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Transgender teen advocate Jazz is now a published author
Jazz, a 13-year-old transgender advocate who has worked with GLAAD and has even started her own foundation to help transgender youth, is now a published author! Jazz wrote a children's book called "I...
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Roman Catholic hierarchy affirms lack of understanding and acceptance of LGBT...
A new document compiled by the hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church regarding family, gender, and sexuality has greatly disappointed LGBT Catholics and allies.The 75-page document, called an...
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Pulitzer Prize winner, gay and undocumented: Jose Antonio Vargas' story on...
Jose Antonio Vargas arrived from the Philippines when he was 12. Over time, he was able to graduate from college, start and succeed in a career as an award-winning journalist (even part of a team that...
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Wolfe Video's Jenni Olson picks 25 must-see LGBT films and a few more you...
Jenni Olson - curator, filmmaker, and VP of E-Commerce & Consumer Marketing at Wolfe Video - has put together "The Essential LGBTQ" list of 25 must-see films for the movie fanatic blog Fandor. The...
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GLAAD's Wilson Cruz hosts conversation with Laverne Cox at WorldPride
As part of WorldPride being celebrated in Toronto this month, Toronto International Film Festival and Inside Out LGBT Film Festival teamed up to host the event series Bent Lens: Pride on Screen. Part...
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Democracy Now! highlights New York Medicaid lawsuit, GLAAD and SRLP's trans...
This week, Democracy Now! spoke with Pooja Gehi, a staff attorney at the Sylvia Rivera Law Project (SRLP), and Angie Milan-Cruz, one of the plaintiffs in a class action lawsuit challenging the New York...
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The GLAAD Wrap: 'Tammy' opens July 2, Carrie Brownstein to star in...
Every week, The GLAAD Wrap brings you LGBT-related entertainment news highlights, fresh stuff to watch out for, and fun diversions to help you kick off the weekend.1. Tammy, starring Melissa McCarthy,...
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Resist to Exist: Support the Side by Side LGBT Film Festival in Russia
The Side by Side LGBT Film Festival has recently launched a fundraising campaign to further promote equal rights. Through the Resist to Exist initiative, individuals from around the world have the...
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Upcoming film 'State and Union' aims to shed light on lesbian families living...
Most media images of LGBT people seen by the general public fall into similar categories. They tend to be white, middle to upper class, and almost always live in big cities or more liberal areas, but...
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Jose Antonio Vargas answers our questions, Documented will show Sunday on CNN
GLAAD is proud to partner with Define American to encourage viewers to tune in to Documented today on CNN. The film profiles Jose Antonio Vargas, a gay, undocumented Pulitzer prize winning...
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VIDEO: Top former CEO's message to other CEOs: being out is good for business
John Browne was the CEO of one the nation's most profitable oil giants, BP, until he was forced from his position when a tabloid outed him as gay in 2007, three years before the company's now-notorious...
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GLAAD gets 3 spots on World Pride Power List 2014
The Guardian UK has published the annual World Pride Power List honoring the achievements of 100 influential lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people around the world.Included in the list with...
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Univision speaks out against anti-gay slurs and voices solidarity with LGBT...
Today, following GLAAD's launch of the #StopTheSlurs World Cup campaign, Univision spoke out in support of LGBT fans of the World Cup and against inclusion of anti-gay slurs during the Mexico...
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VIDEOS: John Oliver interviews Pepe Julian Onziema, calling him "the Ghandi...
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver focused on how far the United States has come in terms of LGBT equality, especially compared to other countries like Uganda. Oliver briefly discussed some of the...
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Governor Cuomo calls for the end of the NY AIDS epidemic by 2020
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has joined prominent AIDS researchers, as well many HIV/AIDS organizations, by setting the year 2020 as the year that AIDS will not be at epidemic levels in New York....
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Trans woman of color murdered in Cincinnati, local trans advocates speak out
Tiffany Edwards, a 28-year-old trans woman of color, was found dead in Cincinnati last Thursday. She was last seen by her aunt the night before, saying she was meeting up with friends. The following...
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Snapshots: GLAAD at the White House, George Takei, St. Louis, and more
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. GLAAD's...
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PHOTOS: GLAAD and WWE Superstar Darren Young march in NYC Pride
Pride Month ended on an awesome note on Sunday June 29th. Much has changed for the LGBT community in these last 44 years. Today this world is filled with opportunity that those marchers in 1970 could...
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Laverne Cox leads NYC's 2014 Pride Parade as Grand Marshal
Yesterday, Orange is the New Black star, Laverne Cox, served as a Grand Marshal in New York City's 2014 Pride Parade, marking the 45th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, along with the National Gay...
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GLAAD speaks to NPR about changes in advertisements targeting LGBT consumers
Rich Ferraro, GLAAD's Vice President of Communications and Programs, recently spoke to NPR about ongoing changes in advertisements targeting LGBT people and how the advertising industry has started to...
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