New charter school bill passed, protections for North Carolina LGBT students...
LGBT students will no longer be protected in North Carolina charter schools after the state’s House of Representatives approved new legislation that does not prohibit charter schools from...
View Article"Britain is sending my bisexual son to his death"
Societies across the globe love polarization: Male or Female; Colored or White; Gay or Straight. Understandably, this binary system ("one or the other") can cause some serious issues for those who do...
View ArticleVIDEOS: Laverne Cox hosts Revlon's #GoBOLD online video series
Revlon has launched a social media campaign using the hashtag #GoBOLD, and it is hosted by none other than Laverne Cox! The empowering new web series provides three contestants with secrets to success,...
View ArticleRussian court finds "Coming Out" LGBT organization to be a "foreign agent"
Due to laws currently in place, the Russian government has the power to declare an organization a foreign agent as an administrative matter. In other words, any LGBT organization or an event can be...
View ArticleCalifornia court rules it's okay to expel a student for being transgender
27-year-old Domaine Javier sued Cal Baptist University of Riverside, California for expelling her for being transgender, and on July 11 the court ruled predominantly in the school's favor.Cal Baptist...
View ArticleLaverne Cox educates hosts on "CBS This Morning" and talks about her success...
Today, Laverne Cox appeared on "CBS This Morning" with hosts Gayle King, Norah O'Donnell, and Charlie Rose. They started out talking about Cox's Emmy nomination – the first ever for an openly...
View ArticleGLAAD Link - your daily round-up of LGBT news, July 30, 2014
Today's top LGBT news headlines. For more news updated throughout the day, visit www.glaad.org. NATIONAL/INTERNATIONALRussia to revive Soviet Eurovision alternative to protest gay "madness" of Conchita...
View ArticleWhat to Watch Wednesday 7/30: Jesse Tyler Ferguson on an all new 'Who Do You...
Tonight catch all new episodes of Young & Hungry, Who Do You Think You Are?, Million Dollar Listing Miami, The Bridge and Make or Break: The Linda Perry Project.What to Watch: Wednesday, July...
View ArticleVIDEO: Documentary reveals persecution faced by young LGBT Jamaicans
UK’s VICE News released a short documentary about life in Jamaica for LGBT youth, titled “Young and Gay: Jamaica’s Gully Queens.” The young LGBT Jamaicans followed in the documentary have taken shelter...
View ArticleGLAAD's Director of Spanish-language media heads to Chile and Argentina
GLAAD’s Monica Trasandes is about to travel to Chile and Argentina to do media trainings and interviews in both countries, organized by the hard working LGBT advocates from Fundacion Todo Mejora Chile...
View ArticleIt is getting better for LGBT youth in Chile with Todo Mejora
Many LGBT children and teens have been touched by the work of the It Gets Better Project in the U.S. since it was created in 2010. Millions of videos have been uploaded by people all over the country...
View ArticleRolling Stone profiles trans woman 'folk hero' CeCe McDonald in August issue
Today, RollingStone magazine ran a feature story about CeCe McDonald, a trans woman of color whose story gained national attention after she was arrested and charged for the death of her own attacker....
View Article'Million Dollar Listing Miami's Chris Leavitt speaks about what he hopes...
Million Dollar Listing Miami, the newest spinoff of the Bravo series Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles, is winding down its first season and out cast member Chris Leavitt spoke with GLAAD about what...
View ArticleLGBT immigrant advocates call on supporters to stop House Bill 5230
Many LGBT immigrants and children of immigrants and allies are concerned about the crisis at the border. People are writing articles to explain why the children are leaving Central American...
View ArticleWhat to Watch Thursday 7/31: All new 'Rookie Blue'
Tonight catch an all new episode of Rookie Blue.What to Watch: Thursday, July 319:00pm: Rookie Blue, ABC (1 hr) NEWOliver helps Andy prepare to defend herself at Duncan's dismissal hearing.This morning...
View ArticleWestboro Baptist Church: "God hates the media"
The Westboro Baptist Church, an American unaffiliated Baptist church known for its extreme ideologies, especially those against gay people, sent out a news release yesterday notifying the public of...
View ArticleGLAAD Link - your daily round-up of LGBT news, July 31, 2014
Today's top LGBT news headlines. For more news updated throughout the day, visit www.glaad.org. NATIONAL/INTERNATIONALBoy Scouts of America national commissioner says gay men aren't predators - Gay...
View ArticleFormer "ex-gay" activists call for ban on the practice
Nine prominent former "ex-gay" activists, including Yvette Cantu Schneider, have issued a statement denouncing the practice and calling for a ban.BuzzFeed broke the news of the statement released by...
View ArticleTransgender teenage girl stabbed on Washington, D.C. Metro
Yesterday, a 15-year-old transgender girl was stabbed on the Green Line Metro in Washington, D.C., around 4:30 p.m. Several news outlets report that she was stabbed in the back once and was rushed to...
View ArticleChristian home for at-risk youth fires top caregiver for being gay
Casey Stegall is a full time college student in Texas who has long been devoted to helping kids who are in need. Having worked for a year as a caregiver to abused and neglected youth at the Children's...
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