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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05/17/13
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.
05/14/13
Kristen Ellis-Henderson is probably best known from her memoir Times Two, the book she wrote with her wife, Sara Ellis, about giving birth to their daughter, not to mention the kiss the two of them shared on a recent cover of Time magazine. However she's also a member of the band Antigone Rising.
05/14/13
It was monsoon season at the GLAAD Media Awards in San Francisco this past Saturday as RuPaul's Drag Race season 5 winner Jinkx Monsoon took the stage to a roaring crowd.
05/12/13
Mel B presented international pop star Adam Lambert with the Davidson/Valentini Award Saturday night at the 24th Annual GLAAD Media Awards in San Francisco. Lambert also accepted the GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Music Artist for his album "Trespassing;" he tied in the category with Frank Ocean's "Channel Orange."
05/11/13
The final GLAAD Media Award recipients were announced at the 24th Annual GLAAD Media Awards in San Francisco, presented nationally by Ketel One Vodka and Wells Fargo and locally by Southwest Airlines at the Hilton - Union Square on Saturday night.
05/10/13
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.
05/06/13
One lucky winner and a guest will receive the ultimate VIP treatment at the GLAAD Media Awards in San Francisco on May 11 where they will get to meet Adam Lambert. You can enter by donating $10 at www.glaad.org/win, but the more you donate the more entries you receive up to five. A winner will be announced May 8, so enter now!
05/06/13
International pop icon Mel B (Melanie Brown) of America's Got Talent and the Spice Girls will appear at the 24th annual GLAAD Media Awards in San Francisco on May 11, to present Adam Lambert with the Davidson/Valentini award for his efforts to promote LGBT equality as an out performer.
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05/10/13
Ricky Martin has something to say when it comes to gay rights in Puerto Rico.
04/30/13
Despite living in a state where gay marriage is legal and in a city where there are elected officials that are openly gay, such as the likes of City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, New York-based rapper Loco Ninja finds himself dumbfounded about how gays (particularly men) in the music industry are mistreated, misrepresented and overall pushed aside.
04/27/13
The former "D-O-Double-G" has been very vocal lately about his support of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community. During an interview with VH1′s Big Morning Buzz host Carrie Keagan, Snoop Lion altered his previous opinion on gay rappers being accepted in hip-hop.
04/18/13
Mexican American singer-songwriter Vicci Martinez is best known for coming in third on the first season of The Voice
04/04/13
La cantante brasileña Daniela Mercury, de 47 años, hizo pública su homosexualidad este miércoles, revelando en la red
04/02/13
On Saturday, the band Garbage paused in the middle of its concert at Detroit’s Majestic Theater to let a fan propose to his boyfriend onstage. Currently, Michigan has a constitutional ban on marriage for gay and lesbian couples but a judge has delayed ruling on a challenge to that law until after the Supreme Court rules on marriage equality.
03/26/13
A$AP Rocky has a simple life motto: "treat everybody equal."
03/21/13
On March 7, Brazil’s House of Representatives elected Marco Feliciano, a right-wing Pentecostal pastor from the coun