Catholic church fires woman from her dream job of feeding and helping hungry...
Colleen Simon had her dream job at a Catholic church in Kansas City, Missouri before the church - St. Francis Xavier Church – fired her for being married to another woman. Today, Simon is standing up...
View ArticleWhat to Watch Monday 7/21: All new episodes of 'The Fosters,' 'Seed' and more
Tonight catch all new episodes of The Fosters , Seed , Major Crimes , Unde r the Dome and Teen Wolf.What to Watch: Monday, July 219:00pm: The Fosters, ABC Family (1 hr) NEWLena has a...
View ArticleLGBT-inclusive play 'Buyer and Cellar' showing in Los Angeles for limited...
'Buyer and Cellar' is a hit off-Broadway comedy by Jonathan Tolins, directed by Stephen Brackett. After playing in New York for a year at the Barrow Street Theatre and having taken the city by storm,...
View ArticlePresident Obama signs executive order protecting LGBT federal workers and...
Today, President Obama signed an executive order that prohibits employment discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity against federal workers and contractors. Obama announced the...
View ArticleGLAAD Link - your daily round-up of LGBT news, July 21, 2014
Today's top LGBT news headlines. For more news updated throughout the day, visit www.glaad.org. NATIONAL/INTERNATIONALThe most gay-friendly retirement cities in the US - The Huffington PostSingapore...
View ArticleLGBT inspiration Janet Mock named contributing editor of Marie Claire magazine
Today is a day of celebration and pride as Marie Claire magazine has named Janet Mock a contributing editor of their well-known publication. Mock, a notable transgender activist and New York Times...
View Article'The Imitation Game' releases first trailer; set to open BFI London Film Fest
The Weinstein Company has released the first official trailer for The Imitation Game, a film about Alan Turing who was the genius and closeted mathematician leading the team that cracked the German...
View ArticlePHOTOS: "We Are the Youth" book showcases America's LGBT youth
"We Are the Youth," an online photographic journalism project that has been documenting portraits and interviews with LGBT youth across America since 2010, has now been printed into a book.Portraits of...
View ArticleGLAAD's 'Studio Responsibility Index' finds lack of LGBT images, offensive...
GLAAD has released its second annual Studio Responsibility Index(SRI), a report that maps the quantity, quality and diversity of images of LGBT people in films released by the seven largest motion...
View ArticleWhat to Watch Tuesday 7/22: New episodes of 'Pretty Little Liars,' 'Chasing...
Tonight catch all new episodes of Pretty Little Liars, Chasing Life and Motor City Masters.What to Watch: Tuesday, July 228:00pm: Pretty Little Liars, ABC Family (1 hr) NEWAria volunteers at a hospital...
View ArticleGLAAD co-chair on Huffington Post: 5 Things Not to Say to a Transgender...
Jennifer Finney Boylan, GLAAD national co-chair, shares her thoughts on five things not to say to a transgender person as well as three things you should:1. "Hey, you! Have you had 'the surgery'?"This...
View ArticleGLAAD Link - your daily round-up of LGBT news, July 22, 2014
Today's top LGBT news headlines. For more news updated throughout the day, visit www.glaad.org. NATIONAL/INTERNATIONALWATCH: President Obama signs historic executive order banning anti-LGBT...
View ArticleOut.com's Queering Comic-Con: LGBT highlights at San Diego Comic Con
Out.com has posted a day by day guide to some of the LGBT highlights at this week's San Diego Comic Con and helpful tips for first time convention goers. Matt Kane, GLAAD's Director of Entertainment...
View ArticleTwo Congresswomen write about why Latino families support marriage equality
California representatives Linda Sanchez and Lucille Roybal-Allard wrote a joint opinion piece in the Huffington Post about the impact of the Proposition 8 and Defense of Marriage Act decisions have...
View ArticleVIDEO: Laverne Cox takes a little time to enjoy The View
Orange is the New Black star, Laverne Cox, appeared on ABC's The View yesterday to talk about her role on OitNB, which Jenny McCarthy emphatically called "phenomenal." Cox also expressed her deepest...
View ArticleObama historically joined by trans and gay faith leaders, bi advocates in...
Prominent trans and gay faith leaders and leading bi advocates stood by President Obama this morning as he signed an executive order prohibiting employment discrimination based on sexual orientation...
View ArticleWhat to Watch Wednesday 7/23: Cynthia Nixon on 'Who Do You Think You Are?'
Tonight catch an all new episode of The Bridge plus the season premiere of Who Do You Think You Are? with Cynthia Nixon.What to Watch: Wednesday, July 239:00pm: Who Do You Think You Are?, TLC (1 hr)...
View ArticlePHOTO: GLAAD interns present GLAAD Media Award to MSNBC's trailblazer Thomas...
GLAAD summer interns, together with GLAAD's Operations Coordinator Lauren Herold and Vice President of Communications & Programs Rich Ferraro, headed to NBCUniversal at 30 Rock, where we got to...
View ArticleMichelle Demishevich, transgender Turkish TV reporter, talks to AFP about...
In a report on LGBT rights in Turkey, Agence France-Pressehighlighted Michelle Demishevich, the country's first trans woman TV reporter. She is an advocate for LGBT people in Turkey, knowing personally...
View ArticleGLAAD Link - your daily round-up of LGBT news, July 23, 2014
Today's top LGBT news headlines. For more news updated throughout the day, visit www.glaad.org. NATIONAL/INTERNATIONALBill Clinton AIDS conference speech disrupted by protesters - PinkNewsRussia...
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