Elections 2024 | 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 Elections 2024 | GLAAD https://glaad.org 32 32 ‘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 Cabinet Confirmation Hearings Largely Ignore LGBTQ Issues Despite Disparate Impact of Agency Policy on LGBTQ People https://glaad.org/trumps-nominees-hearings/ Mon, 03 Feb 2025 13:44:16 +0000 https://glaad.org/?p=927202 The Senate confirmation hearings for President Donald Trump’s nominees began January 14, 2025. Despite the critical roles these nominees, if confirmed, will play in shaping national policy, the hearings notably lack substantive questioning or responses regarding the safety and equality of LGBTQ people, even as President Trump has taken high interest in targeting the community [...]

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]]> RECAP: Reality Check of President Trump’s Week 1 Executive Orders, Unsafe Actions, and Path Forward https://glaad.org/recap-reality-check-of-president-trumps-week-1-executive-orders-unsafe-actions-and-path-forward/ https://glaad.org/recap-reality-check-of-president-trumps-week-1-executive-orders-unsafe-actions-and-path-forward/#respond Fri, 24 Jan 2025 21:58:33 +0000 https://glaad.org/?p=927262 The first week of President Trump’s second administration was marked by a wave of attacks against LGBTQ and other marginalized communities, and the start of a fierce resistance to support all Americans and the rule of law.  One of Pres. Trump’s executive orders has already been successfully challenged in court as unconstitutional. Another, targeting Diversity, [...]

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]]> https://glaad.org/recap-reality-check-of-president-trumps-week-1-executive-orders-unsafe-actions-and-path-forward/feed/ 0 Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde Delivers Powerful Inauguration Sermon in Support of Immigrants and LGBTQ People https://glaad.org/bishop-mariann-edgar-budde-delivers-powerful-inauguration-sermon-in-support-of-immigrants-and-lgbtq-people/ https://glaad.org/bishop-mariann-edgar-budde-delivers-powerful-inauguration-sermon-in-support-of-immigrants-and-lgbtq-people/#respond Thu, 23 Jan 2025 18:35:43 +0000 https://glaad.org/?p=927044 This week, Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde delivered a powerful sermon in the National Cathedral prayer service for the inauguration, fearlessly speaking truth to power about the realities all marginalized people face under the new presidential administration. She urged mercy and compassion directly from the pulpit. President Trump, Vice President Vance, their families, and key administration [...]

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]]> https://glaad.org/bishop-mariann-edgar-budde-delivers-powerful-inauguration-sermon-in-support-of-immigrants-and-lgbtq-people/feed/ 0 Trump Accountability Tracker https://glaad.org/trump-accountability-tracker/ Mon, 20 Jan 2025 22:56:28 +0000 https://glaad.org/?page_id=855244 Trump Accountability Tracker 20 attacks ON LGBTQ PEOPLE 45th and 47th President of the United States GLAAD is monitoring Donald Trump’s LGBTQ record and history including executive orders, legislative support, nominations and statements. 47th Presidency | Interregnum | 45th Presidency | Prior to Presidency 2025 04.15.2025  Sent a memo to lawmakers requesting that Congress rescind $1.1 [...]

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]]> GLAAD STATEMENT AND RESOURCES ON 2025 PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION AND INCOMING ADMINISTRATION https://glaad.org/releases/glaad-statement-and-resources-on-2025-presidential-inauguration-and-incoming-administration/ Sat, 18 Jan 2025 14:25:45 +0000 https://glaad.org/?post_type=releases&p=926659 (January 18, 2025 — New York, NY) — GLAAD is releasing a statement and resources for reporters and the LGBTQ community ahead of the 2025 presidential inauguration ceremony on Monday, January 20, and first 100 days of the incoming Trump administration. GLAAD’s Trump Accountability Tracker is documenting the incoming president’s anti-LGBTQ policies and rhetoric, here. [...]

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]]> LGBTQ Advocates Work to Expand Access, Prepare Communities for Upcoming Anti-LGBTQ Agenda in Washington https://glaad.org/lgbtq-advocates-work-to-expand-access-prepare-communities-for-upcoming-anti-lgbtq-agenda-in-washington/ https://glaad.org/lgbtq-advocates-work-to-expand-access-prepare-communities-for-upcoming-anti-lgbtq-agenda-in-washington/#respond Tue, 07 Jan 2025 13:00:35 +0000 https://glaad.org/?p=925819 LGBTQ advocates known as GLAAD Media Institute (GMI) Alumni are sharing their action plans for 2025 and beyond.  At the top of their minds are transgender equality, immigration, racial and healthcare justice, and affordability as each prepares for a second Trump term. From New York City to Georgia and Michigan, these GMI alums are activating [...]

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]]> https://glaad.org/lgbtq-advocates-work-to-expand-access-prepare-communities-for-upcoming-anti-lgbtq-agenda-in-washington/feed/ 0 Historic LGBTQ Firsts in 119th Congress https://glaad.org/historic-119th-congress/ https://glaad.org/historic-119th-congress/#respond Wed, 01 Jan 2025 14:00:03 +0000 https://glaad.org/?p=925306 Groundbreaking wins marked the 2024 general election with historic firsts. The new House of Representatives will be sworn in on January 3, 2025, at noon. This date marks the beginning of the 119th Congress. The history-makers include:  Sarah McBride (D-DE) Sarah McBride was already the highest-ranking transgender elected official in the United States when she [...]

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]]> https://glaad.org/historic-119th-congress/feed/ 0 Queer and Transgender Public Officials Tell GLAAD that Bullying Transgender People is Not the Way Forward https://glaad.org/queer-and-transgender-public-officials-tell-glaad-that-bullying-transgender-people-is-not-the-way-forward/ https://glaad.org/queer-and-transgender-public-officials-tell-glaad-that-bullying-transgender-people-is-not-the-way-forward/#respond Mon, 16 Dec 2024 15:33:52 +0000 https://glaad.org/?p=925197 Earlier this month, the GLAAD Media Institute’s Education & Advocacy team traveled to Washington, D.C. in advance of the Victory Institute’s 2024 LGBTQ International Leaders Conference, to train and consult public officials on how to best message for their constituents and proactively thwart anti-LGBTQ messaging when on the campaign trail.  The GLAAD Media Institute is [...]

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]]> https://glaad.org/queer-and-transgender-public-officials-tell-glaad-that-bullying-transgender-people-is-not-the-way-forward/feed/ 0 Trump’s Nominees on the Record on LGBTQ Issues https://glaad.org/trumps-nominees/ https://glaad.org/trumps-nominees/#respond Mon, 09 Dec 2024 18:45:23 +0000 https://glaad.org/?p=924513 President-elect Donald Trump and his team are swiftly revealing important Cabinet, White House, and other key nominations for his second term. Trump’s LGBTQ record is documented on the GLAAD Accountability Tracker and includes a history of deploying policies across federal agencies to target LGBTQ people. The LGBTQ records of his nominees includes: Marco Rubio—Secretary of [...]

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