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#RealLiveTransAdult turns tragedy into solidarity
https://www.glaad.org/blog/reallivetransadult-turns-tragedy-solidarity
The tragic suicide of Leelah Alcorn, a 17-year-old transgender girl from Ohio inspired transgender and allied people to share the hashtag ... was the tragic suicide of Leelah Alcorn, a 17-year-old transgender girl from Kings Mills, Ohio. She left a post on ...
December 30, 2014 | Ross Murray, Senior Director, GLAAD Media Institute
Exciting LGBT entertainment to look forward to in 2015!
https://www.glaad.org/blog/exciting-lgbt-entertainment-look-forward-2015
... man, his boyfriend Hernando (Alfonso Herrera), and a transgender American blogger, Nomi, played by trans actress ...
December 29, 2014 | Megan Townsend, Director of Entertainment Research & Analysis
Parents who spoke out for their LGBT children in 2014
https://www.glaad.org/blog/parents-who-spoke-out-their-lgbt-children-2014
... Debi Jackson Debi Jackson, the mother of a 6-year-old transgender girl named A.J. , gave a speech about her ... speaking out for her daughter, Lateisha Green, a Black transgender woman who was murdered in Syracuse, New York, in ... 2008 when my daughter's life was taken, more than ninety transgender people have been murdered in the United States . ...
December 29, 2014 | Dani Heffernan, Senior Media Strategist at GLAAD
Must-See LGBT TV 12/28-1/3: Lily Tomlin 'Kennedy Center Honors,' LGBT-inclusive New Year's specials
https://www.glaad.org/blog/must-see-lgbt-tv-1228-13-lily-tomlin-kennedy-center-honors-lgbt-inclusive-new-years-specials
... amplifies the voice of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community by empowering real people to share ...
December 28, 2014 | Megan Townsend, Director of Entertainment Research & Analysis
GLAAD at work in 2014
https://www.glaad.org/blog/glaad-work-2014
... gender options , making the platform more inclusive of transgender and gender-nonconfomring users.   March  -  ... headlines after calling for more inclusion of transgender models in the fashion industry at the 25th Annual ... fair, accurate, and inclusive media representations of transgender people in both news and entertainment.   June ...
December 26, 2014 | Seth Adam, GLAAD's Vice President of Communications
Ten Big Accomplishments in Spanish-Language and Latino Media in 2014
https://www.glaad.org/blog/ten-big-accomplishments-spanish-language-and-latino-media-2014
... message directed to their lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender fans distancing themselves from the homophobic ... Real and Inclusive In 2014, we were very happy to see a transgender contestant on Telemundo's Yo Soy El Artista . Transgender singer and actress Abigail Pereira shared her ...
December 23, 2014 | Monica Trasandes, Director of Programs, Spanish-Language and Latinx Media
GLAAD @ Work: Medicaid coverage, racial justice and LGBT movements in solidarity, and more
https://www.glaad.org/blog/glaad-work-medicaid-coverage-racial-justice-and-lgbt-movements-solidarity-and-more
... . NY proposes to end exclusion on Medicaid coverage for transgender-related healthcare New York State has proposed a ... regulation that would remove an exclusion on coverage for transgender-related healthcare under Medicaid. GLAAD has been ... past year brining greater attention to New York Medicaid's transgender-specific exclusion , and calling for change. Last ...
December 23, 2014 | Claire Pires, Video and News Strategist
11 celebrities who came out in 2014
https://www.glaad.org/blog/11-celebrities-who-came-out-2014
... July, fashion model Andreja Pejic came out publicly as a transgender woman and announced that she would only be ...
December 22, 2014 | Megan Townsend, Director of Entertainment Research & Analysis
2014's Most Intriguing LGBT Characters
https://www.glaad.org/blog/2014s-most-intriguing-lgbt-characters
... many people familiar with her story since she came out as transgender in the pages of Rolling Stone , or the legions of ... with a very compelling character at its core.  Maura is a transgender woman trying to navigate a new lease on life as ... is also the only scripted program to have multiple transgender characters. We were thrilled with the glimpses we ...
December 22, 2014 | Matt Kane
Must-See LGBT TV 12/21-27: Michael Sam documentary, 'Vicious' holiday special and more!
https://www.glaad.org/blog/must-see-lgbt-tv-1221-27-michael-sam-documentary-vicious-holiday-special-and-more
... amplifies the voice of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community by empowering real people to share ...
December 21, 2014 | Megan Townsend, Director of Entertainment Research & Analysis
Take a look at some GLAAD Southern Stories from 2014
https://www.glaad.org/blog/take-look-some-glaad-southern-stories-2014
... Lovell Sage Lovell, from Marietta, Georgia was the first transgender girl ever to be voted to the prom court in Georgia. Her advocacy for the transgender community inspires everyone around her, including ...
December 19, 2014 | Ross Murray, Senior Director, GLAAD Media Institute
Out artists who made their mark in 2014
https://www.glaad.org/blog/out-artists-who-made-their-mark-2014
... Against Me! who released their first album in four years, Transgender Dysphoria Blues , in January to critical acclaim ...
December 19, 2014 | Megan Townsend, Director of Entertainment Research & Analysis
The GLAAD Wrap: Shift by MSNBC, 'Cucumber' and 'Banana' coming to Logo, Sistah Sinema and more!
https://www.glaad.org/blog/glaad-wrap-shift-msnbc-cucumber-and-banana-coming-logo-sistah-sinema-and-more
... help you kick off the weekend. 1) Janet Mock, author and transgender advocate, will be hosting a new show called So ... Darji is raising funds to make a documentary about the transgender community in India called Transindia . The ... Criminal Tribes Act of 1871 and the reality of life for transgender people in and around India. Visit Transindia 's ...
December 19, 2014 | Cleo Anderson, Entertainment Media Intern
Get sporty! 2014 was a big year for LGBT inclusion in sports.
https://www.glaad.org/blog/get-sporty-2014-was-big-year-lgbt-inclusion-sports
... Act (AB1266) to ensure that California schools allow transgender students to participate in all school activities ...
December 19, 2014 | Ross Murray, Senior Director, GLAAD Media Institute
Justice Department moves to protect transgender employees
https://www.glaad.org/blog/justice-department-moves-protect-transgender-employees
... today that the Justice Department will now consider transgender workers as protected by the Civil Rights Act of ... today that the Justice Department will now consider transgender workers as protected by the Civil Rights Act of ... suffer discrimination based on gender identity, including transgender status,” said Holder. “This will help to ...
December 18, 2014 | Alexandra Bolles, Associate Director, Campaigns & External Engagement

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