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"Voting While Trans" PSA, two years later
Since the "Voting While Trans" PSA was released two years ago, voting rights for minorities have become more challenging than ever.In September of 2012, GLAAD and the National Center for Transgender...
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Trans Texan trailblazer Monica Roberts needs her community
Monica Roberts, legendary blogger and advocate who has worked tirelessly for the transgender community over the last two decades, is facing homelessness. Roberts is a native Houstonian and a...
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The GLAAD Wrap: 'Faking It,' Jane the Virgin,' 'The Flash' get additional...
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.)White Bird in a Blizzard opens in...
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Family Circle features its first gay dads
For the first time in the publication's history, Family Circle magazine has published a piece that includes a family with same-sex parents, reported the Huffington Post.Family Circle, a national...
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Restating #GLAADCAP's purpose in hopes critics might actually listen
More that two years after the project's launch, I still come across daily examples of anti-LGBT social conservatives misrepresenting GLAAD's Commentator Accountability Project, its tone, its intent,...
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Attorney General: Federal government will recognize marriage equality in six...
Today, U.S. Attorney General, Eric Holder, announced that the federal government will recognize the marriages of same-sex couples performed in six states that recently enacted marriage equality. These...
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Videos and links: Happy Intersex Awareness Day!
Today, October 26, is Intersex Awareness Day. The group at Inter/Act Youth have been active, sharing their stories. Check out some of the links below to educate yourself.Lauren on MTV's Faking It has...
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Looking at Day One of the Southern Baptist's anti-LGBT conference
To start out the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, which they've titled “The Gospel, Homosexuality, and the Future of Marriage.” I sent out the following...
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What to Watch Monday 10/27: All new 'Gotham,' 'Jane the Virgin'
Tonight catch all new episodes of Gotham and Jane the Virgin.What to Watch: Monday, October 278:00pm: Gotham, FOX (1 hr) NEWGordon must face the consequences of his previous decisions and Bullock is...
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Rev. Frank Schaefer, once defrocked, reinstated to pro-LGBT ministry
The Judicial Council of the United Methodist Church affirmed the reinstatement of Rev. Frank Schaefer to ordained ministry in the church. Last year, Rev. Schaefer was defrocked after officiating at the...
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Dr. Wilhelmina Perry named 2014 encore.org Purpose Prize Fellow
On October 28, Encore.org will honor the achievements and efforts of Dr. Wilhelmina Perry as a 2014 Purpose Prize fellow for her work with the LGBT African-American community.Dr. Perry, the 71 year old...
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Voting matters for more than LGBT issues
Midterm elections are rapidly approaching and it is crucial that everybody's voice is heard.Every person's background is unique to them. The intersections of gender, sexuality, class, race, ethnicity...
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In Oregon, LGBT lives are at a crossroads
Non-immigrant transgender people and undocumented cisgender people share a problem with getting accurate and usable driver's licenses in many states. What this means for both groups is that something...
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What to Watch Tuesday 10/28: All new 'Faking It,' 'The Flash'
Tonight catch all new episodes of The Flash, Marry Me and Faking It.What to Watch: Tuesday, October 288:00pm: The Flash, CW (1 hr) NEWThe Flash battles Captain Cold when he plots to steal a large...
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TAKE ACTION: #WeAreTheSouth explores the robust and diverse lives in the South
The #WeAreTheSouth photo campaign works to explore the rich complexities and inclusive organizing of LGBT people, people of color, and immigrant communities living at the intersection of the LGBT...
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Decision finds U.S. Army discriminated against transgender employee
Last week, a landmark determination announced by the U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC) found that a transgender veteran and civilian Army software specialist faced "frequent, pervasive and...
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Apple CEO Tim Cook calls on Alabama to move on LGBT equality
At a speech before Alabama state officials on October 27, Apple CEO Tim Cook addressed the need for Alabama to better lead on LGBT equality and called for an LGBT anti-discrimination law:"As a state,...
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What to Watch Wednesday 10/29: Catch an all new Halloween episode of 'Modern...
Tonight catch all new episodes of Modern Family and Nashville.What to Watch: Wednesday, October 299:00pm: Modern Family, ABC (30 mins) NEWCameron struggles to keep up with Halloween day activities and...
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EXCLUSIVE: North Carolina couple finally gets to be full, legal family
North Carolina couple Tina Weaver and Briana Plautz-Weaver have been together for 9 years. They wanted to get married in North Carolina, but it wasn't legal, so they got married in New York last April,...
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Busting myths in honor of Asexual Awareness Week
Asexual Awareness Week, an international campaign to educate individuals about asexual, aromantic, demisexual, grey-asexual experiences, runs this week form October 26-November 1.About Asexuality:...
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