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VIDEO: Wilson High exceeds expectations with counter-protest against WBC
Last week, Wilson High School in Washington, D.C. hosted its second annual school-wide Pride Day. Though the event was planned, something else was not--when school principal Pete Cahall got up on stage...
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GLAAD Link - your daily round-up of LGBT news, June 10, 2014
Today's top LGBT news headlines. For more news updated throughout the day, visit www.glaad.org. NATIONAL/INTERNATIONALRelief for lesbian asylum seeker as Home Office halts her deportation to Uganda -...
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CBS Sunday Morning features hate group president to discuss LGBT youth on...
The most recent episode of CBS Sunday Morning featured the segment, "Born this way: stories of transgender children," in which trans kids and teens, and their parents, spoke of their journeys and...
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PHOTO: GLAAD staff enjoy Baked by Melissa's Pride cupcakes!
Baked by Melissa is a bakery that sells scrumptious, bite-size cupcakes of all flavors, ranging from mint chocolate chip to tie-dye. The business was first opened in Soho in 2009 by its founder Melissa...
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GLAAD speaks with 'The Fosters' actress Sherri Saum, and check out an...
ABC Family's hit drama The Fosters returns for a second season on Monday, June 16 and series star Sherri Saum, who plays Lena Adams-Foster, recently spoke with GLAAD about what fans can look forward...
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Daily Beast shows the evolution of anti-gay laws in Russia
During the 2014 Sochi Olympic, the conversation about LGBT Russians spread globally. Just months after the closing ceremony, that same conversation seems to be put on the back burner as LGBT Russians...
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New Southern Baptist Convention pres. claims homosexuality is Satan's con job
At its annual meeting of members, the Southern Baptist Convention today elected Ronnie Floyd as its next president. Let's now meet the preacher and author of a book called The Gay Agenda:"I do not...
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2014's LGBT Pride campaigns you have to see and why, from Brandchannel and GLAAD
Brandchannel, the world's original online exchange about branding, asked GLAAD to highlight some of the most innovative and effective ad campaigns honoring LGBT Pride Month this June. This week,...
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ABC Family renews 'Pretty Little Liars' for two more seasons ahead of...
ABC Family has renewed the hit drama Pretty Little Liars for two more seasons! The sixth season is set to air mid-2015 with the sixth premiering in mid-2016, season five premieres tonight on ABC Family...
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Final Fantasy XIV Will Allow Same-Sex Marriage After All
The Japanese developers of one of video gaming's most beloved and long-running franchises has announced that they will soon allow marriage between same-sex couples in the game. At the E3 conference in...
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What to Watch Wednesday: Season premiere of 'Big Freedia: Queen of Bounce'
Tonight catch the season finale of Million Dollar Listing New York, TakePart Live and the season premiere of Big Freedia: Queen of Bounce.What to Watch: Wednesday, June 119:00pm: Million Dollar Listing...
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Southern Baptist Convention officially condemns transgender people
The Southern Baptist Convention held in Baltimore, has passed a resolution that has officially placed the denomination in opposition to the lives and reality of transgender people. The resolution,...
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VIDEO: Meet some LGBT homeless youth and help give them a hand
Last week we introduced you to Road to Home, a documentary currently in production that will explore the crisis of youth homelessness in New York City. A staggering 40% of homeless youth identify as...
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Complaint filed in support of trans woman targeted by anti-LGBT slur
Lambda Legal filed a complaint on behalf of Amira Gray, a trans woman who was given a restaurant receipt with anti-LGBT language printed on it. During an evening out with friends at Bistro 18, a...
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Jason Collins, Janet Mock and more help BET celebrate Pride
BET.com, homepage of Black Entertainment Television (BET), has released a video series of interviews with LGBT people of color in the media. The videos highlight the experiences of six different LGBT...
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GLAAD Link - your daily round-up of LGBT news, June 11, 2014
Today's top LGBT news headlines. For more news updated throughout the day, visit www.glaad.org. NATIONAL/INTERNATIONALDenmark: Forced sterilization dropped for legal gender recognition -...
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Transgender kindergartener celebrates pride in Wisconsin
During the month of June Wisconsin Public Radio's "Central Time" is featuring stories from the LGBT community of Wisconsin to celebrate Pride month. Airing every Friday during June, the radio show will...
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Laverne Cox, Tiq Milan and Chase Strangio appear on 'The Katie Show'
Yesterday, Katie Couric welcomed Laverne Cox, star of Orange is The New Black, Tiq Milan, GLAAD's Senior Media Strategist, and Chase Strangio, an attorney at the ACLU's LGBT and AIDS project to discuss...
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Presbyterian church to vote on marriage equality in upcoming meeting
At the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA) meeting this June 14-21 in Detroit, commissioners will vote on a constitutional amendment that could allow for marriage equality within the...
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America's 35 most LGBT friendly cities and everything you want to know about...
The Vocativ Queer Index was put out into the world yesterday, and now tons of queer-related info about the country's top 35 LGBT-friendliest cities is neatly available through one interactive map.In...
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