Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD)

Tickets are now closed for the Kick-Off Reception for the GLAAD Advertising Media Program. If you would still like to purchase tickets, contact Julie Giragosian at (646) 871-8003.

Monday May 18, 2009
7 – 9 pm
Alvin Ailey Studios
405 West 55th Street at 9th Avenue
New York NY
The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) is proud to announce the launch of our Advertising Media Program!
GLAAD welcomes current members, LGBT advertising and marketing professionals and members of the former Commercial Closet Association for a networking cocktail reception to learn more about GLAAD's new program and honor Levi's Brand and Wells Fargo for their incredible work in advertising to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community.

As previously announced, Commercial Closet Association will become part of GLAAD's Advertising Media Program. GLAAD's program will monitor all forms of advertising to ensure fair and accurate representations of the LGBT community as well as demand action when anti-gay defamation occurs. GLAAD will also advance inclusion of the LGBT community in mainstream advertising through education and advocacy work at advertising agencies and corporate advertising departments.
Fair, accurate and inclusive media images shatter stereotypes. They prove that we are connected through common, human experiences. And these are images that we – and advertisers – have a responsibility to share.
Visit the GLAAD Advertising Media Program for more information on our new program. You can also help spread the word by visiting the GLAAD Advertising Reception Facebook page.
GLAAD Advertising Media Program Kick-Off
Honoring Levi's Brand and Wells Fargo
Come and celebrate the companies committed to
LGBT inclusive advertising.

Tickets can be purchased online or by calling Julie Giragosian at (646) 871-8003.

Levi Strauss
Levi’s Brand won the 2008 CCA Images in Advertising Award for Outstanding Commercial for a commercial which depicts a young male pulling on a pair of Levi's jeans as the street below him comes crashing through his floor, leaving him face-to-face with an attractive stranger in a nearby telephone booth. The two men walk off together. Levi’s has had a long involvement with the LGBT community as exemplified by the "Support of Gay Marriage” campaign, the "Inside Out” campaign and the recent "Logo Unbuttoned” campaign. Levi's ads perpetuate the company's history of LGBT inclusive business practices and marketing outreach. In 1992, Levi Strauss & Co. became the first Fortune 500 company to extend full benefits to the same-sex domestic partners of employees.

Wells Fargo
Wells Fargo has consistently supported the LGBT community by being one of the first financial institutions to reach out to the community with targeted advertising and sponsorship of LGBT causes and organizations. Wells Fargo has a long standing commitment to speak to our community through advertising for not only financial related products but also in company recruiting and fostering an inclusive workplace. As a result of its long standing support to LGBT causes, anti-gay activists initiated a boycott of Wells Fargo in 2005. In spite of anti-gay activists, the company remains a strong ally to our community.