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

NIECY NASH TO HOST THE 32ND ANNUAL GLAAD MEDIA AWARDS

March 3, 2021

GLAAD Announces Social Media Safety Index to Rate Social Media Platforms on Safety for LGBTQ Community

February 26, 2021

KARAMO, ANGELICA ROSS, PATRIK-IAN POLK, AND RAQUEL WILLIS TO JOIN GLAAD’S FIRST HIV STIGMA & FAITH SUMMIT TO TRAIN AND EDUCATE LEADERS ADDRESSING EPIDEMIC IN THE SOUTH

February 22, 2021

GLAAD RESPONDS TO GROWING BIPARTISAN PUSH TO BAN CONVERSION THERAPY IN KENTUCKY; SURVIVORS SPEAK OUT AS POLLS SHOW A MAJORITY OF RESIDENTS SUPPORT A STATEWIDE BAN

February 16, 2021

GLAAD STATEMENT ON DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (HUD) BARRING ANTI-LGBTQ DISCRIMINATION IN HOUSING

February 11, 2021

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Targeting trans kids is cruel and completely without need. In state after state, including Mississippi, lawmakers c… https://t.co/9qekWNsYmo @glaad • 10h
So excited that the great @NiecyNash is hosting the 32nd annual #GLAADawards in April. https://t.co/ebHUz0C0sa @glaad • 17h
Congratulations @rwgreer, Director of Priority Placement at the White House Office of Presidential Personnel, and S… https://t.co/OuUHXFrdg6 @glaad • 19h
Today’s @AP story shows what we’ve known all along: legislation attempting to ban trans youth from sports isn’t abo… https://t.co/gunN6IRhvw @glaad • 19h
I. Cannot. Wait!!!! ❤️🧡💛💚💙 https://t.co/mJgQ6LV0v2 @NiecyNash • 20h
Please consider supporting, donating, and/or volunteering with the Trans-led organizations serving to #protecttranskids… @Peppermint247 • 02 Mar
We are thrilled to announce that the incredible @NiecyNash is hosting the #GLAADawards available April 8th on @hulu and… @sarahkateellis • 21h
JUST ANNOUNCED: @NiecyNash will host the 32nd annual #GLAADawards, streaming on @YouTube and @hulu on April 8th! 💙🎇 @glaad • 22h
THREAD: Right now, we’re gathering both in-person at the Alabama State House and online to protest anti-trans bills. We ne… @ACLUAlabama • 02 Mar
This week’s episode of @lgbtqpod features an interview with lesbian pioneer Ivy Bottini, who passed away last week… https://t.co/pETIIqBEsd @glaad • 02 Mar

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.