Next Thursday, 1400 members of the Boy Scouts' National Council will converge in Dallas to vote on a resolution critical to the Boy Scouts' longstanding ban on gay members. Celebrities such as Tegan and Sara, Jersey Shore's Snooki and Sammi and GLAAD's Wilson Cruz tweeted out their support for equality in the Boy Scouts. Look out for more in the coming week leading up to the vote on Thursday.
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08/31/12
GLAAD’s Associate Director of Entertainment Media, Matt Kane, wrote an entry for The Huffington Post in which he discusses the recent findings in GLAAD’s Network Responsibility Index.
08/31/12
Every week, The GLAAD Wrap brings you LGBT-related entertainment news highlights, fresh stuff to watch out for, and fun diversions to help you kick off the weekend.
08/31/12
Following the launch of their Kickstarter campaign earlier this month, GaymerCon announced that they have has raised over $75,000 for the first-ever gaming and tech convention focusing on “LGBT Geek Culture."
08/30/12
GLAAD is pleased to announce that we will be partnering with Equality Utah and the Utah Pride Center to host a screening of the upcoming NBC series The New Normal for Utah residents following Salt Lake City’s NBC affiliate KSL-TV’s decision to not air the show. The New Normal follows a gay couple’s attempts to start a family with the help of a surrogate.
08/30/12
GLAAD released its sixth annual Network Responsibility Index (NRI), a report that maps the quantity, quality and diversity of images of LGBT people on primetime broadcast and cable TV. For the first time TLC was included among the 10 cable networks tracked each year.
08/30/12
Bravo has released a special video of the Beekman Boys on their website featuring Brent Ridge proposing to his partner of 13 years, Josh Kilmer-Purcell.
08/30/12
Sixth Annual Network Responsibility Index Finds LGBT Stories Central Part of TV Landscape | 08/30/12
GLAAD released its sixth annual Network Responsibility Index, a report that maps the quantity, quality and diversity of images of LGBT people on primetime broadcast and cable TV.
08/29/12
"Out in the Open," a new documentary that hopes to help at-risk LGBT youth by sharing personal experiences of those who have been through the same, is in need of Kickstarter funding help to cover wrap costs, editing and distribution of the finalized film to the festival circuit.
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01/13/12
Self: "I think what people don't remember is that people can change, views can alter, and realizations are had.
01/13/12
The LGBT offerings for 2012 look to be slimmer than in years past but here's a sneak peek at some of the titles debu
01/09/12
Jenelle Hutcherson and Mollie Thomas this weekend became the first openly LGBT contestants in the Miss California USA pageant.
01/09/12
Out actor Alan Cumming married Grant Shaffer over the weekend in New York City on the fifth anniversary of their civil partnership.
01/05/12
The cast of the upcoming season of Celebrity Apprentice was announced on Wednesday and includes openly gay singer Cl
01/05/12
On this week's episode of Celebrity Wife Swap actress Steffanie Sampson challenged Ted Haggard on his position on ma
01/04/12
"I am so excited for you because you have so much energy and so much creativity," RuPaul told young Ben. "You're going to set this world on fire, kiddo."
01/03/12
Olympic figure skater Johnny Weir and his boyfriend Victor Voronov are married.