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Exciting LGBT-inclusive entertainment to look forward to in 2016!
https://www.glaad.org/blog/exciting-lgbt-inclusive-entertainment-look-forward-2016
... film About Ray follows Ray (Elle Fanning), a teenage transgender boy, and his dramatic family including his single ... real with each other. Several docu-series spotlighting transgender people will return for new seasons in 2016. In ...
December 28, 2015 | GLAAD's Entertainment Media Team
The Most Intriguing LGBT Characters of 2015
https://www.glaad.org/blog/most-intriguing-lgbt-characters-2015
... Maya Avant (Karla Mosley) disclosing that she is a transgender woman. In a special episode that guest starred ... now. The documentary Kumu Hina follows Hina Wong-Kalu, a transgender native Hawaiian teacher and cultural icon for ... that Jo, another member of the small band of campers, is transgender. Jo, who is notably a trans girl of color with ...
December 28, 2015 | GLAAD's Entertainment Media Team
National Catholic Reporter names Boy Scout dads and marriage equality plaintiffs 'Persons of the Year'
https://www.glaad.org/blog/national-catholic-reporter-names-boy-scout-dads-and-marriage-equality-plaintiffs-persons-year
... cruel. Greg and Michael -- and countless gay, lesbian and transgender Catholics -- deserve better. For their historic ...
December 28, 2015 | Ross Murray, Senior Director, GLAAD Media Institute
Remembering lives lost in 2015
https://www.glaad.org/blog/remembering-lives-lost-2015
... 20th, the City of West Hollywood gathered to commemorate Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR). TDOR is set aside ... to memorialize those who have been killed due to anti-transgender hatred or prejudice. TDOR serves to publicly ... bring public awareness to ongoing hate crimes against the transgender community. The program included several speeches ...
December 18, 2015 | Orlando Bedolla, Spanish Language Media
Recuerditos: memorable media in 2015
https://www.glaad.org/blog/recuerditos-memorable-media-2015
... newspapers, educated their readers about the plight of transgender women in immigration detention. For example in this article, they wrote about Nicoll Hernandez , a transgender woman who was finally released from a detention ... of the discrimination and harassment she suffered as a transgender woman, only to face the same treatment by ICE ...
December 16, 2015 | Orlando Bedolla, Spanish Language Media
Facebook announces improvements to 'names policy'
https://www.glaad.org/blog/facebook-announces-improvements-names-policy
... in the LGBT community -- and specifically, many in the transgender and drag performer communities -- whose profiles ... options , making the platform safer and more inclusive of transgender and gender non-conforming users.  Since 2010, ...
December 15, 2015 | Seth Adam, GLAAD's Vice President of Communications
The 2016 Election: Know the facts about voter ID laws and transgender people
https://www.glaad.org/vote/topics/voteridlaws
Background In 2012, as many as 25,000 transgender Americans faced having their right to vote ... ID laws. According to UCLA's Williams Institute , 41% of transgender Americans reported not having updated their ... them. Use first-person accounts of members of the transgender community being denied the ability to vote. This ...
December 10, 2015 | Alexandra Bolles, Associate Director, Campaigns & External Engagement
VIDEO: For International Human Rights Day, what's the role of the media in LGBT acceptance?
https://www.glaad.org/blog/video-international-human-rights-day-whats-role-media-lgbt-acceptance
... and public speaking to raise visibility and awareness of transgender people globally, noted that social visibility and ...
December 8, 2015 | Ross Murray, Senior Director, GLAAD Media Institute
The 2016 Election: Know the facts about nondiscrimination protections
https://www.glaad.org/vote/topics/nondiscrimination-protections
... community. It will be particularly helpful to hear from transgender people, people of color, veterans, people with ... Acceptance GLAAD CAP GLAAD Southern Stories resources Transgender Law Center National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE)'s Know Your Rights: Public ...
December 8, 2015 | Alexandra Bolles, Associate Director, Campaigns & External Engagement
Arcus and Novo Foundations pledge $20 million for trans organizations
https://www.glaad.org/blog/arcus-and-novo-foundations-pledge-20-million-trans-organizations
... that will donate at least $20 million over five years to transgender organizations and activists. Today, the Arcus ... will donate at least  $20 million over five years to transgender-focused organizations and activists . Beginning ... in 2016, the money will be awarded to organizations led by transgender individuals, rather than to groups that include ...
December 8, 2015 | Dani Heffernan, Senior Media Strategist at GLAAD
Every happy family is different: recognition for diverse families in Latin America
https://www.glaad.org/blog/every-happy-family-different-recognition-diverse-families-latin-america
... single moms, single dads, two moms, two dads, transgender parents, etc., but not all of these families are ... single moms, single dads, two moms, two dads, transgender parents, etc., but not all of these families are ...
December 4, 2015 | Janet Arelis Quezada, Senior Strategist, Spanish-Language & Latinx Media
The GLAAD Wrap: Troye Sivan releases album; 'The Fosters', 'Queen of Bounce' renewed; and more!
https://www.glaad.org/blog/glaad-wrap-troye-sivan-releases-album-fosters-queen-bounce-renewed-and-more
... series following the triumphs and struggles of a group of transgender San Francisco cabaret performers, will be ... . 8)  The feature film Happy Birthday, Marsha! , about transgender artist and advocate Marsha P. Johnson just before ...
December 3, 2015 | Ferdinand Botha, Entertainment Media Intern
The 2016 Election: Know the facts about transgender people
https://www.glaad.org/vote/topics/transgender-people
... UCLA's Williams Institute estimates there are 1.4 million transgender people in the United States. But according to a ... 16% of Americans say they personally know someone who is transgender. A recent Pew poll shows that 87% of Americans ... people they know. But when a stereotypical or defamatory transgender image appears in the media, the viewer may assume ...
December 3, 2015 | Ross Murray, Senior Director, GLAAD Media Institute
The 2016 Election: Know the facts about LGBT people and faith
https://www.glaad.org/2016-election-know-facts-about-lgbt-people-and-faith
... of marriage equality, employment non-discrimination, transgender inclusion, and other LGBT issues. Other ...
December 1, 2015 | Ross Murray, Senior Director, GLAAD Media Institute
Mississippi group awards trans physician for outstanding job performance
https://www.glaad.org/blog/mississippi-group-awards-trans-physician-outstanding-job-performance
... states in the U.S. where you can be fired simply for being transgender, bisexual, or gay. GLAAD congratulates Dr. Bell ...
December 1, 2015 | Alexandra Bolles, Associate Director, Campaigns & External Engagement

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