Minnesota

Leigh Finke, with white, blonde, shoulder length hair, speaks at a podium in a grey coat next to a banner that reads: "Protect Trans Youth". Three people hold the banner just behind Finke as she speaks.

Courtesy of Leigh Finke's campaign website

January 4, 2023

by Lana Leonard

#GLAADinstitute alum, Leigh Finke, is sworn into office as Minnesota's first trans lawmaker

Leigh Finke was sworn in to Minnesota's House of Representatives on Tuesday where she'll represent District

April 22, 2015

by Claire Pires, Video and News Strategist

GLAAD @ Work: Studio Responsibility Index, bisexual advocacy, Bryan Cranston, and more

GLAAD's Weekly Update on News, Entertainment and Online Media.

November 20, 2014

by Dena Lagomarsino, Youth Issues Intern

A look at one of many #TDOR events around the country

This evening, as part of the sixteenth annual Transgender Day of Remembrance, nationwide memorials will be held to honor those whose lives were lost to acts of anti-transgender violence.

October 20, 2014

by Ross Murray, Senior Director, GLAAD Media Institute

Two videos of Lutherans doing cool pro-LGBT things

While it's easy for media to focus on churches struggling with LGBT people, other churches are making a quiet and not-so-quiet difference.

October 1, 2014

by Tiq Milan

Minnesota Star Tribune runs full page anti-transgender ad

An anti-LGBT cohort billing itself as a youth advocates bought a full page ad in the Minnesota Star Tribune in response to a proposal that will establish guidelines for transgender athletes.