NBC

July 3, 2014

by Matt Kane

UPDATE: 'America's Got Talent' airs song mocking trans women

Last night, NBC's reality competition show America's Got Talent ended its final audition episode with a musical performance from an 84-year-old man singing an original song about not wanting to date a woman because she had "male genitalia," and which included lyrics like "there's always some failure, always some flaw." As the song's "joke" dawned on the audience and judges, they erupted in laughter and the contestant was unanimously voted onto the next round.

June 16, 2014

by Nick Adams, Director of Transgender Representation

GLAAD meets with NBCUniversal to discuss transgender media images

Over the past month, GLAAD staff met with over 30 senior executives at MSNBC, NBC News, Bravo, and Oxygen for a discussion about fair, accurate, and inclusive media representations of transgender people in both news and entertainment.

February 7, 2014

by Ross Murray, Senior Director, GLAAD Media Institute

First GLAAD Gold Medal Winners: Bob Costas and Vladimir Pozner explain anti-LGBT backdrop of Olympics

Last night, NBC began its Olympic coverage with anchor Bob Costas, who didn't waste any time in jumping from the sports and pageantry to Russia's anti-LGBT and human rights violations.

December 18, 2013

by Ross Murray, Senior Director, GLAAD Media Institute

When a sports reporter uses the T-word on Twitter

NBC Sports' Michelle Beadle used the T-word in a tweet to describe an encounter she had with someone at a store.

October 28, 2013

by Megan Townsend, Director of Entertainment Research & Analysis

Ellen DeGeneres, Liz Feldman developing NBC comedy with lesbian lead

Ellen DeGeneres is executive producing a new multi-camera comedy in development at NBC which will center on a lesbian lead and her straight male best friend.

October 18, 2013

by Megan Townsend, Director of Entertainment Research & Analysis

Comcast, NBCUniversal celebrate #SpiritDay by going purple to support LGBT youth

Comcast and NBCUniversal went purple yesterday to spread the word about SpiritDay to show support for LGBT youth and stand against bullying. Stars from NBCUniversal networks and shows, as well as NBCUniversal employees, sported purple and shared Spirit Day on air and through social media.

October 16, 2013

by Max Gouttebroze

Comcast and NBCUniversal going purple for #SpiritDay on Oct. 17

Comcast and NBCUniversal are going purple this Thursday and getting the word out about Spirit Day to show support for LGBT youth and stand up against bullying.

September 9, 2013

by Ryan Houlihan

Snapshots: Russia, The CW's Capture, and your top LGBT film character

Wonder what we’re up to at GLAAD? Be sure to check out GLAAD's Blog each week for updates about our latest work to build support for LGBT equality through news, entertainment and online media.

GLAAD

September 4, 2013

by Ross Murray, Senior Director, GLAAD Media Institute

Private Chelsea Manning's story is a wakeup call for national news coverage of transgender people

Today GLAAD and over 40 organizations call on journalists to improve their coverage of transgender people following Private Chelsea Manning's statement that she is female and using the name Chelsea and female pronouns. The immediate news coverage, as well as the follow up analysis, brought into sharp focus the national news media's frequently inaccurate and uninformed coverage of transgender people.