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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04/26/13
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.
04/24/13
This week, Jennifer Lopez sat down with Entertainment Tonight to discuss ABC Family's new drama "The Fosters". Lopez discussed the themes of the show, and tearfully opened up about her lesbian aunt's recent passing and how their relationship influenced Lopez's decision to join "The Fosters" as an executive producer.
04/23/13
The New Normal creator Ryan Murphy and series stars Andrew Rannells, Justin Bartha, Georgia King and Jayson Blair were presented with the Outstanding Comedy Series award by Matt Bomer at the 24th Annual GLAAD Media Awards in Los Angeles on Saturday night. Murphy also accepted the GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding TV Movie or Mini-Series for his FX show American Horror Story: Asylum.
04/23/13
Betty White (Hot in Cleveland) and Alex Pettyfer (Magic Mike) took the stage at the GLAAD Media Awards
04/22/13
Actress, producer, director and former GLAAD Vanguard Award honoree Drew Barrymore hosted the 24th Annual GLAAD Media Awards in Los Angeles on Saturday.
04/22/13
Actor Chris Evans (Captain America, Fantastic Four) joined the stage with brother, out actor Scott Evans (One Life to Live), and their mother Lisa Evans at the 24th Annual GLAAD Media Awards in L.A. on Saturday.
04/20/13
Harvey Weinstein and Jennifer Lawrence presented former President Bill Clinton with the Advocate for Change Award ton
04/19/13
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.
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04/15/13
The comedic pilot penned for HBO by Michael Lannan and starring Jonathan Groff, tells the story of three gay friends--an artist, a restaurateur and a web game developer--navigating the perils and pitfalls of life and love in San Francisco's trendy Mission District.
04/12/13
A new survey suggests that portrayals of LGBT characters have positively impacted the opinions of Americans on marriage equality.
04/08/13
HBO Films has released a full trailer for Steven Soderberg's biopic of pianist Liberace, Behind the Candlelabra, starring Michael Douglas and Matt Damon.
04/03/13
Desde que Karina Hermosillo se presentó en las pruebas de Arizona con el deseo de ser la próxima "Nuestra Belleza La
04/02/13
Justin Bartha never set out to make a political statement when signing on to play a gay, expectant father on NBC's "The New Normal."
04/01/13
Society and media have a circular and cyclical relationship: As LGBT activists have pushed for equality and visibility, and political realities on the ground have shifted, media representations of gay people have both responded to those changes and also helped to nudge them along.
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.
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.