USA Today

November 5, 2013

by Ross Murray, Senior Director, GLAAD Media Institute

Memo to media: ENDA includes gender identity

The Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) is advancing through the Senate and onto the House. And while this important legislation is gathering significant media attention, the inclusion of protections based on gender identity been missing in the news coverage.

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.

June 18, 2013

by Aaron McQuade

What happens when the news media focuses on reality?

A recent study found that the media's 'positive' stories about marriage equality outnumbered their 'negative' ones by more than a five-to-one margin. But why?

May 22, 2013

by Ross Murray, Senior Director, GLAAD Media Institute

President of Boy Scouts to USA Today: Let in gay youth

USA Today published an op-ed by Wayne Perry, the President of the Boy Scouts of America, in which he urges the 1,400 voting members gathering in Dallas to vote to allow gay youth to be a part of Scouting.

December 5, 2012

by Dani Heffernan, Senior Media Strategist at GLAAD

USA TODAY Profiles Trans Woman College Athlete

USA TODAY Sports profiled Mission College athlete Gabrielle Ludwig, who is transgender and plays on her school's women's basketball team in California.

September 2, 2011

by Elana Stone, GLAAD's Media Field Strategist