Zooey Zephyr | 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 Zooey Zephyr | 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 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 Send Powerful Message to Anti-Trans, Moms for Liberty-aligned Candidates https://glaad.org/voters-send-powerful-message-to-anti-trans-moms-for-liberty-aligned-candidates/ https://glaad.org/voters-send-powerful-message-to-anti-trans-moms-for-liberty-aligned-candidates/#respond Mon, 25 Nov 2024 16:03:51 +0000 https://glaad.org/?p=924077 In multiple states this election year, voters signaled an overall shift away from “parents’ rights” issues, fear mongering, and partisan politics, including the rejection of anti-trans candidate for North Carolina governor Mark Robinson as well as other state and local educational posts. North Carolina voters also rejected Moms for Liberty-endorsed Superintendent of Public Instruction candidate [...]

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]]> https://glaad.org/voters-send-powerful-message-to-anti-trans-moms-for-liberty-aligned-candidates/feed/ 0 GLAAD Unveils New Resources for Transgender Awareness Week, November 13–19 https://glaad.org/resources-for-transgender-awareness-week-2024/ https://glaad.org/resources-for-transgender-awareness-week-2024/#respond Wed, 13 Nov 2024 20:43:00 +0000 https://glaad.org/?p=923182 Today marks the beginning of Transgender Awareness Week 2004. The week, celebrated each year from November 13-19, is dedicated to raising visibility and awareness about transgender and gender non-conforming people and address challenges the community faces. “Transgender Awareness Week arrives at a particularly profound time to celebrate transgender people’s lives, contributions to our culture, and [...]

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]]> https://glaad.org/resources-for-transgender-awareness-week-2024/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 The GLAAD Wrap: “Joker: Folie à Deux” in Theaters, “House of Spoils” and “It’s What’s Inside” Streaming, Trailer for “What We Do in the Shadows,” New Music by LEXXE, Orla Gartland and More! https://glaad.org/the-glaad-wrap-joker-folie-a-deux-in-theaters-house-of-spoils-and-its-whats-inside-streaming-trailer-for-what-we-do-in-the-shadows-new-music-by-lexxe-orla-gartland-and-more/ https://glaad.org/the-glaad-wrap-joker-folie-a-deux-in-theaters-house-of-spoils-and-its-whats-inside-streaming-trailer-for-what-we-do-in-the-shadows-new-music-by-lexxe-orla-gartland-and-more/#respond Fri, 04 Oct 2024 20:30:37 +0000 https://glaad.org/?p=919595 Every week, The GLAAD Wrap brings you LGBTQ-related entertainment news highlights, fresh stuff to watch out for, and fun diversions to help you kick off the weekend.  1.) Lady Gaga’s highly anticipated Harley Quinn debut has arrived! Loosely based on DC Comics characters, Joker: Folie à Deux finds Arthur Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix) institutionalized at Arkham [...]

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]]> https://glaad.org/the-glaad-wrap-joker-folie-a-deux-in-theaters-house-of-spoils-and-its-whats-inside-streaming-trailer-for-what-we-do-in-the-shadows-new-music-by-lexxe-orla-gartland-and-more/feed/ 0 Listen to What These Powerhouse Celebrities Have to Say About the Future of the LGBTQ Community https://glaad.org/listen-to-what-these-powerhouse-celebrities-have-to-say-about-the-future-of-the-lgbtq-community/ https://glaad.org/listen-to-what-these-powerhouse-celebrities-have-to-say-about-the-future-of-the-lgbtq-community/#respond Tue, 13 Jun 2023 17:29:14 +0000 https://glaad.org/?p=833016 Zooey Zephyr Zooey Zephyr, Montana State Representative of District 100, made headlines after refusing an apology to her colleagues for telling them they’d have “blood on their hands” by supporting the state’s transgender medical care ban in late April.  Now, the first-term rep, wonders if North American people are ready for the 2024 election year [...]

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