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  • Accelerating Acceptance 2022

    Each year through extensive polling and research, GLAAD looks at the state of America’s hearts and minds when it comes to accepting LGBTQ people.

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  • Social Media Safety Index (SMSI)

    GLAAD’s Social Media Safety Index (SMSI) provides recommendations for the industry at large and reports on LGBTQ user safety across the five major social media platforms: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, and TikTok.

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    The GLAAD Media institute equips and empowers advocates and storytellers to strengthen their media impact and accelerate acceptance for the LGBTQ community.

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Entertainment Media
Entertainment Media

GLAAD’s Entertainment Media program works with creators of film, television, music, comic books, video games, and more to increase the quantity and quality of diverse LGBTQ characters and storylines in entertainment.
Transgender Media
Transgender Media

GLAAD's Transgender Media program works with entertainment, news, and digital media to tell authentic stories from the transgender community, increasing visibility of and accelerating acceptance for trans people everywhere.

Spanish-Language and Latinx Media
Spanish-language
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GLAAD's Spanish-Language and Latinx Media program works across Spanish-language entertainment and news media to increase the quantity and quality of LGBTQ representation, building understanding and acceptance among Spanish-speaking audiences, the fastest growing community in the U.S.
Southern Stories
Southern Stories

GLAAD's Southern Stories program brings the stories of LGBTQ Southerners to living rooms and workplaces across the region, building understanding and accelerating acceptance in the U.S. South.
Global Voices
Global Voices

GLAAD's Global Voices initiative accelerates LGBTQ acceptance across the globe by sharing stories of LGBTQ people and their families around the world and helping local advocates build strategy for culture change in their own cities and countries.
News Media & Rapid Response
News Media
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GLAAD’s News Media & Rapid Response program works with print, broadcast, and online news sources to make headlines that build understanding and move LGBTQ acceptance forward. And when news outlets get it wrong, GLAAD responds to demand fairness and accuracy.