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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04/12/13
Entertainment Weekly Readers Vote Glee's Kurt and Blaine "Greatest TV Couple of All Time" | 04/12/13
Entertainment Weekly announced today that Glee's gay couple, Kurt Hummel and Blaine Anderson (Chris Colfer, Darren Criss), are the "Greatest TV Couple of All Time" as voted by EW.com readers.
04/12/13
Each 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.
04/11/13
Donate to win a chance to meet Jennifer Lawrence at the GLAAD Media Awards in Los Angeles with special guests Leonardo DiCaprio, Charlize Theron and more!
04/11/13
End of the Rainbow, a musical about the late legendary Judy Garland, is playing in Los Angeles and you can win tickets to see it!
04/11/13
Entertainment Weekly's "Greatest TV Couple of All Time" bracket competition ends tonight and Glee's beloved gay couple, Kurt Hummel and Blaine Anderson, have made it to the final two. Vote now!
04/10/13
When it was first announced in 2011 that DC Comics would be relaunching its entire line, writer Gail Simone told GLAAD that she planned to feature LGBT characters in the new books she was heading, including what would be "a first for mainstream comics." With the new issue of her ongoing hit series Batgirl, Simone made good on her word by revealing that Barbara Gordon's roommate Alysia is transgender.
04/10/13
Laura Jane Grace, lead singer of the punk band Against Me! who came out as transgender last year in an issue of Rolling Stone magazine, has written a piece for Cosmo about her experience transitioning in the public eye.
04/09/13
Join GLAAD and Groundswell to tell the Dove Foundation that Love Free or Die, the story of the first openly gay bishop Gene Robinson, shares a message that all families, including LGBT families need to be represented in the media.
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04/01/13
For some fans of Chicago Fire, Leslie Shay was their lesbian representative. She was strong and funny, kind and loyal. She was good at her job, confident in her sexuality, and looking for a woman to love her as fiercely as she loves. But now, this show has offered those viewers a version of what it means to be a lesbian that gives them license to believe the notion that a lesbian is just a woman who hasn’t found the right man.
04/01/13
Marie Osmond, the wholesome entertainer who once sang about being a little bit country, has come out whole lot in favor of marriage equality. The singer has taken the stance to support her daughter Jessica Blosil, who came out to her as a lesbian at age 17.
04/01/13
Kevin Keller made history in 2011 as the first openly gay character in the history of Archie Comics. Now the out teen, who has had his own miniseries and ongoing comic, is breaking boundaries (and formats) with a new hardcover young-adult novel.
03/29/13
J. H. Williams III (Promethea, Detective Comics, Batwoman) has in essence become a comic book legend. A three-time Eisner Award winner, critics and audiences continuously praise his artwork which has been described as positively gorgeous.
03/29/13
Director Nicholas Wrathall landed the iconic writer and essayist’s final on-camera interview for this docu profile which world-premieres next month at Tribeca. The Spotlight selection also features Burr Steers, Christopher Hitchens, Jodie Evans, Tim Robbins, Mikhail Gorbachev, Sting, David Mamet, Bob Scheer, William F. Buckley, Jay Parini, Norman Mailer, Nina Straight and Dick Cavett.
03/28/13
Over the past decade, TV audiences met Will and Grace, cried with Kurt on Glee and were introduced to The New Normal. But long before those comedies hammered home the point that being gay is OK, a handful of progressive classic sitcoms interrupted the laughs to preach to audiences about loving thy neighbor no matter who they love.
03/27/13
If the heady bustle and breathless coverage today of the Supreme Court hearing about Proposition 8 seems rather cinematic, it could actually be coming to a theater near you soon enough.
03/27/13
From Hollywood to Madison Avenue, producers and performers have made the case for gay marriage in the realm of pop culture where the audience sits on the bench.