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GLAAD to Media: Tell the Story of Anti-Transgender Violence Correctly
Friday, April 5, 2013
3:13pm

Two instances of anti-transgender murders occurred in Orlando, Florida and Baltimore, Maryland over the last 24 hours. Both were transgender women of color. And when the media doesn't tell their story correctly, it perpetuates misleading stereotypes about transgender people.

02/11/09
Sean Kennedy's Killer Denied Early Parole | 02/11/09
02/10/09
UPDATE: Police Claiming Long Island Vandalism Not A Hate Crime | 02/10/09

As an update to the recent

02/10/09
Guest Post: Growing After Bias | 02/10/09
02/06/09
One Year Later: Vigils in Lawrence King's Memory Held Next Week | 02/06/09

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02/02/09
NBC Affiliate Rejects Equality Ad, Blames NFL | 02/02/09

A Los Angeles NBC affiliate says it did not air an equality ad featuring a gay couple and their children during Sund

01/27/09
Equal Rights Washington Using Youtube Videos to Change Hearts and Minds | 01/27/09

With the budget crisis looming in the state, as it is in the rest of the country,

01/26/09
Indiana's WTHR-TV Changes Story GLAAD Named "Worst" | 01/26/09

Thanks to a "worst" mention in GLAAD's latest "Best & Wo

01/23/09
KABC TO AIR REJECTED AD FEATURING GAY FAMILY | 01/23/09

After a meeting with GLAAD and the marriage equality group GetToKnowUsFirs

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Boy Scouts Policy On Gays Moves 9-Year-Old To Quit
09/06/12

Christopher Tiner’s Cub Scout badges and belt buckles still have a place of honor in his living room. But it was honor — and a bit of the 9-year-old’s boredom with Scouting — that led him to quit.

Nine Anti-Gay Street Preachers Arrested at New Orleans Southern Decadence Celebration: VIDEO
09/04/12

Nine men have been arrested for anti-gay street preaching against celebrants at New Orleans’ annual Southern Decadence weekend, the Times Picayune reports:

California Anti-Bullying Law Being Ignored in Long Beach
08/29/12

The legislation known as "Seth's Law" requires districts to update their anti-harassment and anti-bullying policies a

Vermont Inn, 2 Women Settle Marriage Lawsuit
08/24/12

Two New York women and a Vermont country inn have settled a lawsuit that accused the business of refusing to host the couple’s wedding reception.

Gay Man Sues Library of Congress, Alleging Discrimination
08/23/12

Peter TerVeer was an up-and-coming auditor for the Library of Congress’s inspector general’s office. His boss liked him so much that he tried to set him up with his single daughter. But when the boss discovered that TerVeer was gay, he harassed him with religious-based homophobia — and eventually got him fired, TerVeer alleges in a federal lawsuit.

Gay Man Told to Mary Woman or Son Would Lose Inheritance
08/21/12

The gay son of a deceased New York City businessman is fighting a stipulation in his late father’s will that required him to marry the mother of his child or risk losing the child’s inheritance.

Marriage Fight Divides MN Catholics
08/20/12

About 20 Catholics sat on folding chairs and old sofas in Ed Burg's basement, snacking on cookies and candy and talk

Watchdog Agency Approves $49,000 Fine Against Prop. 8 Campaign
08/17/12

The state’s campaign watchdog agency gave final approval Thursday to $49,000 in fines against the campaign committee for Proposition 8, a 2008 ballot measure banning marriage equality in California.

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