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GLAAD issued a call to action this week against popular celebrity gossip magazine, Life & Style. The magazine, which reaches about one million readers weekly, features a cover story which claims that actress Angelina Jolie is turning Shiloh, her daughter with Brad Pitt, into a boy. The cover features Shiloh with a short haircut and polo shirt and asks: “Is it harming the three-year-old?” The accompanying article cites several so-called ‘experts,’ including Glenn Stanton, from the anti-LGBT organization Focus on the Family, who says: “They need help, they need guidance of what that looks like. It’s important to teach our children that gender distinction is very healthy.”

GLAAD has contacted Life & Style to voice our serious concerns about gender stereotyping and citing the virulent anti-gay Focus on the Family as a parenting expert. On Friday, we also issued a Call to Action, urging community members to voice their concerns about the story. GLAAD continues to seek a public apology and to debunk the myths put forward by FOTF.


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GLAAD Blog
Life & Style Off the Mark in Targeting Gender Identity of Angelina Jolie’s Child

After GLAAD reached out to The CW about a problematic promotional video for its new reality show, High Society, the network quickly responded and said the trailer would be pulled from circulation as soon as possible. In the trailer, a party-goer said that the show’s star, NYC socialite Tinsley Mortimer, looked “like a tranny.” Within the same preview, Jules, Mortimer’s friend, says “I use the N-word sometimes.”

GLAAD commends The CW for such a timely response to the defamatory trailer, and looks forward to the premiere of High Society, which also features openly gay Manhattan socialite Paul Johnson-Calderon in the cast.

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GLAAD Blog
UPDATE: The CW Pulls Defamatory Promo for High Society

Dina Manzo, a cast member on Bravo’s hit series Real Housewives of New Jersey, used the term “tranny mess” on her Twitter account last week. After GLAAD reached out to her and explained that the term is derogatory toward the transgender community, Manzo expressed her support for the LGBT community and expressed her desire to work with GLAAD in the future.


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http://twitter.com/glaad

http://twitter.com/dinamanzo

Reports on HAIR’s upcoming performance at the GLAAD Media Awards in NYC on March 13:
Theater Mania
Broadway World
Playbill

Curve and OutSports preview the GLAAD Media Awards in NYC.

Nina Tassler, Entertainment President of CBS, speaks out on the network’s recent failing grades from GLAAD.

Special Honoree Joy Behar speaks to the New York Post on receiving GLAAD’s Excellence in Media Award.