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 POLL OF LGBTQ AMERICANS ON PRESIDENT BIDEN’S FIRST 100 DAYS IN OFFICE

April 30, 2021

GLAAD RESPONDS TO WEST VIRGINIA GOVERNOR JIM JUSTICE SIGNING BILL INTO LAW BANNING TRANSGENDER YOUTH FROM SPORTS PARTICIPATION

April 28, 2021

GLAAD RESPONDS TO THE NORTH DAKOTA LEGISLATURE PASSING A BILL BANNING TRANSGENDER YOUTH FROM SPORTS PARTICIPATION

April 15, 2021

GLAAD RESPONDS TO NCAA STATEMENT REGARDING TRANSGENDER INCLUSION IN SPORTS

April 12, 2021

32ND ANNUAL GLAAD MEDIA AWARDS RECIPIENTS INCLUDE: DISCLOSURE, SCHITT’S CREEK, SAM SMITH, CHIKA, HAPPIEST SEASON, I MAY DESTROY YOU, STAR TREK: DISCOVERY, THE BOYS IN THE BAND, VENENO, WE’RE HERE, AND THE NOT-TOO-LATE SHOW WITH ELMO

April 8, 2021

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This is what happens when the @ELCA Lutherans look at gifts for ministry, rather than banning people for who they are. @mmr… @inlayterms • 0h
"It’s time for the HFPA and the Golden Globes to truly reflect the full intersectional diversity of Hollywood." - G… https://t.co/wbctsBhHMi @glaad • 9h
"This bill unfairly targets trans youth and puts millions of federal education dollars at risk. It is unnecessary a… https://t.co/1ocHYnwqcc @glaad • 9h
👋 it's time for our Friday Night Chat! Let's talk wins. What's been a win for you this week - big or small? Tweet u… https://t.co/kl5pDvU8Pc @glaad • 07 May
It’s time for the HFPA and the Golden Globes to truly reflect the full intersectional diversity of Hollywood. GLAAD sta… @sarahkateellis • 07 May
There is a lack of transparency and accountability which still has yet to be addressed. It's not enough for the HFPA to… @sarahkateellis • 07 May
The HFPA reforms do not go far enough to ensure the organization as a place where historically marginalized communities… @sarahkateellis • 07 May
"We can’t be making these laws where trans youth can’t be a part of things. I’m disappointed in the state we live in, Flor… @AthleteAlly • 07 May
TEXANS—Listen to our YEE-HAW queen. 2 things you can do RIGHT NOW to help protect Trans youth in TX via @PPTXVotes: ☎️Cal… @PPGreaterTX • 07 May
All athletes deserve the chance to participate free from discrimination. GLAAD is calling on the @NCAA to withdraw… https://t.co/dursE3k5uU @glaad • 07 May

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.