Donald Trump | GLAAD https://glaad.org GLAAD rewrites the script for LGBTQ acceptance. Tue, 29 Apr 2025 19:41:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8 https://media.glaad.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/20110814/cropped-glaad-cyan-icon-32x32.png Donald Trump | GLAAD https://glaad.org 32 32 Trump 47’s First 100 Days Focused, and Failed, in Implementing Unprecedented LGBTQ Targeting https://glaad.org/trump-47-100-days/ https://glaad.org/trump-47-100-days/#respond Tue, 29 Apr 2025 14:55:01 +0000 https://glaad.org/?p=935934 Before returning to the White House 100 days ago, Donald Trump was already the president with the most anti-LGBTQ actions to his name in United States history. His first administration was marred by: arguing and losing at the U.S. Supreme Court for the right to discriminate against LGBTQ employees; signing laws that undercut anti-discriminatory protections [...]

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]]> https://glaad.org/trump-47-100-days/feed/ 0 ‘PBS NewsHour’ Presented with 36th GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Live TV Journalism Segment https://glaad.org/pbs-newshour-presented-with-glaad-media-award-for-outstanding-live-tv-journalism-segment/ https://glaad.org/pbs-newshour-presented-with-glaad-media-award-for-outstanding-live-tv-journalism-segment/#respond Fri, 25 Apr 2025 21:47:07 +0000 https://glaad.org/?p=935883 At the 36th GLAAD Media Awards, GLAAD honored journalists who cover LGBTQ people and issues with nuance, empathy, and perspective. This year’s news awards feature LGBTQ people from the halls of Congress to every day leaders and changemakers. PBS NewsHour won the GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Live TV Journalism Segment for their post-election interview [...]

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]]> https://glaad.org/pbs-newshour-presented-with-glaad-media-award-for-outstanding-live-tv-journalism-segment/feed/ 0 Heroes of the Resistance: Standing Up for LGBTQ Rights in Employment, the First Amendment, Health Care, Marriage Equality, and More. https://glaad.org/heroes-of-the-resistance-standing-up-for-lgbtq-rights-in-employment-the-first-amendment-health-care-marriage-equality-and-more/ https://glaad.org/heroes-of-the-resistance-standing-up-for-lgbtq-rights-in-employment-the-first-amendment-health-care-marriage-equality-and-more/#respond Fri, 18 Apr 2025 14:47:30 +0000 https://glaad.org/?p=934914 Much has happened this week in positive changemaking for the LGBTQ community at this time of challenge and uncertainty. Heroes in government, law, and in faith communities, are standing up to enormous pressure by the Trump administration and those emboldened by anti-LGBTQ rhetoric. Standing Up for LGBTQ Protections in Employment At the Equal Employment Opportunity [...]

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]]> https://glaad.org/heroes-of-the-resistance-standing-up-for-lgbtq-rights-in-employment-the-first-amendment-health-care-marriage-equality-and-more/feed/ 0 John Oliver Calls Out the Right Wing’s “Absolute Fixation” with Trans Athletes on “Last Week Tonight” https://glaad.org/john-oliver-calls-out-the-right-wings-absolute-fixation-with-trans-athletes-on-last-week-tonight/ https://glaad.org/john-oliver-calls-out-the-right-wings-absolute-fixation-with-trans-athletes-on-last-week-tonight/#respond Tue, 08 Apr 2025 16:49:55 +0000 https://glaad.org/?p=933259 Last night, longtime ally John Oliver dedicated an entire episode of HBO’s Last Week Tonight to calling out the right wing’s “absolute fixation” on transgender athletes. He started the show noting that, “Even as the market crashed in the wake of Trump’s tariffs, Fox News spent a lot of time on this…” He then cut [...]

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]]> https://glaad.org/john-oliver-calls-out-the-right-wings-absolute-fixation-with-trans-athletes-on-last-week-tonight/feed/ 0 Trump’s First Two Months: Attacks on Trans People Outweigh Voters’ Economic Priorities https://glaad.org/trumps-trans-attacks-vs-economy/ https://glaad.org/trumps-trans-attacks-vs-economy/#respond Thu, 20 Mar 2025 16:12:51 +0000 https://glaad.org/?p=931820 The first two months of Donald Trump’s second term have revealed a dramatic misalignment between the goal of the President to relentlessly attack transgender people, and the needs and wishes of American people, including addressing the overwhelming prices of groceries and the dramatic decline in financial markets and overall health of the economy. For his [...]

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]]> https://glaad.org/trumps-trans-attacks-vs-economy/feed/ 0 GLAAD RESPONDS TO PRESIDENT TRUMP’S DISINFORMATION TARGETING LGBTQ AMERICANS DURING JOINT ADDRESS TO CONGRESS https://glaad.org/releases/glaad-responds-to-president-trumps-disinformation-targeting-lgbtq-americans-during-joint-address-to-congress/ Wed, 05 Mar 2025 19:24:22 +0000 https://glaad.org/?post_type=releases&p=930359 (New York, NY  – March 5, 2025) GLAAD, the world’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization, is responding to President Donald Trump’s joint address to Congress and the administration’s continued attempts at spreading false and harmful rhetoric about LGBTQ people.  Among the Falsehoods: Trump falsely claimed he “brought back free [...]

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]]> GLAAD RELEASES ANALYSIS OF COVERAGE OF TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDERS REGARDING TRANSGENDER PEOPLE https://glaad.org/releases/glaad-releases-analysis-of-coverage-of-trump-executive-orders-regarding-transgender-people/ Mon, 03 Mar 2025 22:18:55 +0000 https://glaad.org/?post_type=releases&p=930027 GLAAD STUDY: ONLY 13 OF 35 STORIES ABOUT ORDERS TARGETING TRANSGENDER PEOPLE INCLUDED A QUOTE FROM A TRANSGENDER PERSON;  ONLY 6 OF THE 13 STORIES THAT INCLUDED A TRANSGENDER PERSON HAD FACTS AND CONTEXT TO COUNTER WHITE HOUSE INACCURATE AND HARMFUL RHETORIC GLAAD: “Transgender Americans are clearly under assault by this administration, including unprecedented attempts [...]

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]]> Mixed Results in Media Survey of Trump’s Anti-Transgender Executive Orders https://glaad.org/media-analysis-executive-orders/ https://glaad.org/media-analysis-executive-orders/#respond Mon, 03 Mar 2025 21:00:32 +0000 https://glaad.org/?p=929942 Among President Trump’s first executive orders were those targeting transgender people’s identity, military service, access to health care, access to education, and access to sports.  GLAAD analyzed 35 first day stories from six of the largest media outlets. Only 13 of 35 stories included at least one quote by a transgender person. Day one stories [...]

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]]> https://glaad.org/media-analysis-executive-orders/feed/ 0 Rally at Stonewall Draws 1000+ People Protesting Removal of Trans People, History From Park Service Website https://glaad.org/rally-at-stonewall-draws-1000-people-protesting-removal-of-trans-people-history-from-park-service-website/ https://glaad.org/rally-at-stonewall-draws-1000-people-protesting-removal-of-trans-people-history-from-park-service-website/#respond Sat, 15 Feb 2025 16:08:24 +0000 https://glaad.org/?p=928954 GLAAD joined over 1,000 people on Friday, February 14 at the Stonewall National Monument in New York City’s West Village to protest the Trump Administration’s removal of transgender and queer Americans from the Stonewall National Monument official government website. The online announcement for the protest described its purpose: “NO LGB WITHOUT THE T. The Trump [...]

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]]> https://glaad.org/rally-at-stonewall-draws-1000-people-protesting-removal-of-trans-people-history-from-park-service-website/feed/ 0 Chris Mosier: “Trans athletes play sports for the same reasons as anybody else. For our love of the game.” https://glaad.org/chris-mosier-trans-athletes-play-sports-for-the-same-reasons-as-anybody-else-for-our-love-of-the-game/ https://glaad.org/chris-mosier-trans-athletes-play-sports-for-the-same-reasons-as-anybody-else-for-our-love-of-the-game/#respond Thu, 06 Feb 2025 20:35:41 +0000 https://glaad.org/?p=928330 Chris Mosier is an out transgender athlete, and a trailblazer, and he’s speaking out about President Donald Trump’s executive order that seeks to ban transgender athletes from competing in women’s and girl’s school-sponsored sports. Mosier told CNN, “Sports has just been the entry point to other areas of discrimination against our community, including health care [...]

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