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NYC: Trans Women of Color Collective's call to action and a demonstration for...
The Trans Women of Color Collective (TWOCC) of Greater New York is leading a Call to Action on August 18, marking one year since the brutal assault of Islan Nettles. Nettles, a 21-year-old Black...
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GLAAD Link - your daily round-up of LGBT news, August 18, 2014
Today's top LGBT news headlines. For more news updated throughout the day, visit www.glaad.org. NATIONAL/INTERNATIONALPro-gay Republican group to spend $2 million on midterm elections - PinkNewsIrish...
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BarbWire.com: Making the anti-LGBT movement look more extreme by the day
Earlier this year, ridiculously hostile anti-LGBT activist Matt Barber, working in tandem with his employers at the Liberty Counsel, opened a conservative website called BarbWire.com. The site's title...
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YouTube sensation Tyler Oakley makes The Advocate's "Forty Under Forty"...
The Advocate today revealed that YouTube star Tyler Oakley was the winner of its digital cover contest for the "Forty Under Forty" issue.We’re thrilled to present our @TylerOakley digital cover photo....
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The Gay Games are over in Cleveland, but the stories continue to be told
Saturday evening saw the closing ceremony of the 9th Gay Games, presented by the Cleveland Foundation. GLAAD spent the Gay Games lifting up the stories of LGBT athletes, events, and celebrations over...
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The /bent Wants You To Write About LGBT Films Contest
Wolfe Video and /bent have partnered for a contest in hopes to introduce new voices to the world of film criticism.Providing a forum for critiques, reviews and reflections on LGBT movies is one of the...
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How long will the transgender community have to wait for justice?
Today, as people gather in New York City to remember the one-year anniversary of the brutal murder of Islan Nettles, Michael Silverman, the Executive Director of the Transgender Legal Defense and...
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What to Watch Tuesday 8/19: All new 'Pretty Little Liars'
Tonight catch new episodes of Pretty Little Liars, Sisterhood of Hip Hop and Motor City Masters.What to Watch: Tuesday, August 198:00pm: Pretty Little Liars, ABC Family (1 hr) NEWEmily turns to Ezra...
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VIDEO: Daughter of same-sex couple can win big and she needs your help
Olivia Kelly, a Massachusetts teenager who shared her heart-warming story of her mom marrying another woman, is now a finalist for a $50,000 scholarship and she needs your help!The popular online...
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GLAAD speaks with celebrity fitness trainer, motivational speaker and LGBT...
As the conversation about LGBT athletes across all disciplines and levels gains momentum, GLAAD speaks with a celebrity trainer, motivational speaker and LGBT activist, Shawnee Harkins about her...
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GLAAD's Omar Sharif, Jr. honored in Advocate's "40 Under 40," join him for a...
The Advocate has started rolling out their annual "40 Under 40" list honoring those people shaping the future of the LGBT movement and GLAAD's Omar Sharif, Jr. was honored as part of "The Fighters"...
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GLAAD Link - your daily round-up of LGBT news, August 19, 2014
Today's top LGBT news headlines. For more news updated throughout the day, visit www.glaad.org. NATIONAL/INTERNATIONALUgandan bishop: Don't hurt gays, they are gods children too - PinkNewsAwful Russian...
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Author of "Transphobia is Perfectly Natural" asked to take a leave from ad...
Gavin McInnes, the author of what is considered by many to be one of the most offensive op-eds written about transgender people, has been asked to take a leave of absence from the ad agency he helped...
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#WhatBiLooksLike takes Twitter by storm. Tweet your own photos!
Last week HuffPost Gay Voices, a division of the Huffington Post, sent out a tweet asking for people who identify as bisexual to post photos of themselves and share with the world using the hashtag...
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A son of gay dads wins men's national diving title
Last Sunday, diver Jordan Windle won the men's 10-meter title with 527.8 points on the final day final day of the U.S. national diving championships. Jordan has been a great supporter of his two dads...
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LGBT equality means business in Florida, nationwide
Equality Florida's CEO, Nadine Smith, penned an article for the Tampa Tribune exploring the concept behind Equality Florida Institute's new project's name--Equality Means Business.In the piece, "In...
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Jeremy Hooper named to The Advocate's 40 Under 40 list
GLAAD's Special Projects Consultant, Jeremy Hooper has been named to The Advocate's 40 Under 40 list, as a part of the "Emerging Voices" category.Jeremy's blog, Good As You, continues to track and...
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Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi celebrate their wedding anniversary in...
Look what my wife did for our wedding anniversary. Six!" pic.twitter.com/x97HmvnG6Y— Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow) August 17, 2014Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi celebrated their 6th wedding...
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Michelle Duggar spreads transphobic misinformation with calls to Arkansas voters
Michelle Duggar, the matriarch of TLC's reality show 19 Kids and Counting, is robo-calling Fayetteville, Arkansas to warn locals of the "dangers" of the city's proposed anti-discrimination law....
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Uganda signs law criminalizing HIV transmission
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has signed a bill into law criminalizing HIV transmission, ignoring the warnings of public health activists who say the law will make will only further spread the...
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