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#SpiritDay: 19 Days of Action to Stand Up to Bullying - Day 1

This year, GLAAD is counting down to Spirit Day with 19 Days of Action – quick and easy steps you can take each day to help stand up to bullying. Find out how you can take a stand against bullying and show your support for LGBT youth.

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Chick-fil-a Kiss In: A Conversation with Carly McGehee

The recent revelation of Chick-fil-a’s $2,000,000 worth of anti-LGBT donations has sparked various actions against the company. GLAAD was able to talk with Carly McGehee, organizer of the National Same Sex Kiss Day at Chick-fil-a.

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Snapshots of Our Work

Wonder what we're up to at GLAAD? Be sure to check out GLAAD Blog each week for updates about our latest work to build support for LGBT equality through news, entertainment, and online media.

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Facebook adds new timeline icons for married same-sex couples

Facebook has rolled out a new feature providing additional recognition for its users who are married to a person of the same sex. Now these users who have indicated on their Facebook timeline that they are married will be recognized by new same-sex marriage icons, rather than the marriage icon used for straight married couples.

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Facebook, first social media company honored at #glaadawards, shares touching stories of LGBT users

This Saturday at the 23rd Annual GLAAD Media Awards in San Francisco, Facebook received a Special Recognition Award for its work to create a welcoming space for LGBT people. Facebook became the first social media network to receive a GLAAD Media Award.

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Facebook to be the first social media company honored at the #glaadawards

Facebook will be the first-ever social media network to receive a GLAAD Media Award when it's honored with a Special Recognition Award at the GLAAD Media Awards in San Francisco this Saturday.

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NY Times Trans Exploitation Generates Community Response

Following an incredibly exploitative piece in the New York Times about the death of transgender woman Lorena Escalera in a fire this past weekend, and the newspaper’s subsequent refusal to acknowledge the true problems with their story, transgender advocates and allies have generated a powerful response asserting the immense hurt felt by so many over this coverage.

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Facebook, Stars of Glee and Smash, Betty White, Josh Hutcherson, Jersey Shore's Vinny and more to appear at the 23rd Annual GLAAD Media Awards #glaadawards

Broadway legend Bernadette Peters will present the Vito Russo Award to 'Smash' producers Zadan and Meron at the GLAAD Media Awards in New York.

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Yahoo! works with GLAAD to remove violent anti-gay comments from Adam Lambert interview

Yahoo! and GLAAD work together to remove violent, anti-gay comments from the site.

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Guest Post: [RECAP] New Media Training Institute Session at Creating Change

Have no fear if you missed GLAAD’s New Media Training Institute at the Creating Change conference, Leone Kraus was there live-tweeting the whole thing.

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