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What to Watch Wednesday 5/14: Part one of 'Modern Family' season finale
Tonight catch the season finale of Nashville, the first part of the Modern Family season finale and an all new episode of Million Dollar Listing New York.What to Watch: Wednesday, May 149:00pm: Modern...
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Guest Post: A Look at 'The Picture (of Dorian Gray)'
Editor's Note: This guest post from long-time GLAAD volunteer Dan Bacalzo is part of GLAAD's effort to draw more attention to theater projects with LGBT content. To find more LGBT-inclusive plays in...
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Pentagon weighs providing Chelsea Manning with transition-related healthcare;...
Private Chelsea Manning made recent headlines for her request for hormone treatment and the fact that the Pentagon is considering moving Manning to another facility for treatment.The reporting has come...
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GLAAD Link - your daily round-up of LGBT news, May 14, 2014
Today's top LGBT news headlines. For more news updated throughout the day, visit www.glaad.org. NATIONAL/INTERNATIONALLesbian teen raped at Gay Pride in South Africa - Gay Star NewsNew Zealand gay...
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SRLP speaks out at NY health conference, calling for end to Medicaid ban on...
Today, collective members of the Sylvia Rivera Law Project (SRLP) spoke out at the HxRefactored Conference, a tech-focused health event held in New York City, about the state Department of Health's...
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UPDATED: Idaho marriage ban ruled unconstitutional; marriages may begin on...
UPDATE: Judge denies the request for a stay. Idaho's governor will request a stay from the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. Otherwise, marriage will begin Friday morning. A federal judge has issued a...
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VIDEOS: Michael Sam is "determined to be great," and local sports anchor...
I'm determined to be great. I'm determined to make the team," said Michael Sam at a press conference yesterday, during which he spoke candidly about his feelings from the pre-draft, being the first...
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Why the #ModernWedding matters
Tonight on ABC, two popular sitcom characters will, at long last, marry. And while the TV wedding is a familiar sight on the TV landscape, particularly as part of a season finale, this one will come...
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MSNBC talks to transgender military members to discuss transgender military...
MSNBC talked to U.S. Navy veteran Landon Wilson, who was discharged because of the ban on transgender service in the military, and Fiona Dawson, host of “Transmilitary” about transgender service...
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United Methodist Church removes, reinstates, then rejects openly gay...
After an eight year process, openly lesbian Mary Ann Barclay was not moved forward in the ordination process, as the Board of Ordained Ministry (BOM) rejected her candidacy to become a minister in the...
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Oprah Winfrey and OWN to produce Michael Sam docuseries
OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network announced today they will be creating a multi-part documentary series following Michael Sam's journey as he made history and became the first openly gay player to be drafted...
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Houston Equal Rights Ordinance vote delayed
Houstonians who were hoping that they might go to bed with equal protections for LGBT people will have to wait at least two more weeks.The Houston City council tabled the HERO vote for two more weeks,...
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What to Watch Thursday 5/15: 'Grey's Anatomy' season finale
Tonight catch the Grey's Anatomy season finale and an all new episode of Hollywood Game Night.What to Watch: Thursday, May 158:00pm: Hollywood Game Night, NBC (1 hr) NEWJane Lynch hosts as two teams of...
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GLAAD's Rich Ferraro part of the Next Generation of Stonewall in NYC Pride Guide
NYC Pride released its Pride Guide this week and among those featured was GLAAD's Vice President of Communications and Programs Rich Ferraro. The guide celebrates the 45th anniversary of the uprising...
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Wade Davis meets with St. Louis Rams, prepares them to make history
Wade Davis, Executive Director of You Can Play, was called upon to speak to the St. Louis Rams after they drafted Michael Sam, the first openly gay draft in the NFL.ESPN reports:Soon after making the...
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Meet the lesbian taking California politics by storm
On May 12, Toni Atkins was sworn in as the Speaker of the California State Assembly. With an impressive public service record, she is the first lesbian to hold the title. Prior to becoming Speaker she...
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Conn. newspaper editorial calls for release of transgender teen girl from prison
An editorial in Connecticut's New Haven Register calls for the release of transgender teen girl, Jane Doe, from the prison where she is being held without criminal charges against her by order of the...
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Gov. O'Malley signs Maryland's transgender non-discrimination bill into law
Today, Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley signed a bill into law that bans discrimination on the basis of gender identity and expression in housing and employment. The law, SB 212, comes as part of an eight...
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"WATCH: It GOT Better"
For decades, LGBT youth have faced hardship and today is no different: Thousands of children and adolescents in the United States are struggling with their sexual orientation and/or gender...
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Arkansas woman follows in son's footsteps to create LGBT equality
This past Friday, a judge in Arkansas ruled the ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional. Many same-sex couples rushed to tie the knot, but the first to do so were Kristin Seaton and Jennifer Rambo....
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