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Trump 47’s First 100 Days Focused, and Failed, in Implementing Unprecedented LGBTQ Targeting

GLAAD — Tue, 29 Apr 2025 14:55:01 +0000

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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Georgia Governor Signs Anti-LGBTQ Law Restricting Transgender Students from Sports, Despite Zero Trans Athletes Participating in State

GLAAD — Mon, 28 Apr 2025 21:26:04 +0000

On April 28, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed The Riley Gaines Act, effectively banning the participation of transgender student-athletes from participating in sports and from using the correct restroom and locker room that aligns with their gender. The new law, which was championed by conservative state lawmakers as a top priority at the start of [...]

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GLAAD AND GEORGIA EQUALITY RESPOND TO GEORGIA’S NEW LAW RESTRICTING TRANSGENDER STUDENTS FROM SPORTS, DESPITE ZERO TRANS ATHLETES PARTICIPATING IN GEORGIA

Heidi Spillum, Web Producer — Mon, 28 Apr 2025 19:44:05 +0000

GLAAD: “All students, regardless of gender identity, should have access to play school sports in a safe environment where they can learn and thrive. With the passage of this discriminatory legislation, Georgia lawmakers have unfairly and baselessly made it more difficult for transgender students to experience the same lessons sports offers all youth, and they [...]

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‘PBS NewsHour’ Presented with 36th GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Live TV Journalism Segment

GLAAD — Fri, 25 Apr 2025 21:47:07 +0000

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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Heroes of the Resistance: Standing Up for LGBTQ Rights in Employment, the First Amendment, Health Care, Marriage Equality, and More.

GLAAD — Fri, 18 Apr 2025 14:47:30 +0000

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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WATCH: “60 Minutes” Covers the Story of Gay Venezuelan Asylum Seeker With No Criminal Record Detained in El Salvador’s ‘Mega-Prison’

Allison Bloom, Communications Consultant — Wed, 16 Apr 2025 19:45:27 +0000

In his first 100 days in office, President Trump’s administration has deported or detained nearly 48,000 migrants in the United States. Of these individuals, many are legal residents and asylum seekers. Part of Trump’s crusade in his second term is to “eradicate” members of a Venezuelan gang known as Tren de Aragua. In doing this, [...]

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LGBTQ Alabamians and Our History Will Not Be Erased

GLAAD — Thu, 20 Mar 2025 15:37:19 +0000

By Jose Vazquez Freedom has never been a passive gift. It is a fight we carry forward, generation after generation. Living in Alabama, I’m aware that every right we enjoy was won by the people—not simply granted by lawmakers. Black elders in Montgomery remind us that the Montgomery Bus Boycott wasn’t just a symbolic protest—it [...]

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GLAAD ELEVATES STATEMENTS FROM HIV LEADERS, FACTS ABOUT HIV, AND IMPACTS OF PROPOSED FUNDING CUTS TO HIV PREVENTION FOR PUBLIC HEALTH

Heidi Spillum, Web Producer — Wed, 19 Mar 2025 21:47:45 +0000

(March 19, 2025 – New York, NY) GLAAD, the world’s largest LGBTQ media advocacy organization, is releasing facts about HIV and elevating responses from HIV leaders about reports of proposed funding cuts to HIV prevention programs. The Trump Administration is reportedly considering cutting and possibly eliminating HIV programs and funding at the Centers for Disease [...]

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Heroes of the Resistance: Lawmakers, Activists and Others Accelerating Acceptance for LGBTQ Rights

Angela Dallara — Wed, 19 Mar 2025 20:54:23 +0000

Welcome to the latest edition of Heroes of the Resistance — GLAAD’s ongoing series highlighting positive changemakers for the LGBTQ community at a time of challenge and uncertainty. In a significant recent victory, Senate Democrats came together unanimously to halt legislation at the federal level that would have banned federally-funded schools from allowing transgender girls [...]

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Trans Voices and Context Belong in the Conversation: Podcasts, Coverage of Podcasts, and Everywhere

GLAAD — Thu, 13 Mar 2025 18:20:56 +0000

California Governor Gavin Newsom has now featured three prominent anti-trans voices in the launch of his podcast, and not a single trans person. It bears repeating, and repeating: include transgender voices in stories and conversations about transgender people. Context is needed too, especially when oppositional voices are prioritized and have large platforms. GLAAD research shows [...]

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