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 2020 POST-ELECTION POLL: 81% OF LGBTQ VOTERS VOTED FOR PRESIDENT-ELECT BIDEN; 93% OF REGISTERED LGBTQ VOTERS TURNED OUT TO VOTE AND 25% WERE FIRST-TIME VOTERS

November 20, 2020

ANNUAL GLAAD ACCELERATING ACCEPTANCE STUDY: MAJORITY OF AMERICANS BELIEVE LGBTQ PEOPLE HAVE FEDERAL PROTECTIONS FROM DISCRIMINATION IN AREAS OF LIFE IN WHICH THEY DO NOT

October 29, 2020

GLAAD AND DEMI LOVATO, HALLE BERRY, AND ADAM RIPPON RECORD GET OUT THE VOTE PHONE CALLS TO HOME STATE VOTERS IN TEXAS, OHIO, AND PENNSYLVANIA: “LET’S USE OUR VOICES TO CREATE A LANDSLIDE FOR EQUALITY”

October 21, 2020

OCTOBER 15: SPIRIT DAY SENDS A MESSAGE OF SUPPORT AND ACCEPTANCE TO LGBTQ YOUTH AROUND THE WORLD

October 16, 2020

GLAAD’s SPIRIT DAY SENDS UNITED MESSAGE OF SUPPORT AND ACCEPTANCE TO LGBTQ YOUTH AROUND THE WORLD

October 15, 2020

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No te pierdas #VenenoOnMax increíble serie. #latinx #latinas #LGBTQ @monicatrasandes • 2h
Why are u mad when you could be ✨GLAAD✨ @riding_in_rain • 3h
“Lexi is this mean, fun, aspirational, fantastical character that also happens to be transgender — but it isn’t everything a… @TeenVogue • 8h
On Monday we're decking the halls with @POPSUGAR for a @HappiestSeason watch party. Join us then at 8pm EST. 🎄🎁🌟 https://t.co/8DSpIVUbGp @glaad • 4h
#VenenoOnMax is BEYOND. Watch it. I am floored by the heart, the humor, the EVERYTHING of this series. 😭😭😭 #VENENO #girlslik… @janetmock • 27 Nov
ICYMI: This review by trans writer @cjkasulke breaks down why the Billy Tipton doc "No Ordinary Man" is so importan… https://t.co/Kcz3blRB7y @glaad • 4h
@glaad I'm thankful for my wife and daughter. They've helped me with the loss of my brother a few months ago. @AnAnathema • 27 Nov

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.