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GLAAD PRESIDENT AND CEO SARAH KATE ELLIS ON THE INAUGURATION OF JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS AS PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND THEIR FIRST EXECUTIVE ACTIONS FOR LGBTQ EQUITY
| January 20, 2021Contact:
Barbara Simon
Head of News and Campaigns
bsimon@glaad.org
GLAAD monitors new administration’s promises and actions; releases new video featuring trans artist Shea Diamond’s anthem to celebrate LGBTQ Americans and our contributions to the fight for equality: “I am America”
Biden White House Website Adds Gender-Inclusive Options on Day One
| January 20, 2021Contact:
Mary Emily O’Hara
Rapid Response Manager
mohara@glaad.org
Four years after Trump erased all mentions of LGBTQ people from the White House website, the Biden administration takes immediate steps towards inclusion
GLAAD JOINS PUERTO RICO PARA TOD@S IN CALLING OUT DANGEROUS TREND OF ANTI-TRANS VIOLENCE IN PUERTO RICO
| January 15, 2021Contact:
Pedro Julio Serrano
Spokesperson, Puerto Rico Para Tod@s
pedrojulio@pedrojulioserrano.com
787.602.5954
Contact:
Mary Emily O’Hara
Rapid Response Manager, GLAAD
mohara@glaad.org
Seven Transgender People Murdered in Puerto Rico Over Past Year; Puerto Rico Para Tod@s declares “state of emergency for gender violence and hate crimes.”
GLAAD’S WHERE WE ARE ON TV 2020-2021 REPORT: DESPITE TUMULTUOUS YEAR IN TELEVISION, LGBTQ REPRESENTATION HOLDS STEADY
| January 14, 2021Contact:
Mathew Lasky
Director of Communications, GLAAD
mlasky@glaad.org
Study finds that 9.1% of series regular characters scheduled to appear on broadcast scripted primetime television this season are LGBTQ -- a decrease of one percentage point from last year’s record high percentage of 10.2 percent
40 NATIONAL LGBTQ ORGANIZATIONS JOIN TOGETHER IN CALL FOR “IMMEDIATE AND UNEQUIVOCAL REMOVAL OF DONALD TRUMP AS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES”
| January 11, 2021
President Trump’s repeated violations of his sworn oath to defend the Constitution, most recently by fomenting deadly, destructive, racist and anti-semitic violence against the U.S. government inside the U.S. Capitol, threatens the safety of all Americans