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GLAAD executive director Jarrett Barrios, seen above with his sons, announced today that he is divorcing his husband. Together for sixteen years, the pair married in Massachusetts almost six years ago. Barrios made the revelation in a lengthy Boston Globe editorial today. As our families continue the march towards equality, the gay and lesbian community often doesn’t talk about divorce, …

Seriously GLAAD, just give the fuck up on this pathetic closet case. Right now I’m more interested in MTV giving this shitbag the boot.

Real World cast member Ryan Leslie has bowed to pressure from GLAAD and issued the above apology. On Friday, Leslie said he would “smash your fucking gay face” in a squabble with another Twitter user. However, Leslie is continuing his war of words with the same guy.

MTV Real World: New Orleans cast member Ryan Leslie isn’t making any friends. GLAAD responds to the above tweet: Ryan and his followers need to know that anti-gay violence is a dangerous and pervasive problem plaguing our community today. This month The National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs (NCAVP) released its report on hate violence against the LGBT community in the …

GLAAD has released their fourth annual Network Responsibility Index, which reports on how television’s big guns handle LGBT programming. MTV earned its first-ever “excellent” rating, while CBS earned a “fail.” Embiggen the below image for a breakdown of this year’s rankings or hit the link for more.

Via GLAAD’s press release: “ABC now knows that it put out dangerous and false information about HIV/AIDS on its airwaves, yet the network still refuses to take responsibility,” said Rashad Robinson, GLAAD’s Senior Director of Programs. “ABC and The View’s refusal to correct these inaccurate remarks comes at the expense of African American gay and bisexual men, straight African American …

UPDATE: The poll is open again. Last week Good As You’s Jeremy Hooper alerted GLAAD that a wedding contest planned for the Today Show would not allow entries from same-sex couples as the winners could not be legally married in New York, where the show is produced. Yesterday the show bowed to pressure from GLAAD and announced that the contest …

GLAAD is demanding that View host Sherri Shepherd and guest moderator D.L. Hughley retract their comments that black men on the down-low are responsible for the majority of HIV infections in black women. While discussing the FDA’s ban that prevents gay and bisexual men from donating blood, Shepherd and Hughley communicated misinformation about the causes of increased HIV rates among …

Last week Father Tony and I attended a preview screening of CNN’s gay parenting documentary Gary & Tony Have A Baby, which follows New Yorkers Gary Spino and Tony Brown from finding an egg donor, to hiring a surrogate mother, to the eventual birth of their son. The couple’s journey is expensive and trying, but ultimately quite sweet, even if …

-Neil Patrick Harris will be among 30 celebrities to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Other honorees: Joe Mantegna, Gwyneth Paltrow, Donald Sutherland, Penelope Cruz, Bruce Dern, Laura Dern, Diane Ladd, The Muppets, Kenny Ortega, Ridley Scott, Sissy Spacek, Reese Witherspoon, Danny DeVito, Tina Fey, Simon Fuller, John Langley, Ed O’Neill, John Wells, Oprah Winfrey, Melissa Etheridge, …

GLAAD has issued a call to action, demanding that Fox’s Bill O’Reilly issue an apology for comparing gays to al Queda. On the June 2 edition of Fox News Channel’s “The O’Reilly Factor,” host Bill O’Reilly made highly offensive comments while discussing a gay themed McDonald’s advertisement currently airing in France. After playing the ad for his viewers O’Reilly asked …

GLAAD is asking the editors of Newsweek for an apology after running a column by openly gay writer Ramin Setoodeh in which he claimed that gay actors cannot convincingly play straight characters. The creator of the hit Fox show Glee has also called for a boycott of Newsweek. “An actor’s personal life should not be a factor in their believability …

GLAAD has issued a call to action over yesterday’s CNN segment asking “Does homosexuality need a cure” which featured the famously insane “ex-gay therapist” Richard Cohen. We have spoken extensively to key producers and publicity representatives at the network this afternoon and they indicate that they understand the seriousness of our complaints. They are scheduling a meeting with GLAAD and …

“GLAAD joined with Call To Action and the Interfaith Alliance today in urging media to ignore desperate attempts by anti-gay activist Bill Donohue to distract attention from the latest revelations in the deepening abuse crisis in the Catholic Church. Donohue, who has a long history of outrageous and defamatory attacks on gay people in his capacity as head of the …

The Tribeca Film Festival has issued a response to GLAAD’s call for the removal of Ticked Off Trannies With Knives from their schedule. “The filmmakers provided a copy of this film to GLAAD in February, and for weeks the organization had been supportive to the filmmakers. In fact, GLAAD representatives advised the film’s producer, director and cast on how to …

GLAAD has issued a call to action against the Tribeca Film Festival over the planned screening of an indie flick called Ticked-Off Trannies With Knives. By marketing Ticked-Off Trannies with Knives as a “transploitation” film, by using the word “trannies” (a pejorative term for transgender people) in the title of the film, by casting transgender women in some roles, and …

Last night I attended the 2010 NYC GLAAD Media Awards at the Marriott Marquis in Times Square, where industry hotshots mingled with wealthy supporters as media contributions to LGBT equality were recognized in numerous categories. Joy Behar and Cynthia Nixon were honored for their outspoken activism and other top awards went to ABC’s Brothers & Sisters for Best Television Drama, …

Olympian Johnny Weir has not been asked to join the Star On Ice tour because organizers don’t find him “family friendly.” GLAAD has learned from a source that wishes to remain anonymous that sponsors of the Stars on Ice Tour, which include Smuckers and IMG Entertainment, have refused to allow 3-time US National Champion and 2-time Olympian Johnny Weir to …

GLAAD has published out a full-page ad in the current issue of Variety to protest murder music reggae star Buju Banton’s nomination for Best Reggae Album. In an advert in Hollywood show business paper Daily Variety, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation and the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center urged Grammy organizers to use Sunday’s televised ceremony to …

GLAAD writes us this morning directing us to a response to Michelangelo Signorile’s Advocate column criticizing their fundraising methods and other tactics, which I excerpted here yesterday. GLAAD executive director Jarrett Barrios, from a lengthy reaction also posted on the Advocate’s site: It seems like Signorile, and many who criticize GLAAD’s work, do so because we don’t always see eye …