Tag Archives: GLAAD

“This incident exposes the seamy relationship between homosexual activists, government, and big business. For example, activist groups have persuaded some liberal jurisdictions to adopt ‘equal benefits ordinances,’ forcing corporations to offer ‘domestic partner benefits’ to homosexuals or forfeit government contracts. They then tout those benefits policies to bring pressure on other companies–never mentioning the policies were only adopted because of …

The controversy that prompted the resignation of GLAAD president Jarrett Barrios has widened to include the departures of six members of the group’s board of directors. Politico reports: Six board members of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation have resigned amid the fallout over the organization’s letter in support of AT&T’s proposed bid for wireless rival T-Mobile, a person …

After enduring weeks of criticism over a letter sent to the FCC supporting the merger of AT&T and TMobile, GLAAD head Jarrett Barrios has resigned. Those critical of the letter pointed out that AT&T is one of GLAAD’s biggest annual donors. Other recipients of AT&T donations such as the NAACP and the NEA have issued similar letters.

“If Tracy Morgan is truly sorry for what he has done, then he should make the effort to learn the damage that is caused by homophobic parents and help to educate others about the terrible harm caused by parental rejection. He heard the crowd cheering him on. What if one of them has an LGBT child? I would advocate that …

GLAAD tweeted back: “Language about stabbing kids for being gay isn’t ‘foul.’ It’s dangerous.”

UPDATE: Morgan has apologized via this brief statement: “I want to apologize to my fans and the gay & lesbian community for my choice of words at my recent stand-up act in Nashville. I’m not a hateful person and don’t condone any kind of violence against others. While I am an equal opportunity jokester, and my friends know what is …

GOProud has planted an anti-JMG story on the wingnut site Daily Caller, whose dumb bunny writer manages to spell my name two different ways in consecutive sentences. I’ll totally cop to calling GOProud “kapos and Quislings,” cuz ya know, they totally are. But Daily Caller also quotes Chris Barron as saying that I regularly post misogynistic comments. (No citation of …

“As many of you know, I played a gay man on a popular television show…”

GLAAD president Jarrett Barrios: “Following outrage from community members and allies, Blake Shelton took the right step in speaking out against anti-gay violence and sending an important message to his fans and viewers of The Voice.” RELATED: Shelton’s original tweet and GLAAD’s demand for an apology are here.

Last week American Family Association radio host Bryan Fischer appeared on a Houston Fox affiliate to declare that viewing Glee will turn kids gay and eventually give them AIDS. That prompted GLAAD to launch a campaign calling on the Fox station to apologize for hosting the hate group spokesman. But no dice. Bryan Fischer is an extremist with no qualifications …

“Given her long and well-documented history of extreme bias towards minorities, this apology means nothing. Republicans and Democrats alike agree that the kind of blatant bigotry from an elected official like Sally Kern has no place in our public sphere. Sally Kern should resign immediately.” – Jarrett Barrios, president of GLAAD, joining the NAACP in demanding that Kern resign.

Citing his opposition to LGBT rights, GLAAD has issued a call to boycott all of Donald Trump’s businesses. In addition to GLAAD’s boycott, AOL News reports that the International Gay & Lesbian Travel Association will decide next month whether to remove Trump’s holdings from their list of recommended properties. According to AOL’s story, gay travel agents are already steering their …

“So GLADD, a self-described anti-defamation group, gives an award to one of the most vicious, vile and vulgar anti-Christian bigots on the planet and expects to be taken seriously? Hey, while we’re at it why not give Muammar Gaddafi the ‘Humanitarian of the Year’ award. Or how about a Nobel Peace Prize for Barack Oba… Oh, wait” – Liberty Counsel …

As penance for last week’s “fucking faggot” incident, the below PSA featuring Kobe Bryant and members of the Los Angeles Lakers will be played at the stadium during home games.

In an article being distributed today by Christian Newswire, SPLC-certified hate activist Porno Pete LaBarbera attacks GLAAD for my recent award. According to LaBarbera, GLAAD is hypocritical for going after Kobe Bryant while not minding my criticisms of the Christianist anti-gay hate industry. “Apparently GLAAD’s leaders despise critics of homosexuality so much that they fail to see the irony of …

GLAAD and the NBA today announced a joint effort to quell homophobia in professional basketball. This new partnership arises out of an incident in which Los Angeles Laker star Kobe Bryant was captured by network television as he called a referee a “fucking faggot.” Bryant is appealing the $100K fine imposed by the NBA for his outburst. Via press release: …

You might be amused by the reaction of the press when Ricky Martin appeared on the red carpet at Saturday’s GLAAD Awards. Most of the LGBT press was set up further down the row, but I jumped out of line to grab some video when I heard the shouting. This morning on Boy Culture, Matt Rettenmund has posted his red …

Last night GLAAD honored Ricky Martin with their Vito Russo Award in recognition of how his coming out generated unprecedented positive coverage in Latin media. In his speech, Martin thanked “my boyfriend Carlos,” which some in the room thought was the first time Martin had publicly named the handsome man often seen with him. The video below is by Boy …

On the GLAAD Media Awards red carpet: Ricky Martin, Andy Cohen, the Fabulous Beekman Boys, Denis O’Hare, Wilson Cruz, Tracy Young, Jarrett Barrios, Russell Simmons (and lots of reality/cooking show folks I don’t really know) followed by lots of shots of the awards show, including winner Tina Fey. Full-screen versions here.