
GLAAD’s annual “Where are We on TV” report for the 2015-2016 TV season finds that while LGBT character representation in TV is up, too many new gay and bisexual characters are white, and the transgender community and those living with HIV are underrepresented.
by Kipp Jones27 Oct 2015, 11:21 AM PST0

The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) has released an online video campaign highlighting what it claims is the unfair treatment of LGBT characters in major Hollywood films.
by Daniel Nussbaum25 Sep 2015, 6:59 AM PST0

A gay lobbying group is pushing its preferred script for media coverage of Pope Francis’ visit to the United States.
GLAAD’s guide, titled “The Papal Visit: A journalist’s guide to reporting on Pope Francis and the LGBT community,” sets its preferred terms for covering homosexuality. It also suggests a series of story lines and plots to portray the lives of gays, lesbians and transsexuals as happy and positive, except when they’re supposedly victimized by the Catholic church.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.17 Sep 2015, 11:14 AM PST0

ABC Family television series The Fosters – which made TV history earlier this year by airing the youngest-ever same-sex kiss between two 13-year-old boys – took home the award for Outstanding Achievement in Youth Programming at the 31st annual Television Critics Association awards on Saturday night.
by Daniel Nussbaum9 Aug 2015, 3:58 PM PST0

GLAAD President and CEO Sarah Kate Ellis argued that “where we start to get into a slippery slope around religion is when we start to deny services that are far-reaching outside of the church or the place of worship” on
by Ian Hanchett26 Jun 2015, 10:39 AM PST0

Hollywood’s major studios warmed to the idea of demonstrating white lesbian, gay, and bisexual characters on film last year, but completely ignored the transgender community in 2014, according to GLAAD’s third annual Studio Responsibility Index.
by Kipp Jones15 Apr 2015, 6:55 AM PST0

Scandal star Kerry Washington was honored with the Vanguard Award at Saturday night’s GLAAD Media Awards in Beverly Hills, and used her acceptance speech to call for the employment of more LGBT people in the entertainment industry.
by Daniel Nussbaum22 Mar 2015, 2:48 PM PST0

TLC announced back in December that it would be airing a special in January, titled My Husband’s Not Gay, that would follow married Mormon men who describe themselves as heterosexual despite being attracted to men.
by Kelli Serio6 Jan 2015, 5:59 PM PST0