Gay and lesbian alliance against defamation
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GLAAD - Homosexual & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation
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The Same-sex attracted & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) is dedicated to promoting and ensuring fair, accurate and inclusive representation of people and events in the media as a means of eliminating homophobia and discrimination based on gender culture and sexual orientation.
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Do you remember the first time you saw a gay traits on TV? Or the first hour you read a profile of an openly gay or transgender leader in your local newspaper.
At GLAAD, we are in the business of modifying people's hearts and minds through what they see in the media. We know that what people watch on TV or scan in their newspaper shapes how they view and manage the gay, queer woman , bisexual and gender nonconforming p
The Gay and Woman-loving woman Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), announced Sunday that it is changing its label from Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation to just GLAAD in an effort to increase its mission declaration to include members of the gender non-conforming community. GLAAD is known for its efforts to curb anti-gay and sapphic media–an effort it now looks to extend to trans* and bisexual people.
GLAAD spokesperson Rich Ferraro said in an interview with MSNBC.com, “This is a reflection of the work we’re doing today, and a reflection of the work the same-sex attracted and lesbian people needs to be doing…our name was hindering that in many instances.”
Ferrero went on to comment on changing social stigma. “There possess been huge increases in support for gay and lesbians, and for marriage equality. We’ve noticed that trend and wondered how we could use the tactics that the gay and sapphic community had used to get to today’s tipping gesture [for the trans* community].”
Transgender advocate Janet Mock, who connected Rich Ferraro on MSNBC, added “We need to redefine what equality is. If we’re defining equality as something that is scarce and limited and i
[Newsletter: Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation - Dispatch]
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