GLAAD Media Institute | GLAAD https://glaad.org GLAAD rewrites the script for LGBTQ acceptance. Tue, 29 Apr 2025 19:43:30 +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 GLAAD Media Institute | GLAAD https://glaad.org 32 32 Star-Studded 4th Annual #GLAADHonors Gathers Queer Black & Brown Leaders in Entertainment Ahead of 36th GLAAD Media Awards https://glaad.org/star-studded-4th-annual-glaadhonors-gathers-queer-black-brown-leaders-in-entertainment-ahead-of-36th-glaad-media-awards/ https://glaad.org/star-studded-4th-annual-glaadhonors-gathers-queer-black-brown-leaders-in-entertainment-ahead-of-36th-glaad-media-awards/#respond Thu, 27 Mar 2025 19:03:21 +0000 https://glaad.org/?p=932458 On Wednesday, March 26, GLAAD hosted its 4th Annual #GLAADHonors event, a celebration of LGBTQ Black & Brown leaders in entertainment, advocacy, journalism and GLAAD Awards nominees at The Fonda Theater in Los Angeles, ahead of the 36th Annual GLAAD Media Awards which will stream exclusively on Hulu April 12, 2025. The evening was hosted [...]

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]]> https://glaad.org/star-studded-4th-annual-glaadhonors-gathers-queer-black-brown-leaders-in-entertainment-ahead-of-36th-glaad-media-awards/feed/ 0 Star-Studded 2025 Latine Honors Lifts Up Queer Latine Representation Across Entertainment Ahead of 36th GLAAD Media Awards https://glaad.org/star-studded-2025-latine-honors-36th-glaad-awards/ https://glaad.org/star-studded-2025-latine-honors-36th-glaad-awards/#respond Wed, 26 Mar 2025 17:17:19 +0000 https://glaad.org/?p=932221 Overnight, GLAAD hosted its 2025 Latine Honors event, a celebration of LGBTQ Latine leaders in entertainment, advocacy, and journalism, gathering top Spanish-Language and Latine media, along with Latine nominees, at Grandmaster Recorders in Los Angeles ahead of the 36th Annual GLAAD Media Awards which will stream exclusively on Hulu April 12, 2025. The evening was [...]

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]]> https://glaad.org/star-studded-2025-latine-honors-36th-glaad-awards/feed/ 0 PHOTOS: GLAAD 2025 LATINE HONORS CELEBRATION IN LOS ANGELES https://glaad.org/releases/photos-glaad-2025-latine-honors-celebration-in-los-angeles/ Wed, 26 Mar 2025 16:58:52 +0000 https://glaad.org/?post_type=releases&p=932215 PHOTOS: DAVID ARCHULETA, HARVEY GUILLÉN, ROZ HERNANDEZ, VICO ORITZ, JOHNNY SIBILLY, & MORE LIFT UP LATINE CREATORS AND INDUSTRY LEADERS IN ENTERTAINMENT AT 2025 LATINE HONORS AHEAD OF 36TH GLAAD MEDIA AWARDS LOS ANGELES, CA –  Tuesday, March 26, 2025 – Overnight, GLAAD hosted its 2025 Latine Honors event, a celebration of LGBTQ Latine leaders [...]

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]]> Get to Know These Eight Shining GLAAD Media Institute Alumni Included #GLAADaward-Nominated Projects This Year https://glaad.org/get-to-know-these-eight-shining-glaad-media-institute-alumni-included-glaadaward-nominated-projects-this-year/ https://glaad.org/get-to-know-these-eight-shining-glaad-media-institute-alumni-included-glaadaward-nominated-projects-this-year/#respond Thu, 20 Mar 2025 15:32:12 +0000 https://glaad.org/?p=931616 Throughout the country the GLAAD Media Institute – the organization’s training, consulting, and research leg – met thousands of LGBTQ change agents working together to bring representation, accuracy, and truth to journalism that covers the at-large LGBTQ community. Eight stories featuring GLAAD Media Institute alumni – those that have partnered with GLAAD’s “Going Local” programming [...]

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]]> https://glaad.org/get-to-know-these-eight-shining-glaad-media-institute-alumni-included-glaadaward-nominated-projects-this-year/feed/ 0 For Newark LGBTQ Leaders, Linking Environmental Justice and Queer Liberation Movements is the Key to Healthy Communities – Here’s Why https://glaad.org/newark-lgbtq-leaders-linking-environmental-justice-and-queer-liberation-movements-2025/ https://glaad.org/newark-lgbtq-leaders-linking-environmental-justice-and-queer-liberation-movements-2025/#respond Thu, 13 Mar 2025 11:29:09 +0000 https://glaad.org/?p=930995 Newark, New Jersey LGBTQ activists are organizing to heal their city from redlining – the systematic denial of services, like mortgages, insurance, and other financial services, often based on race or ethnicity – and environmental discrimination to build a healthy, clean, and affordable place where bodily autonomy is never in question.  These local leaders understand [...]

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]]> https://glaad.org/newark-lgbtq-leaders-linking-environmental-justice-and-queer-liberation-movements-2025/feed/ 0 GLAAD Digital Original Series ‘DÍMELO’ Selected as Halo Awards Finalist https://glaad.org/glaad-digital-original-series-dimelo-selected-as-halo-awards-finalist/ https://glaad.org/glaad-digital-original-series-dimelo-selected-as-halo-awards-finalist/#respond Thu, 06 Mar 2025 14:30:27 +0000 https://glaad.org/?p=930229 GLAAD’s groundbreaking digital original series DÍMELO, has been selected as a finalist for the prestigious 2025 Halo Awards in the category of Best Gender & LGBTQ Equality Initiative. The recognition honors the incredible work that GLAAD — in collaboration with Latination Media — has done to amplify Latine LGBTQ voices in comedy. The Halo Awards are [...]

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]]> https://glaad.org/glaad-digital-original-series-dimelo-selected-as-halo-awards-finalist/feed/ 0 GLAAD Gaming https://glaad.org/our-work/gaming/ Fri, 28 Feb 2025 14:37:54 +0000 https://glaad.org/?page_id=922847 GLAAD Gaming We work with the video game industry to provide consulting, education, and resources that make LGBTQ characters more authentic. GLAAD Gaming, part of the GLAAD Media Institute, works to create authentic LGBTQ representation in gaming, more LGBTQ-inclusive workplaces for video game companies, and better player experiences for LGBTQ gamers. We educate and consult [...]

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]]> GOOD NEWS: LGBTQ Youth Activists in Texas Curb Censorship and New Jersey Law Protects Transgender Students from Discrimination https://glaad.org/good-news-lgbtq-youth-activists-in-texas-curb-censorship-and-new-jersey-law-protects-transgender-students-from-discrimination/ https://glaad.org/good-news-lgbtq-youth-activists-in-texas-curb-censorship-and-new-jersey-law-protects-transgender-students-from-discrimination/#respond Tue, 18 Feb 2025 15:47:09 +0000 https://glaad.org/?p=928974 Major legal victories break through the anti-LGBTQ fury of the current administration and anti-LGBTQ politicians against youth and teen populations across the country. In Texas, the student-led policy organization Students Engaged in Advancing Texas (SEAT) championed additional temporary injunctions on a Texas law barring freedom of speech for minors. Meanwhile, New Jersey Superior Court upheld [...]

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]]> https://glaad.org/good-news-lgbtq-youth-activists-in-texas-curb-censorship-and-new-jersey-law-protects-transgender-students-from-discrimination/feed/ 0 Missouri AG’s Lawsuit Aims to Undo Protections for LGBTQ Youth, Defends Harmful Practice of Conversion Therapy, as Local LGBTQ Advocates Respond https://glaad.org/missouri-attorney-general-lawsuit-lgbtq-youth-conversion-therapy-advocates-respond/ https://glaad.org/missouri-attorney-general-lawsuit-lgbtq-youth-conversion-therapy-advocates-respond/#respond Fri, 14 Feb 2025 00:15:28 +0000 https://glaad.org/?p=928885 In a shameless and alarming move, Missouri Attorney General, Andrew Bailey, this week filed a lawsuit to reverse the protective bans on conversion therapy in Kansas City and Jackson County. This legal battle threatens to expose LGBTQ youth in the state to discredited, dangerous practices that have long been debunked by medical professionals and mental health [...]

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]]> https://glaad.org/missouri-attorney-general-lawsuit-lgbtq-youth-conversion-therapy-advocates-respond/feed/ 0 Thousands “Rise Up for Trans Youth” in New York City, Leading National Conversation on Denial of Healthcare Across Major Hospital Systems https://glaad.org/thousands-rise-up-for-trans-youth-in-new-york-city-leading-national-conversation-on-denial-of-healthcare-across-major-hospital-systems/ https://glaad.org/thousands-rise-up-for-trans-youth-in-new-york-city-leading-national-conversation-on-denial-of-healthcare-across-major-hospital-systems/#respond Mon, 10 Feb 2025 19:36:40 +0000 https://glaad.org/?p=928460 This weekend, thousands of people rallied for transgender (or trans), nonbinary, Two-Spirit, and gender nonconforming youth faced with appointment cancellations, and lags in prescription refills by leading New York City caregivers like NYU Langone, Mt. Sinai and New York Presbyterian, according to parents and families impacted.  The cancellations and medication refill lags are in direct [...]

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