United Nations

United Nations Free & Equal

October 19, 2017

by Ross Murray, Senior Director, GLAAD Media Institute

#SpiritDay is the anti-bullying sensation sweeping nations around the world

Spirit Day began in 2010 by Brittany McMillan, a single teenager in Canada. Since then, purple has been spreading around the globe with organizations and individuals posting support of LGBTQ youth and against bullying.

United Nations Free & Equal

October 20, 2016

by Ross Murray, Senior Director, GLAAD Media Institute

#SpiritDay purple is spreading around the globe

Spirit Day has become a global phenomenon, with millions of people and organizations going purple worldwide.

IDAHOT

May 17, 2016

by Annette Covrigaru, Programs Intern

PHOTOS: LGBT advocates around the world speak up for IDAHOT

In honor of International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia, LGBT organizations and communities around the world are commemorating the day in a variety of ways.

December 10, 2015

by Ross Murray, Senior Director, GLAAD Media Institute

VIDEO: For International Human Rights Day, what's the role of the media in LGBT acceptance?

GLAAD commemorates International Human Rights Day with a video featuring international LGBT leaders speaking about how the media can accelerate or hinder acceptance for LGBT people from around the world.

September 18, 2015

by Ross Murray, Senior Director, GLAAD Media Institute

GLAAD brings together global LGBT advocates to discuss media and advocacy

Today, GLAAD hosted international media figures and LGBT advocates in a panel event – Global Voices and Media Messages of LGBT People.

September 14, 2015

by Victoria Lee, Programs Intern

Join GLAAD for a UN Sidebar panel: Global Voices and LGBT media messages

While global leaders gather for the United Nations General Assembly, GLAAD is hosting Global Voices and Media Messages of LGBT People—a sidebar panel discussion event—to discuss how global media facilitates pro- and anti-LGBT messages.

June 2, 2015

by Claire Pires, Video and News Strategist

GLAAD @ Work: Ireland, GLAAD's Southern Stories Bus Tour, Boy Scouts, and more

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

May 14, 2015

by Ross Murray, Senior Director, GLAAD Media Institute

For IDAHOT, UN asks people to look beyond the labels

The International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia is coming up fast on June 17, and a new video by the Free and Equal Campaign by the United Nations has encouraged us to look at lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex people in the face and learn about what they are doing with their lives.