What to Watch Wednesday 4/30: Brand new 'Nashville'
Tonight catch all new episodes of Modern Family, Million Dollar Listing New York and Nashville.What to Watch: Wednesday, April 309:00pm: Modern Family, ABC (30 mins) NEWClaire is upset that Cameron...
View ArticleUN releases Bollywood video about family acceptance
The United Nations Free & Equal campaign has shared another video promoting equality for LGBT people around the globe. This time, they are targeting India with a Bollywood-style video starring...
View ArticleSC may stop punishing universities for assigning LGBT reading material
The South Carolina legislature appears to be dropping the proposed budget cuts intended to punish the University of South Carolina Upstate and the College of Charleston for assigning LGBT-themed...
View ArticleGLAAD Link - your daily round-up of LGBT news, April 30, 2014
Today's top LGBT news headlines. For more news updated throughout the day, visit www.glaad.org. NATIONAL/INTERNATIONALGays in Crimea now subject to Russia's homophobic law - TowleroadKenya might as...
View ArticleAnti-LGBT website pushing for referendum vote on Maryland's transgender...
The website MDPetitions.com, founded by Maryland Republican delegate Neil Parrott, has a new petition making false claims about the state's recently passed transgender-inclusive non-discrimination act,...
View ArticleMTV launches "Look Different" campaign to help youth fight racial, gender and...
MTV today launched the "Look Different" campaign – a multiyear combination of on-air and digital content plus the power of social media – to give youth the tools and the forum to discuss hidden racial,...
View ArticleJars of Clay frontman posts apology but stands by support for LGBT equality
Dan Haseltine, lead singer of the popular Christian folk rock band Jars of Clay, gained much attention last week when tweeted for three days about marriage equality and religion—but not all the...
View ArticleDancing towards acceptance and away from bullying
A community member created a dance troupe for young Latinos that becomes a safe space from bullying for lesbian, gay, straight and bisexual youth. The Massachusetts troupe, Los Marchantes,...
View ArticleVICE News interviews Jaiyah Saelua, the first transgender athlete to play in...
In 2011, Jaiyah Saelua of American Samoa became the first openly transgender person to play in a FIFA World Cup qualifier. Her performance in the match was instrumental to breaking the American Samoan...
View ArticleWhat to Watch Thursday 5/1: 'Sirens' season finale!
Tonight catch the season finale of Sirens and an all new episode of Grey's Anatomy.What to Watch: Thursday, May 19:00pm: Grey's Anatomy, ABC (1 hr) NEWCristina turns to Meredith for advice about her...
View ArticleIowa House unanimously votes to soften state's HIV criminalization law
The Iowa House and Senate has passed a historic law that will soften Iowa's current discriminatory HIV law. The current law was written based on antiquated science and understandings about HIV/AIDS,...
View ArticleWhy is Rush Limbaugh so obsessed with Don Lemon's sex life?
In a February 12 broadcast that had nothing to do with LGBT equality (subject was a reporter's misbegotten interview with an actor), anti-equality commentator Rush Limbaugh could barely mention the...
View ArticleStand with Kacey Musgraves against anti-LGBT hate #FollowYourArrow
Grammy Award-winning country music artist Kacey Musgraves will be performing at the GLAAD Media Awards in New York City this weekend, and ahead of the performance she's taking some heat from at least...
View ArticleGet 2 for 1 tickets to the first Lesbians Who Tech Summit in NYC
Only one day left to make use of the 2-for-1 discount code** for the Lesbians Who Tech Summit New York, which runs from June 19-22.Lesbians Who Tech—"a Community of Queer women in or around tech (and...
View ArticleTrans woman inmate suing Ohio for refusing to provide hormone treatments
Whitney Lee, a transgender woman incarcerated in Ohio, is asking a federal judge to order that the state continue providing her with hormone treatments, which were abruptly halted in February 2012. The...
View ArticleGLAAD Link - your daily round-up of LGBT news, May 1, 2014
Today's top LGBT news headlines. For more news updated throughout the day, visit www.glaad.org. NATIONAL/INTERNATIONALChile: Capital city metro stations join effort to stamp out anti-gay discrimination...
View ArticleWorthy speculation: Will Joe Biden prompt LGBT employment non-discrimination?
Joe Biden has told Huffington Post reporter, Jennifer Bendery, that he sees "no downside" to an executive order on LGBT employment protections.Take a look at the Huffington Post report:Vice President...
View ArticleBrunei will start stoning LGBT people and lashing women. The world is reacting.
The sultan of Brunei, a tiny nation that borders Malaysia, has begun imposing Sharia law, which will eventually sentence LGBT people to death by stoning. In addition to targeting LGBT people, a whole...
View ArticleDaytime Emmy Awards nominees include several LGBT-inclusive series and...
The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced today the nominees for the 41st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards. Among the nominees are many LGBT-inclusive shows featuring many prominent...
View ArticleGay and bi teens more likely to use steroids
A recent study by Dr. Aaron Blashill at The Fenway Institute shows that gay and bi teenagers are using steroids at a rate that's six times higher than straight teens.The study looked at over 17,000...
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