Tag Archives: GLAAD

Beck: I Stand With GLAAD On Russia

Glenn Beck appeared on CNN several days ago to declare that he stands with GLAAD against Russia’s “hetero-fascism.” Beck said he would gladly stand with GLAAD in the fight against Russia’s “hetero-fascist” laws criminalizing public homosexuality. Beck told Cupp that he finds it ridiculous that Americans were debating Santa Claus’ race and a comment made by a Duck Dynasty star …

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HomoQuotable – Robert Oscar Lopez

“Since GLAAD placed me on their blacklist, no secular media outlet has invited me on its show in the United States. In-depth interviews with me have been broadcast in Chile, Russia, France, Ireland, and a number of other nations. In the United States, Christian broadcasters like the American Family Association and Frank Sontag’s ‘Faith and Reason’ show in Los Angeles …

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Fox News: The Reinstatement Of Phil Robertson Is Victory For Religous Liberty

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GLAAD Reacts To A&E’s Decision

Via press release: “Phil Robertson should look African American and gay people in the eyes and hear about the hurtful impact of praising Jim Crow laws and comparing gay people to terrorists. If dialogue with Phil is not part of next steps then A+E has chosen profits over African American and gay people – especially its employees and viewers.”

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Brian Brown Has The GLAAD Sadz

“As you have undoubtedly heard, the special-interest homosexual group GLAAD launched their campaign to bully A&E networks into suspending Ducky Dynasty star Phil Robertson from his own show simply for honestly answering questions put to him in an interview with GQ magazine about the tenets of his faith. It clearly demonstrates how intensely aggressive and intolerant the radicals pushing the …

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Brian Brown: JMG Is Blasphemous And Totally Keeps Quoting Me Verbatim

“For GLAAD, of all groups, to demand for A&E to punish him [Phil Robertson] for these words manifests an irony that would almost be funny if it wasn’t so offensive. The same organization, GLAAD, has awarded and celebrated the gay blogger, Joe Jervis (of the famous gay blog, Joe.My.G*d). Apart from the blasphemous and offensive title of his blog, Jervis …

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Think Tank Report: Major LGBT Rights Groups Had $186M In 2012 Revenues

The Movement Advancement Project has issued its annual report on the finances of 32 major LGBT rights groups in the United States. Included in their 2012 recap is data from the Human Rights Campaign, the ACLU LGBT Project, Lambda Legal, GLAAD, Freedom To Marry, and several state organizations such as Equality California. Hit the link for the full 24-page report.

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GLAAD Launches #OnlyWish Holiday Campaign To States Without Marriage

Via press release: ‘Tis the season to share the joys of what it means to be a family. In 34 states, some couples can’t marry because of who they love. Tell the governors of those states that all families should be protected. Share the holiday photos of your family — whether you’re LGBT or an ally — with the governors …

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Alec Baldwin Blames Firing On GLAAD And Andrew Sulllivan (Plus Himself)

“Martin Bashir’s on the air, and he made his comment on the air! I dispute half the comment I made If I called him ‘cocksucking maggot’ or a ‘cocksucking motherfucker’… ‘faggot’ is not the word that came out of my mouth. That I know. But you’ve got the fundamentalist wing of gay advocacy— Rich Ferraro and Andrew Sullivan—they’re out there, …

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GLAAD Announces New President

Several months after the departure of Herndon Graddick, GLAAD has a new president. Via press release: GLAAD’s National Board of Directors is proud to announce that Sarah Kate Ellis has been elected as GLAAD’s new CEO and president. As a respected media executive and outspoken advocate for LGBT equality, Sarah Kate is uniquely qualified to lead GLAAD, the nation’s leading …

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NEW YORK CITY: Paparazzo Offers To Box Baldwin, Donate Proceeds To GLAAD

A New York City photographer who claims to have been shoved by Alec Baldwin is offering to meet the hot-headed actor in a boxing ring with the proceeds from the bout to go to GLAAD. Yesterday he wrote a column for the New York Post. An excerpt: This reporter got up close and apparently way too personal for the Bloviator …

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GLAAD On Trans Health Care

Among those appearing in the clip is Stephen Ira Beatty, the son of Warren Beatty and Annette Bening.

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Another Anti-Gay Slur From Alex Baldwin, Wingnuts Pounce On Social Media

GLAAD’s Ross Murray reacts: “I don’t know what he’s thinking when he says what he says. I know he’s someone who has worked with us in the past. That’s why it gets hard when he comes back and does the same thing over and over again. We will have to take some time and think about how to respond.” TMZ …

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TODAY: GLAAD’s Spirit Day

The third Thursday of October is GLAAD’s anti-bullying Spirit Day, when they encourage the wearing of purple in solidarity with LGBT youth. I’m putting this post up now as a reminder before you head to work in the morning. I only own one purple shirt so I’ll be wearing the same one as last year. Feel free to post purple …

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Call Her Betty Purple

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October 17th: GLAAD’s Spirit Day

Details.

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Civil Rights Coalition To Congress: Don’t “Legitimize Extremism” By Attending FRC’s Values Voter Hate Summit

The above groups have signed on to a Southern Poverty Law Center letter which asks members of Congress not to attend the Family Research Council’s Values Voter Summit. Via press release: “Public officials need to know the real ‘values’ they’re endorsing when they attend the Values Voter Summit,” said Heidi Beirich, director of the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Intelligence Project. …

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At Last Night’s GLAAD Event

Google has either done away with embeddable Picasa slideshows or hidden the function well enough that I can no longer find it, so click over here for tons of photos of the bold face (mostly) gay-gay-gay names that crowded the red carpet at last night’s GLAAD event in Manhattan. Within you’ll find Orange Is The New Black cast member Laverne …

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West Point Cadets Attend GLAAD Event

Last night GLAAD held a fundraiser in Manhattan, where the usual coterie of stars from television, movies, fashion, and nightlife worked the red carpet. But the real buzz in the press pit was over the attendance of a group of West Point cadets and their officer handlers. I pulled aside GLAAD’s Seth Adam to congratulate him on the nice surprise. …

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LGBT Groups Demand NYC Council Overide Mayor Bloomberg’s “Stop & Frisk” Veto

Saying that the NYPD’s infamous stop-and-frisk policy unfairly targets LGBT people of color, a coalition of 34 national and local LGBT groups are demanding that the New York City Council override Mayor Bloomberg’s veto of their bill to restrict the practice. Via press release: Today, national and international LGBT organizations – including the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, Lambda …

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