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.

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In The News

GLAAD on Oscar nominees: Record Number of LGBTQ-inclusive Films Nominated for Best Picture

January 22, 2019

Pose’s Mj Rodriguez and Crazy Rich Asians’ Nico Santos to Announce Nominees for the 30th Annual GLAAD Media Awards Live from the 2019 Sundance Film Festival

January 18, 2019

GLAAD Applauds 17 Advertisers for Pulling Ads from Fox News’ ‘Tucker Carlson Tonight’ and Shines Light on History of Anti-LGBTQ Statements

December 19, 2018

Senator Mike Lee’s Anti-LGBTQ Activism Threatens Safety & Well-Being of Sexual Harassment and Discrimination Survivors

December 17, 2018

Highland Imports Commits $100,000 to GLAAD and Brings True Colours Cava Signature Rainbow Bottle to 30 States

November 15, 2018

Join the Rapid Response Team

Today, @glaad sent this powerful documentary to #scotus. This fight is not over. We will win. But we need your voice. RT to… @zekestokes • 5h
In the wake of the Supreme Court's decision on Trump’s #TransMilitaryBan, we will be re-airing this powerful documentary on fou… @LogoTV • 6h
Hey @SecondLady - This teacher has something to say about your new job at an anti-LGBTQ school. @AuthorTomWhaley https://t.co/1dGQ3ojcEn @glaad • 6h
If you are a transgender person who is now, or has been, a member of the armed forces, I want to thank you from the bottom… @JennyBoylan • 7h
“Global brands should now take action, create inclusive workplaces and leverage their economic impact to move polic… https://t.co/xmNM6SPJvw @glaad • 8h
.@sarahkateellis on the #OscarNoms: “a banner year for LGBTQ inclusion.” https://t.co/tGKwlVULAZ @glaad • 8h
#TransPeopleAreNotABurden #TransPeopleAreNotABurden #TransPeopleAreNotABurden #TransPeopleAreNotABurden… https://t.co/5aCg97qqlA @glaad • 9h
The Supreme Court ruled to allow Trump’s transgender military ban to go into effect. The #TransMilitaryBan vote was 5-4. 😡 http… @LogoTV • 12h

Latest Updates

Donald Trump

Latest Update: March 26, 2018
-- 3.23.18 - Reporting in Slate reveals that the Trump Administration worked closely with Tony Perkins, head of the anti-LGBTQ hate group Family Research Council to draft their latest policy to implement Trump's ban transgender soldiers from openly serving in any capacity within the United States armed forces. -- 3.23.18 - President Trump announces a reworked attempt to ban all transgender people from serving in the military in response to the implementation of his original policy being frozen by four different federal courts who declared it likely to be unconstitutional.

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.