GLAAD

The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) this week notified the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) it was withdrawing its support for the pending AT&T merger with T-Mobile. [ Read more → ]

The Board of Directors of the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) on Thursday, officially — and finally — announced what LGBT media had been reporting since Saturday, that President Jarrett Barrios has resigned. [ Read more → ]

Just days after the resignation of GLAAD President Jarrett Barrios, 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, POLITICO has reported. [ Read more → ]

Jarrett Barrios, the president of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) has resigned under increasing scrutiny of GLAAD's recent endorsement of AT&T's merger with T-Mobile, and conflicting statements related to net neutrality rules. [ Read more → ]

Actor and comedian Tracy Morgan on Friday visited homeless LGBT teens in New York in an effort to apologize and make amends for a recent anti-gay tirade in which he suggested he would "pull out a knife and stab" his own son if told him he was gay. [ Read more → ]

You may have heard that actor Tracy Morgan (30 Rock) mentioned in his stand up act in Nashville, Tennessee, that if his son were gay, he would “pull out a knife and stab” him ... So what does Tracy Morgan have to do with the State of Montana? [ Read more → ]

NBC Chairman Bob Greenblatt and “30 Rock” creator Tina Fey on Friday released statements condemning comedian Tracy Morgan’s homophobic rant at a recent concert in Nashville. [ Read more → ]

The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has weighed in on the controversy surrounding Tracy Morgan’s anti-gay tirade, and said that until Morgan does something meaningful, his brand remains tarnished. [ Read more → ]

Facebook is becoming more LGBT-friendly. This week, the world's largest online social networking website added two new options to its list of relationship statuses: "in a civil union" and "in a domestic partnership." [ Read more → ]

The Gay Men’s Health Crisis, an HIV/AIDS prevention and advocacy group, and the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), say the latest ad by the NYC Heatlth Department creates a grim portrait of being an HIV patient, which could further stigmatize victims. [ Read more → ]

A radio station has apologized, and a television station has removed from its website a controversial segment in which TV and radio audiences in Tyler, TX were invited to call in and debate the question: “Will the acceptance of homosexuality be the fall of America?” [ Read more → ]

Facebook is teaming up with Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLADD), The Trevor Project and others to form a new “Network of Support” to help combat bullying of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender teens. [ Read more → ]

GLAAD rebuffed a statement this week by Vince Vaughn in which the actor defended controversial dialogue in the upcoming film, "The Dilemma," and criticized Universal Pictures for not making good on its promise to pull the film's trailer from theaters. [ Read more → ]

While gay rights advocates from across the country celebrate Wednesday's historic ruling in which U.S. Judge Vaughn Walker overturned Proposition 8, political groups, elected officials and activists on both sides issued reaction today, ranging for jubilation to furiously denouncing the court's ruling. [ Read more → ]

CBS has announced plans to add more gay characters to its fall line-up after receiving a "failing" grade in the annual media survey by GLAAD that monitors the portrayal of gay, lesbian and transgender people on television. [ Read more → ]

MTV has been awarded high marks from Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), earning an “Excellent” rating from the advocacy group for its portrayal of gay, lesbian and transgender people on television. [ Read more → ]

Just days after it was revealed that the Today Show‘s “Modern Day Wedding” contest excluded gay and lesbian couples, NBC — bowing to activist pressure — has opened the contest to same-sex couples, and is extending the entry deadline to allow gay couples time to participate. [ Read more → ]

The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) has launched a campaign to get New York's Tribeca Film Festival to remove the film 'Ticked-Off Trannies With Knives' from it's April lineup. The film is described as a “campy homage to the exploitation films” in which... [ Read more → ]

Actress Cynthia Nixon, comedian Joy Behar and the series Brothers & Sisters are among those who received media awards on Saturday from the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD). [caption id="attachment_6982" align="aligncenter" width="460" caption="Cynthia Nixon (left) and Joy Behar"][/caption] Nixon was honored for her... [ Read more → ]

The ABC daytime drama One Life to Live is pulling the plug on its gay couple, Kyle and Fish, or better know to gay fans as "Kish." The network confirmed this week that the couple, played by Brett Claywell (as Kyle Lewis) and Scott Evans... [ Read more → ]