Show your support for SCOTUS plaintiffs and say "I've #GotYourBack"
Tomorrow, Tuesday, April 28, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear four marriage equality cases from Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and Tennessee, a ruling expected to be announced in late June of 2015. The...
View ArticleBruce Jenner's ABC interview draws huge ratings; E! confirms docu-series; Kim...
Bruce Jenner's interview on a Diane Sawyer special edition of ABC's 20/20 generated big ratings, with 16.9 million viewers tuning in. The special also saw 972,000 tweets with most people supporting...
View ArticleLaverne Cox to Janet Mock on Bruce Jenner: "Visibility matters when it can...
Trans actress and advocate Laverne Cox took a moment to speak with Janet Mock, trans advocate and host of MSNBC's So Popular!, at Saturday's White House Correspondents Dinner about Bruce Jenner's...
View ArticleBecome one more spokesperson for equality and acceptance, says video
A new video released by Equality Florida directs a message from children and parents in Florida who are part of the LGBT and allied Latino community to the broader Latino community asking them to speak...
View ArticleWATCH: Wells Fargo ad shows lesbian couple learning sign language to prepare...
A new ad from Wells Fargo features a real-life same-sex couple preparing to meet their new adopted child. The video begins with the women learning to sign separately, and leads up to a moment when they...
View ArticleWith SCOTUS set to hear marriage cases, Sen. Heidi Heitkamp says she's...
North Dakota Sen. Heidi Heitkamp is telling LGBT people in her state and beyond that she's #GotYourBack. On the eve of marriage equality arguments at the U.S. Supreme Court, Heitkamp took to social...
View Article#Unite4Marriage rallying before the Supreme Court and around the country
GLAAD is on the ground at the #Unite4Marriage rally outside the Supreme Court building in Washington, DC this morning. The rally is in honor of the US Supreme Court hearing marriage equality cases,...
View ArticleUpstaged by the kids: George, Farid and their adorable twins at NY marriage...
George Constantinou and Farid Ali-Lancheros were two of the many couples who shared their stories at an April 27 rally in New York City, and their message, in both English and Spanish, was beautiful—as...
View Article2015 Tony Awards nominations: 'Fun Home' scores 12 nods including Best Musical!
The 2015 Tony Award nominations were announced this morning and Fun Home, a musical based on lesbian cartoonist Alison Bechdel's autobiographic graphic novel, picked up 12 nominations! The 69th Annual...
View Article#40toNoneDay: Help end LGBT youth homelessness
Today, the True Colors Fund is launching #40toNoneDay to raise public awareness about LGBT youth homelessness. Approximately 40% of youth experiencing homelessness identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual,...
View ArticleVIDEO: YouTubers Raymond Braun and Aaron Rhodes support equality at the...
This week, YouTuber Raymond Braun visited Washington, D.C., with fellow vlogger Aaron Rhodes to support the plaintiffs at the Supreme Court hearings for marriage equality.In D.C., Braun gave his...
View ArticleBest-selling writer Janet Mock will join Oprah on Super Soul Sunday, May 3
On Sunday, May 3, writer and journalist Janet Mock will appear on Oprah Winfrey’s “Super Soul Sunday” to talk about her New York Times best-selling memoir, Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood,...
View ArticleRead what fuels one intersex advocate
Sean Saifa Wall, an intersex activist and leader at Advocates for Informed Choice, wrote a reflection in the news and commentary site, Quartz, reflecting on the relationship between his intersex...
View ArticleGame of Thrones actor Aiden Gillen to vote YES for marriage equality in Ireland
Aidan Gillen, best known for portraying Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish in the HBO series Game of Thrones, joins the #VoteWithUs campaign and gives his reasons for supporting a yes vote for equal marriage...
View ArticleInterview with Kiyun Kim: Why the intersectional approach is the only way to...
GLAAD sat down with Kiyun Kim, creator of the photo project Racial Microaggressions, to talk intersectionality and representation.Kiyun Kim is a Visual Arts major at Fordham University. She created her...
View ArticleThis Asian Pacific History Month, look for #APAEverywhere
May is Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month– a celebration of Asians and Pacific Islanders in the United States. This month includes community festivals, educational activities for students, and...
View Article#May17Because: International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia
In only 17 days, thousands of advocates and LGBT allies from around the world will celebrate the International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia in an attempt to draw the attention to...
View Article'Brokeback Mountain' writers, Cary Fukunaga developing film about true story...
Cary Fukunaga, the Emmy-winning director of HBO hit True Detective's first season, and Brokeback Mountain Oscar-winning writers Diana Ossana and Larry McMurtry are teaming up to create a film about the...
View ArticleThe GLAAD Wrap: 'It Got Better' Season 2; Adam Lambert's "Ghost Town;" 'Bold...
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) Molly Shannon and Paul Reiser have...
View ArticleNicoll, a transgender immigrant woman from Guatemala, freed from detention
Nicoll Hernandez-Polanco, a transgender woman from Guatemala in immigration detention, was finally freed with the help of Mariposas sin Fronteras a group of LGBT and allied organizers...
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