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PHOTOS, VIDEOS: 2020 DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES SEND UNPRECEDENTED MESSAGE OF LGBTQ ACCEPTANCE AND SHARE PLANS TO REVERSE ANTI-LGBTQ ROLLBACKS AT LGBTQ FORUM IN CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA HOSTED BY GLAAD, ONE IOWA, THE ADVOCATE AND THE GAZETTE

| September 20, 2019

Mathew Lasky
Director of Communications, GLAAD
mlasky@glaad.org

2020 candidates Biden, Booker, Buttigieg, Castro, Gabbard, Harris, Klobuchar, Sestak, Warren, and Williamson answered questions about LGBTQ-specific issues and addressed how they will reverse the 125 attacks by the Trump Administration on the LGBTQ community

SPIRIT DAY SET FOR THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17 WHEN MILLIONS WILL GO PURPLE IN A STAND AGAINST BULLYING AND IN SUPPORT OF LGBTQ YOUTH

 | September 19, 2019

Mathew Lasky
Director of Communications, GLAAD
mlasky@glaad.org

In honor of Spirit Day, Kacey Musgraves gives fans a chance to win two VIP tickets to one of her sold-out shows at Radio City Hall in New York

In partnership with Little Bee Books, GLAAD releases new LGBTQ-inclusive book ‘Spirit Day: A Book About Spreading Joy’ in honor of Spirit Day

POSE + AMERICAN HORROR STORY STAR AND TRANS ACTIVIST ANGELICA ROSS TO HOST PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE FORUM ON LGBTQ ISSUES

| September 16, 2019

Mathew Lasky
Director of Communications, GLAAD
mlasky@glaad.org

2020 candidates confirmed to participate in the LGBTQ Forum include Joe Biden, Cory Booker, Pete Buttigieg, Julián Castro, Tulsi Gabbard, Kamala Harris, Amy Klobuchar, Joe Sestak, Elizabeth Warren, and Marianne Williamson

EMMY AND GRAMMY AWARD-WINNING SUPERSTAR PAULA ABDUL TO BE HONORED WITH THE ARIADNE GETTY ALLY AWARD AT THE 2019 GLAAD GALA SAN FRANCISCO

 | September 4, 2019

Mathew Lasky
Director of Communications, GLAAD
mlasky@glaad.org

GLAAD previously announced that Schitt’s Creek’s Dan Levy will receive the Davidson/Valentini Award, and Ali Rosenthal, founder of Leadout Capital, will be honored with the Ric Weiland Award

Schitt’s Creek stars Emily Hampshire, Annie Murphy and Noah Reid to present; Garrett Clayton to perform at the annual gala on September 28th

GLAAD ANNOUNCES BILL MCDERMOTT AS CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER TO JOIN SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM AND LEAD FUNDRAISING EFFORTS

 | August 20, 2019

 

GLAAD, the world’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization, today announced Bill McDermott as the organization’s new Chief Development Officer.