In honor of Pride Month, CTAM (the Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing) is partnering with GLAAD to facilitate access to LGBT-inclusive entertainment content for cable subscribers.
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05/22/12
In honor of Pride Month, CTAM (the Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing) is partnering with GLAAD to facilitate access to LGBT-inclusive entertainment content for cable subscribers.
05/18/12
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.
05/17/12
This week in New York, the five major broadcast networks previewed their upcoming fall seasons for advertisers, and gave us all an idea of what the 2012-2013 broadcast television season will look like. Though it’s still early, we already know of several new shows LGBT viewers should definitely look forward to.
05/16/12
Openly lesbian designer Kara Laricks came out on top as the winner of the first season of NBC's Fashion Star. Her winning prize is a six million dollar contract with merchandisers Macy's, Saks Fifth Avenue and H&M to sell her capsule collection designs featured on last night’s finale.
05/14/12
Joanna Johnson, who plays fan favorite Karen Spencer on The Bold and the Beautiful, has decided to publicly come out as a lesbian alongside her character. In a new TV Guide Magazine interview she reveals that she came out to her parents when she was 23 and married the mother of her children, Michelle Agnew, in 2008 during the short time same-sex marriage was legal in California.
05/11/12
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.
05/09/12
Much like President Obama's own position, the latest polls show the country on a whole continues to progressively evolve in its recognition of same-sex relationships, and as Vice President Joe Biden himself has admitted, television programs and popular culture can take quite a bit of the credit.
05/09/12
Ellen DeGeneres today on her talk show thanked President Obama for his support of marriage equality.
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05/14/12
In five separate studies, professor Edward Schiappa and his colleagues at the University of Minnesota have found that the presence of gay characters on television programs decreases prejudices among viewers.
05/14/12
The Real L Word stars Whitney Mixter and Sara Bettencourt are engaged, RadarOnline.com is exclusively reporting.
05/09/12
At a time when gay rights are re-emerging as an election year issue — in part because of Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s stated support for gay marriage on Sunday — activists and academics say that depictions of gay characters on television play a big role in making viewers more comfortable with their gay, lesbian and transgender neighbors.
05/08/12
Following almost an entire school year of bullying, Dynasty Young was suspended from Arsenal Technical High School in Indianapolis, Indiana on April 16 after shooting into the air an electrical self-protection device.
05/07/12
Deadline Hollywood is reporting that the Ryan Murphy and Ali Adler-created pilot, The New Normal, has recieved a series order from NBC. The show centers around a gay couple played by Andrew Rannells and Justin Bartha, and the woman who agrees to become their surrogate (Georgia King) and help them start a family.
05/07/12
Having endured severe bullying for the entire school year, on April 16 Dynasty Young of Indianapolis, Indiana used a
05/03/12
Actress Anna Paquin from the GLAAD Media Awards winning series True Blood talks to Zooey Magazine about being bisexual and the lack of understanding the community often faces.
05/02/12
Modern Family, ABC's hit sitcom which features a loving and realistic gay family among its main characters, has received the 2012 award for best television program by the group Catholics in Media Associates, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
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01/14/12
Today ABC announced that the series “Work It” has been cancelled after two episodes.