News & Rapid Response

Working with journalists and news outlets in print, broadcast, and online, our team serves as a resource to newsmakers and works to ensure that the news media is accurately and fairly representing LGBTQ people in its reporting.

Latest Stories

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Anti-LGBTQ Activists Used Anti-Trans Rhetoric To Sway Voters in Key 2019 Political Elections

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GLAAD RESOURCE FOR JOURNALISTS COVERING ORAL ARGUMENTS BEFORE THE U.S. SUPREME COURT ON OCTOBER 8

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GLAAD Joins One Iowa, The Gazette, and The Advocate as National Partner for Presidential Candidate Forum on LGBTQ Issues

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BACKGROUNDER: 2020 Candidate Joe Walsh’s Anti-LGBTQ Record Shows He Would Also Be Hostile to LGBTQ Americans

GLAAD WHERE WE ARE ON TV REPORT: BROADCAST TELEVISION EXCEEDS GLAAD CHALLENGE IN JUST ONE YEAR AS PERCENTAGE OF LGBTQ SERIES REGULARS REACHES ALL-TIME HIGH

November 7, 2019

MESSAGES OF SUPPORT FOR LGBTQ YOUTH ECHO AROUND THE WORLD ON THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF GLAAD’S SPIRIT DAY

October 17, 2019

SPIRIT DAY CELEBRATES 10 YEARS TODAY AND SENDS GLOBAL MESSAGE OF SUPPORT TO LGBTQ YOUTH

October 17, 2019

THE OFFICE OF THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND ITS UN FREE AND EQUAL CAMPAIGN PARTNER WITH GLAAD FOR SPIRIT DAY

October 16, 2019

ANGELICA ROSS, JAMEELA JAMIL, ADAM RIPPON, KARAMO BROWN, PAULA ABDUL, PATRICIA ARQUETTE, DAN LEVY, JABOUKIE YOUNG-WHITE, PEPPERMINT, AND NINA WEST SPEAK OUT AGAINST BULLYING AND STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH LGBTQ YOUTH IN SPIRIT DAY VIDEOS

October 11, 2019

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With @SlavePlayBway's debut, @JeremyOHarris became the youngest Black man to debut on Broadway. For that run he created… @MikelleStreet • 20h

While it’s certainly his most discussed work, @SlavePlayBway isn’t the only thing @jeremyoharris has going on. As a brea… @MikelleStreet • 19h

"@KekePalmer had to pee." @MikelleStreet gives us the lowdown on Broadway's Blackest night featuring #Out100 Showman… @TrevellAnderson • 17h

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For #TransWeek, we are highlighting the stories we love in 2019. This could be a story from your personal life, a s… https://t.co/nt640L9EM7 @glaad • 6h

Stories we all love, about, from, or involving trans ppl to celebrate #transawarenessweek @glaad ❤🌈 https://t.co/OMj8P8UQQ0 @MsIsisKing • 9h

Love to see it. 👏 @tnequality https://t.co/VNKzPRuWm8 @glaad • 8h

It's #TransAwarenessWeek so I made a video of the top five things I want people to be aware of about trans people. What… @jackisnotabird • 14 Nov

Congratulations @MsJamieClayton, we can't wait for this! 🛸👽 https://t.co/MUDGYaYvfI @glaad • 11h

PSA: @Booksmart is now on @hulu! @glaad • 13h

Latest Updates

Donald Trump

Latest Update: August 14, 2019

08.14.19 - The Trump Administration revealed they plan to grant federal contractors the ability to use "religious exemptions" as an excuse to discriminate against LGBTQ Americans at the workplace. 08.14.19 - The Trump Administration urged the Equal Employment Oppportunity Commission (EEOC) to reverse their Obama-era policy of providing workplace protections for LGBTQ Americans. The request comes weeks before oral arguments begin at the U.S. Supreme Court on October 8.

Mike Pence

Latest Update: October 16, 2017

-- 10.16.17 - In a profile on Vice President Mike Pence that ran in the New Yorker, President Trump reportedly joked of Pence when asked about LGBTQ rights: “Don’t ask that guy—he wants to hang them all!”

Kellyanne Conway

Latest Update: October 16, 2017

-- 10.13.17 - Along with President Trump, Kellyanne Conway spoke at the Family Reseach Council's Values Voter Summit, a convening of fringe groups united around discrimination against LGBTQ people.