer on ABC Family's hit show...
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What to Watch Thursday 3/27: New 'Scandal'
Tonight catch all new episodes of Grey's Anatomy, Sirens and Scandal.What to Watch: Thursday, March 279:00pm: Grey's Anatomy, ABC (1 hr) NEWYang envisions two different paths for her life as she faces...
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Anti-LGBT Family Research Council presses Mississippi to pass...
Apparently Republican Sens. John McCain and Jeff Flake, GOP voice Newt Gingrich, 2012 Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, decidedly rightwing Gov. Jan Brewer, and the many other conservatives...
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GLAAD Link - your daily round-up of LGBT news, March 27, 2014
Today's top LGBT news headlines. For more news updated throughout the day, visit www.glaad.org. NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL"How we date, have sex, and form relationships today" study launched by Pace...
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Spelman and Morehouse Kick off their annual pride week
Historically Black colleges Spelman and Morehouse College hosted their fifth annual ever pride week in Atlanta Georgia. The event was started in 2009 as a response to Morehouse's new Appropiate Attire...
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World Vision reverses decision, calls intention to work with LGBT people a...
Just 48 hours after announcing that it was planning to include legally married Christian LGBT people for employment, the ecumenical Christian charity World Vision announced that they would reverse that...
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