Tag Archives: GLAAD

Esurance: $100K For LGBT Charities

Yesterday Esurance announced a $100,000 giveaway to “three worthy charities” which will get a percentage of the donation based on the votes made on the company’s Facebook page.  Right on cue, Bryan Fischer tweeted out a call for a boycott. Expect Esurance’s stock value to triple shortly, a la Home Depot.

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LGBT Groups React To Boy Scouts Change

Scouts For Equality “The Boy Scouts of America can do better,” said Zach Wahls, an Eagle Scout and Executive Director of Scouts for Equality. “We welcome the news that the ban on gay Scouts is history, but our work isn’t over until we honor the Scout Law by making this American institution open and affirming to all.” Human Rights Campaign …

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Former Boy Scout Leader Speaks Out

Via GLAAD: Tomorrow, 1400 members of the Boy Scouts’ National Council will converge in Dallas to vote on a resolution critical to the Boy Scouts’ longstanding ban on gay members. James Dale —an openly gay former Eagle Scout whose membership was revoked by the BSA— has a special request: Show your support for equality in the Boy Scouts: Change your …

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HomoQuotable – Bret Easton Ellis

“Was I the only gay man of a certain demo who experienced a flicker of annoyance in the way the media treated Jason Collins as some kind of baby panda who needed to be honored and praised and consoled and—yes—infantilized by his coming out on the cover of Sports Illustrated? Within the tyrannical homophobia of the sports world, that any …

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National LGBT Groups Threaten To Derail Immigration Bill Over Gay Exclusion

From a press release jointly issued by the National Center for Lesbian Rights, GLAAD, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, United We Dream and Queer Undocumented Immigrant Project: Our primary goal is to pass a commonsense, compassionate immigration reform bill that puts our nation’s undocumented men, women and children on a pathway to citizenship. That pathway would provide at least …

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Bill Clinton Accepts GLAAD Award

The Associated Press reports on last night’s GLAAD Media Awards in Los Angeles: The event, hosted by actress-producer-director Drew Barrymore, boasted such Hollywood heavyweights as presenters Jennifer Morrison, Charlize Theron, Betty White and Leonardo DiCaprio. Other winners included “Perks of Being a Wallflower,” which was named outstanding film: wide release, and former President Bill Clinton was given the first advocate …

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Celebrities Come Out….For Equality

In a really cute series produced by GLAAD, Jackie Chan, Jason Alexander, and Kristen Johnson literally come out of a closet in support for LGBT equality. More clips from more celebs are here.

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GLAAD To Honor SF Giants

Next month the world champion San Francisco Giants will become the first professional sports team to be honored by GLAAD. In 1994, the San Francisco Giants became the first-ever professional sports team to host an HIV/AIDS benefit game, “Until There’s A Cure Day.” Since then, the Giants and the Giants Community Fund have repeated the effort, generating more than $1.3 …

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LAUNCHED: “The Trans 100”

Last month GLAAD president Herndon Graddick declared his organization’s focus on transgender equality. Today GLAAD points us to the launch of the “Trans 100,” a listing of transgender activists working to advance the cause across the nation. GLAAD is proud to sponsor the inaugural Trans 100,and honored that GLAAD board member Jenny Boylan was included. “The Trans 100 will bring …

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GLAAD To Honor Bill Clinton

GLAAD announced today that they will honor Bill Clinton later this month at their Media Awards in Los Angeles.  Via press release: Bill Clinton will receive GLAAD’s first Advocate for Change Award during the event. In 2011, Clinton advocated for marriage equality in New York, stating that “for more than a century, our Statue of Liberty has welcomed all kinds …

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GLAAD Drops “Gay & Lesbian” From Name

To underscore their commitment to transgender issues, GLAAD has officially ended the usage of their full name, the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation.  Going forward the group will simply been known as GLAAD. “It is a natural progression that reflects the work GLAAD’s staff is already leading,” said [spokesman Wilson] Cruz. “We respect and honor the full name that …

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GLAAD Bans NY Post From Event

The 2013 GLAAD Media Awards take place in Manhattan on Saturday, where Madonna will present Anderson Cooper with the Vito Russo Award.  Not in attendance will be the New York Post, whose press pass request has been denied due to the paper’s history of nasty references to transgender people. GLAAD writes: GLAAD was founded in 1985 to challenge The New …

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HomoQuotable – Herndon Graddick

“For decades the Catholic hierarchy has been in need of desperate reform. In his life, Jesus condemned gays zero times. In Pope Benedict’s short time in the papacy, he made a priority of condemning gay people routinely. This, in spite of the fact that the Catholic hierarchy had been in collusion to cover up the widespread abuse of children within …

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GLAAD To Honor Anderson Cooper

Anderson Cooper will receive the Vito Russo Award during the 2013 GLAAD Media Awards in New York City next month. Past recipients of the Vito Russo Award include Sir Elton John, Ricky Martin, and Rosie O’Donnell. “By sharing his own experiences as a gay man, Anderson has reminded millions of Americans that LGBT people are part of their everyday lives …

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Tweet Of The Day – Herndon Graddick

Graddick is the the head of GLAAD.

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Andrew Sullivan Up For GLAAD Award

GLAAD today announced the nominations for its 2013 Media Awards, which covers television, movies, print, and digital journalism.  Among the nominees, perhaps surprisingly, is Andrew Sullivan for his Newsweek cover article on President Obama, The First Gay President. GLAAD ticks off some other notables via press release: Among the nominees: The Perks of Being a Wallflower, starring Ezra Miller, Logan …

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Jake Shears Vs Azealia Banks

    Yesterday former Scissor Sisters frontman Jake Shears took on his one-time collaborator Azealia Banks over her “faggot” attack on Perez Hilton.  GLAAD also responded yesterday on their blog: Our society knows that “fa**ot” is a derogatory word for gay men, and in this case it was used to attack someone in a very public altercation with hundreds of …

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UPS Dumps The Boy Scouts

GLAAD alerts us UPS has dumped the Boy Scouts, who will no longer be getting grants from the shipping giant due to their anti-gay policies.  UPS has posted this statement on their website: The UPS Foundation seeks to support organizations that are in alignment with our focus areas, guidelines, and non-discrimination policy. UPS and The UPS Foundation do not discriminate …

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Friday In New York City: Blowoff To Raise Money For Ali Forney Center

The favorite traveling party of dancing bears nationwide, Blowoff lumbers its sweaty, furry, beer-soaked self back to New York City this Friday at the Highline Ballroom. And this time, DJs Bob Mould and Rich Morel have a special message: For the last seven years, the Ali Forney Center has helped LGBT youth who have been displaced for many reasons. Unfortunately, …

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Linda Harvey On GLAAD’s Spirit Day

“Let’s take the example of a twelve year-old boy who was once molested, the reality is there are way too many such boys out there and most of the time he will not report this but will instead internalize the hurt and confusion. On top of this, gay agenda activists want to add harmful ideas in this boy’s life at …

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