All posts tagged "glaad"
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Violent Words, Violent Acts
CNN commentator Roland Martin was just having a little fun with his now-infamous Super Bowl tweets: ''If a dude at your Super Bowl party is...
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News Briefs: Left to Right
Queer OWS Hits HRC in New York LGBT grassroots activists calling themselves the Queer Occupy Wall Street Caucus united outside of New York City's Waldorf-Astoria...
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CNN’s Roland Martin wants to smack any “dude … hyped about David Beckham’s H&M underwear ad”
Tonight’s Madonna half-time show at the Superbowl got a significant amount of attention from her dedicated gay fans, but it was CNN commentator Roland Martin‘s...
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GLAAD “Standing Up” for Ellen’s Job; Freedom to Work Celebrates DynCorp Policy Change
One Million Moms, a project of the the American Family Association, called upon JC Penny to fire talk show host and comedian Ellen DeGeneres after...
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GLAAD Lays Off 11, Acting Head Says “Tumult” of 2011 Had “Financial Impacts”
On Jan. 27, The Advocate reported that major layoffs had occurred at the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, a fact confirmed by the organization...
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GLAAD Announces Nominees
Metro Weekly senior political writer Chris Geidner has been nominated for a 2012 GLAAD Media Award for his series on the history of the Defense...
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Gay Would-Be Documentarian’s Viral Video A Success — But Largely Excludes Female, Trans And Non-White People
Gay men perhaps know West Hollywood-based filmmaker Ryan James Yezak for his music video tributes featuring nearly naked gay men lip-syncing songs like Katy Perry’s...
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Organizational (Mis)Steps
Earlier this year, when it was discovered that the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation had sent a letter to the Federal Communications Commission in...
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Just Not Working, HRC and GLAAD Up Campaign Against ABC’s New Sitcom
The new series, Work It, had already caused concern at LGBT organizations before ABC started promoting the series. But any behind-the-scenes worries broke out into...
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Should ABC cancel the sitcom 'Work It'?
// See this related story: Just Not Working, HRC and GLAAD up campaign against ABC's new
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Spirited, But Not Yet Safe
On Oct. 20, many parts of Facebook and Twitter turned purple, as individuals, organizations, companies and even the White House changed their profile pictures and...
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Spirit Day Ends With News That Senate Committee Fails to Address Bullying in Education Bill
Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chairman Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) announced that the committee today reported the Elementary and Secondary Education Reauthorization Act...
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ABC Family comes out on top of GLAAD’s annual “Responsibility Index”
That intrepid LGBT media watchdog GLAAD — The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation — released its fifth annual Network Responsibility Index this morning. The...
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GLAAD Withdraws Support for AT&T’s Proposed Merger with T-Mobile
The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) today submitted a letter to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) withdrawing its support for AT&T’s proposed merger...
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GLAAD Board Co-Chair Speaks About Barrios’s Resignation Letter
The board co-chair of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation confirmed that Jarrett Barrios submitted a resignation letter to the board and that he...
