News

April 25, 2012

by Daryl Hannah, Director of Media and Community Partnerships

As Momentum Builds, North Carolina Coalition Launches Pro-Equality Ads

Protect NC Families rolls out new ads that illustrate the concrete harms of proposed Amendment One.

April 2, 2012

by Daryl Hannah, Director of Media and Community Partnerships

An Open Letter: Standing Alongside Trayvon Martin's Family and Friends

The tragic killing of Trayvon Martin is a national call to action. Our hearts go out to Trayvon’s family and friends for the loss they have experienced. We stand in solidarity with them as they demand answers and justice.

March 27, 2012

by Aaron McQuade

NOM Documents Reveal Plot to Divide LGBT, Black and Latino Communities

Official documents from the National Organization for Marriage reveal that the anti-LGBT group has been actively interested in – as they say – fanning the hostility between the LGBT community and the black community.

March 1, 2012

by Dani Heffernan, Senior Media Strategist at GLAAD

Maryland Governor Signs Marriage Equality into Law

Governor of Maryland Martin O'Malley made history today by signing the state's marriage equality bill into law. Maryland is the eighth state to legally allow marriage for same-sex couples.

October 12, 2011

by Aaron McQuade

Honoring the Life of Frank Kameny

Those of us who are advocating for full equality for LGBT people should remember Frank Kameny every time we tell our stories.

Photo Credit: Foter.com

March 19, 2019

by Drew Anderson, Director of Campaigns & Rapid Response

GLAAD Calls for University of Texas at El Paso to Reject Heather Wilson as Its President

Wilson voted against The Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Pr

The Riant Theatre

March 13, 2019

by Aria Tejano

BED 26 tells the story of asylum seeker and GLAAD Media Institute alum

BED 26 is an autobiographical play about a gay African refugee seeking asylum in the United States. The play explores Edafe Okporo's experience as an LGBTQ refugee from Nigeria, where it is not just illegal but also deadly to be out as gay. Fearing for his own life, Edafe fled to the United States to seek asylum, where he was detained and taken to the Elizabeth Detention Center in New Jersey