Montana | GLAAD https://glaad.org GLAAD rewrites the script for LGBTQ acceptance. Fri, 18 Apr 2025 20:06:11 +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 Montana | GLAAD https://glaad.org 32 32 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 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 Heroes of the Resistance: Lawmakers, Activists and Others Accelerating Acceptance for LGBTQ Rights https://glaad.org/heroes-of-the-resistance-lawmakers-activists-and-others-accelerating-acceptance-for-lgbtq-rights/ https://glaad.org/heroes-of-the-resistance-lawmakers-activists-and-others-accelerating-acceptance-for-lgbtq-rights/#respond Wed, 19 Mar 2025 20:54:23 +0000 https://glaad.org/?p=931640 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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]]> https://glaad.org/heroes-of-the-resistance-lawmakers-activists-and-others-accelerating-acceptance-for-lgbtq-rights/feed/ 0 Trans Voices and Context Belong in the Conversation: Podcasts, Coverage of Podcasts, and Everywhere https://glaad.org/trans-voices-and-context-belong-in-the-conversation-podcasts-coverage-of-podcasts-and-everywhere/ https://glaad.org/trans-voices-and-context-belong-in-the-conversation-podcasts-coverage-of-podcasts-and-everywhere/#respond Thu, 13 Mar 2025 18:20:56 +0000 https://glaad.org/?p=931140 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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]]> https://glaad.org/trans-voices-and-context-belong-in-the-conversation-podcasts-coverage-of-podcasts-and-everywhere/feed/ 0 State Legislatures Reconvene to Consider 2025 LGBTQ-Related Bills https://glaad.org/state-legislatures-reconvene-to-consider-2025-lgbtq-related-bills/ https://glaad.org/state-legislatures-reconvene-to-consider-2025-lgbtq-related-bills/#respond Thu, 09 Jan 2025 14:35:14 +0000 https://glaad.org/?p=925978 With the holiday break over, a number of state legislatures are reconvening starting this week to hold their 2025 sessions, and LGBTQ-related bills and policies are already on the docket in many states. Massachusetts, Montana, Ohio, Wisconsin, Kentucky, Minnesota, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New [...]

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]]> https://glaad.org/state-legislatures-reconvene-to-consider-2025-lgbtq-related-bills/feed/ 0 Queer Love and Joy: Erin and Zooey Get Married https://glaad.org/queer-love-and-joy-erin-and-zooey-get-married/ https://glaad.org/queer-love-and-joy-erin-and-zooey-get-married/#respond Fri, 20 Dec 2024 17:41:09 +0000 https://glaad.org/?p=925540 On December 14th in Missoula, Montana state Rep. Zooey Zephyr married writer Erin Reed in front of 100 of their family and friends. The transgender women met nearly three years ago and Zooey proposed a year and a half ago at the Queer Prom in Missoula. The wedding was celebrated in the same place they [...]

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]]> https://glaad.org/queer-love-and-joy-erin-and-zooey-get-married/feed/ 0 Voters in Eight States Chose to Expand Access to Reproductive Health Care https://glaad.org/voters-in-eight-states-chose-to-expand-access-to-reproductive-health-care/ https://glaad.org/voters-in-eight-states-chose-to-expand-access-to-reproductive-health-care/#respond Wed, 06 Nov 2024 23:10:07 +0000 https://glaad.org/?p=922672 Voters in seven states in the 2024 election approved measures to protect access to abortion, continuing a streak nationwide that brought together voters from both parties and in red, blue and purple states to support reproductive freedom. Abortion is an LGBTQ issue. LGBTQ people can and do become pregnant and need reproductive health care. The [...]

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]]> https://glaad.org/voters-in-eight-states-chose-to-expand-access-to-reproductive-health-care/feed/ 0 Groundbreaking Wins from Transgender Candidates https://glaad.org/groundbreaking-wins-from-transgender-candidates/ https://glaad.org/groundbreaking-wins-from-transgender-candidates/#respond Wed, 06 Nov 2024 18:48:11 +0000 https://glaad.org/?p=922607 Last night marked a historic moment for transgender representation in American politics, with several groundbreaking victories across the country.  Sarah McBride, a Democrat from Delaware, made history by becoming the first out transgender person elected to the U.S. Congress. McBride was elected by 58% of the vote in Delaware. She previously served in the Delaware [...]

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]]> https://glaad.org/groundbreaking-wins-from-transgender-candidates/feed/ 0 Voting for Equality: LGBTQ-Related Proposals on the Ballot This Year https://glaad.org/voting-for-equality-lgbtq-related-proposals-on-the-ballot-this-year/ https://glaad.org/voting-for-equality-lgbtq-related-proposals-on-the-ballot-this-year/#respond Mon, 07 Oct 2024 18:31:55 +0000 https://glaad.org/?p=919836 The 2024 election is consequential for LGBTQ people and our equality. LGBTQ voters are poised again to be the decisive edge in close-contest states in the presidential race as well as the elections that will determine the balance of power in the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives. But it’s not just about choosing candidates. Here [...]

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]]> https://glaad.org/voting-for-equality-lgbtq-related-proposals-on-the-ballot-this-year/feed/ 0 Day 2 of the Republican National Convention Speaker Recap and the Truth About Keeping LGBTQ Families Safe https://glaad.org/day-2-of-the-republican-national-convention-speaker-recap-and-the-truth-about-keeping-lgbtq-families-safe/ https://glaad.org/day-2-of-the-republican-national-convention-speaker-recap-and-the-truth-about-keeping-lgbtq-families-safe/#respond Thu, 18 Jul 2024 00:10:43 +0000 https://glaad.org/?p=910364 In case you missed it, “Make America Safe Again” was the theme of the second night of the Republican National Convention on Tuesday  – yet for some featured speakers, using LGBTQ Americans to stoke misunderstanding and fear mongering seemed to take first priority. Governor Bill Lee of Tennessee, who is responsible for signing into law [...]

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