August 15, 2012
by Marcus Brock
New York City Black Pride Celebrates 15 Years
Lee Souljah and New York City Black Pride Committee gets the community excited again about Black Pride.
people of color
June 20, 2012
by Marcus Brock
Communities Rally for 8th Annual Trans Day of Action March
Join Audre Lorde Project, GLAAD and other LGBT organzations to show support for the 8th Annual Trans Day of Action to raise awareness around the discrimination and justice that the trans community faces overall.
June 18, 2012
by Marcus Brock
GLAAD Joins Silent March Against 'Stop and Frisk'
GLAAD joins nearly 300 organizations in solidarity to march in protest to the marginalizing practices by the NYPD in the End Stop and Frisk: Silent March Against Racial Profiling.
June 13, 2012
by Marcus Brock
Coalitions and Community Members Support CeCe McDonald
GLAAD, CeCe Support Committee, Trans Youth Support Network and Trans People of Color Coalition, and others are continuing to support CeCe McDonald and bring greater awareness about the issues facing the transgender community.
June 13, 2012
New GLAAD Videos Show LGBT Movement, Civil Rights Movement, and Labor Movement United in Growing National Campaign Against Stop and Frisk
Today, GLAAD released videos of LGBT leaders, civil rights leaders, and labor leaders discussing the negative impact of the stop and frisk policy in order to mobilize these movements for a Father’s Day march that will advance a shared agenda of equality and justice.
June 11, 2012
by Marcus Brock
MSNBC's Melissa Harris-Perry Covers Stop and Frisk & CeCe McDonald
Melissa Harris-Perry brings on various panelists to discuss growing number of problems that are affecting LGBT communities of color. Guests include Rev. Al Sharpton and Alan Jenkins of Opportunity Agenda.
June 6, 2012
by Marcus Brock
Leaders Join Together in Historic March to End Stop and Frisk
Yesterday, GLAAD and several other LGBT, civil rights, faith and labor organizations held a press conference at the historic Stonewall Inn to rally together against New York’s “Stop and Frisk” policy and to announce joint support for the June 17th silent march against police harassment.
June 5, 2012
by Marcus Brock
Janet Mock remembers Lorena Escalera at #glaadawards
On Saturday night at the 23rd GLAAD Media Awards in San Francisco, Janet Mock, noted author, trans advocate and editor of People.com, joined GLAAD in calling for a meeting with staff members of The New York Times to discuss transgender issues.
June 4, 2012
by Marcus Brock
CeCe McDonald Sentenced Today; Supporters Still Fight
Today our thoughts are with CeCe McDonald, who faced sentencing in Minneapolis at the Hennepin County Government Center this afternoon.
Violence Against Transgender People and People of Color is Disproportionately High, LGBTQH Murder Rate Peaks
The murder rate of people who are LGBTQH is at its highest, according to a recently released 2011 report from the National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs. The report also shows that transgender women, people of color, and youth and young adults are at a disproportionately high risk of being victims of what the NCAVP terms hate violence.
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