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.

In The News

GLAAD NATIONAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS ANNOUNCES NEW MEMBERS JUSTIN BLAKE, SHARON CALLAHAN, MIKE DOYLE, LIZ JENKINS, AND REESE MCCRANIE

September 1, 2020

GLAAD Premieres Ad on ‘Fox & Friends’ About LGBTQ Discrimination and the Equality Act as coverage of the Republican National Convention Begins

August 24, 2020

POSE, SCHITT’S CREEK, LIL NAS X, BOOKSMART, THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW, DOLLY PARTON’S HEARTSTRINGS, RAQUEL WILLIS AMONG WINNERS AT THE 31ST ANNUAL GLAAD MEDIA AWARDS

July 30, 2020

KANDI BURRUSS, JENNIFER GARNER, THEO GERMAINE, AUGUST GETTY, GIGI GORGEOUS GETTY & NATS GETTY, HARVEY GUILLÉN, DEMI LOVATO, LILLY SINGH, DARRYL STEPHENS, AND CHARLI XCX JOIN STAR-STUDDED LINEUP FOR VIRTUAL CEREMONY OF THE 31ST ANNUAL GLAAD MEDIA AWARDS

July 29, 2020

GLAAD and Gilead’s First National Survey on HIV Attitudes Finds 90% of Americans Agree Stigma Exists Around HIV

July 27, 2020

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Reminder that the Census is still ongoing. The Trump administration tried to cut it short. The numbers do not refle… https://t.co/fVkkcMSR5J @glaad • 3h
Shout out to @glaad for their support of FIRST DAY & the work they do in promoting understanding, equality & acceptance t… @JulieKalceff • 6h
The short film was produced as a result of @Google Trends Search data revealing that Americans are seeking to under… https://t.co/97rI7WnXhQ @glaad • 4h
.@CNN's #BidenTownHall neglected to include LGBTQ specific issues or questions in the conversation. So much is at stake… @sarahkateellis • 5h
LGBTQ people are three times as likely to be incarcerated as the general U.S. population. Harmful policing strategi… https://t.co/TDTGZSLvBv @glaad • 5h
#NationalVoterRegistrationDay is September 22. Don’t sit this one out. Make sure (and your friends and family) are reg… @brandonstansell • 6h

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.