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Promise Place School gives housing, education, and hope to homeless LGBT youth

The Foundation for International Justice, Inc, an organization dedicated to securing equal rights and protections around the world for LGBT people, is planning to open Promise Place School, a...

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Westfield San Diego and GLAAD 'Celebrate with Pride'

GLAAD is proud to be partnering with Westfield Horton Plaza and Westfield Mission Valley shopping centers in celebration of this year's San Diego Pride. Between last Friday, July 11th and next Monday,...

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Seattle Public Schools to end affiliation with Boy Scouts of America

On Wednesday, members of the Assistant General Council of Seattle Public Schools wrote to openly gay Seattle-area Scoutmaster Geoffrey McGrath,ending their affiliation with the BSA. Chief Seattle...

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Producers Zadan & Meron developing comedy series inspired by out soccer star...

Producing team Craig Zadan and Neil Meron are in the early stages of developing and producing a comedy series inspired by the experiences of out soccer star Robbie Rogers. The series is part of the...

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What to Watch Tuesday 7/15: All new episodes of 'Pretty Little Liars,'...

Tonight catch all new episodes of   Pretty Little Liars  ,  Chasing Life  and The Night Shift.  What to Watch: Tuesday, July 158:00pm: Pretty Little Liars, ABC Family (1 hr) NEWAli thinks about leaving...

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VIDEO: Australian Olympic swimmer Ian Thorpe comes out as gay

Ian Thorpe, an Australian Olympic swimmer came out as gay. Thorpe is the youngest swimmer ever to represent Australia and holds the record for the most Olympic medals won. Since the age of 16, media...

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GLAAD Link - your daily round-up of LGBT news, July 15, 2014

Today's top LGBT news headlines. For more news updated throughout the day, visit www.glaad.org. NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL22 heartbreaking confessions about coming out as gay, lesbian, or bisexual in India...

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Major League Baseball to recognize Glenn Burke as baseball's gay pioneer

As more and more athletes open up about being gay, creating a strong impact on the LGBT movement in sports, it is important to remember and recognize those who have been out for many years. Glenn Burke...

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Lesbian student expelled from university after marrying girlfriend

Christian Minard, a 22-year-old college student just one semester shy of graduating Southwestern Christian University, has been expelled from the school after marrying her girlfriend, Kadyn Park, in...

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Pulitzer-Prize winning undocumented journalist Jose Antonio Vargas detained...

 Jose Antonio Vargas, the subject of "Documented" which recently aired on CNN, is an undocumented gay man from the Philippines who came out about his immigration status in a highly public way after a...

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Chicago Trans woman launches tech focused creative design firm

Last week, TransTech Social Enterprise (TTSE), announced the launch of their tech ­focused training and apprenticeship program for the LGBT community with a focus on trans identified individuals. The...

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"Connected": New documentary web series capturing the lives of New Yorkers...

AOL is teaming up with Israeli producer Ram Landes to produce Connected, an innovative documentary web series that captures the lives of five strangers for six months. Unlike  most so-called reality TV...

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MLB appoints Billy Bean as consultant for LGBT inclusion

Major League Baseball appointed Billy Bean, a former player who is now openly gay, as a consultant in guiding the sport toward full LGBT inclusion. This news broke earlier this afternoon.Bean will...

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What to Watch Wednesday 7/16: All new episodes of 'The Bridge' and 'Big...

Tonight catch all new episodes of Young and Hungry, The Bridge and Big Freedia: Queen of Bounce.What to Watch: Wednesday, July 168:00pm: Young and Hungry, ABC Family (30 min) NEWGabi worries that she...

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Chicago summit on LGBT youth homelessness calls for action

A recently released report, based on the Chicago Summit on LGBT Youth Homelessness, details the severity of LGBT youth homelessness in Chicago and strategizes about what can be done to better the lives...

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GLAAD Link - your daily round up of LGBT news, July 16, 2014

 Today's top LGBT news headlines. For more news updated throughout the day, visit www.glaad.org. NATIONAL/INTERNATIONALPulitzer Prize winning gay journalist detained in Texas by immigration officers -...

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Camp Abercorn web series spotlights room for improvement in Boy Scouts

A new fictional dramatic web series called "Camp Abercorn," currently in the works, will shine a light on the experience of being part of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA), and reflect on the BSA's...

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Transgender woman seeks to become Roman Catholic nun and pens book "Why God...

A transgender woman, Tia Pesando, hopes to become a Roman Catholic nun in London, Ontario. If she is successful in becoming a nun, she will be the first openly trans person to do so in the Catholic...

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New photography book project features gay and transgender cabaret performers...

Eric Politzer launched a Kickstarter campaign for his photography book OUT!: The Transformistas of Havana which chronicles the gay men and transgender women who perform at a cabaret in Havana. He...

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VIDEO: CDC features dangers of smoking while HIV+ in historic collaborative...

The Center for Disease Control (CDC) has announced an historic partnership between its tobacco and HIV divisions in the form of the Tips From Former Smokers Campaign. The campaign raises awareness and...

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