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CNN commentator Roland Martin under fire for perceived anti-gay tweets
CNN commentator Roland Martin has come under fire by gay rights advocates and GLAAD — the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation — for perceived homophobic Twitter “tweets” following an advertisement of retailer H&M’s Super Bowl commercial featuring soccer player David Beckham.
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‘Work It’ didn’t work — ABC cancels sitcom after only two episodes
“Work It” just didn’t work. ABC has cancelled the series “Work It” after only two episodes. The series debuted on January 3, 2012 to low ratings, and, according to Entertainment Weekly, dropped another 20 percent this week.
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Christian cartoonist’s homophobic calendar yanked from Barnes & Noble, Amazon websites
American Christian cartoonist Joe King’s calendar, “I’m Not Gay, I’m Just a Sissy,” drew a firestorm of criticism from the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) and LGBT bloggers, who this week denounced the calendar and its sale through internet retail giants Amazon and Barnes & Noble, both of whom have since removed the calendar from their sales offerings.
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Millions expected to dress in purple, in person and online, for Spirit Day
Millions of Americans will dress in purple on Thursday — both in person and online — to mark the second annual Spirit Day, a day demonstrate support for LGBT youth and to speak out against bullying.
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NHL won’t discipline Flyers’ Wayne Simmonds over alleged homophobic slur
The National Hockey League said it won’t discipline Philadelphia Flyers’ Wayne Simmonds for hurling a homophobic slur because Simmonds said he can’t remember what he said, and because none of the referees on the ice could verify what was said.
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GLAAD denounces Huffington Post for ‘sex for tuition’ article about gay students
The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) has called for an apology and retraction after the Huffington Post this week featured, on its home page, an article titled, “Sex For Tuition: Gay Students Using ‘Sugar Daddies’ To Pay Off Loan Debt.”
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Adam Carolla asks: ‘When did we start giving a shit’ about transgender people
D-list comedian and podcaster Adam Carolla has come under fire from LGBT advocates and GLAAD over a vulgar, anti-LGBT tirade in which he said, in reference to transgender people, “When did we start giving a shit about these people?”
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GLAAD network study: ABC Family rates ‘Excellent’ for LGBT inclusiveness
GLAAD, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, on Wednesday released its fifth annual Network Responsibility Index, an evaluation of the quantity, quality and diversity of images of LGBT people on television, and ABC Family became the second network in the NRI’s history to earn an “Excellent” rating from GLAAD.
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GLAAD withdraws support for AT&T merger, affirms supports ‘net neutrality’
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.
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GLAAD announces Barrios’ resignation, eight board members including Troup Coronado
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.