All posts tagged "glaad"
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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...
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GLAAD’s Barrios Resigns
Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation communications director Rich Ferraro emailed Metro Weekly regarding the article published earlier today at Politico about the future leadership...
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Face Time
Congress – and particularly the legislative body's myriad ancillary offices – could be considered Andrew Noyes's stomping ground. For years, he covered the intersection of...
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Wrestling with the Truth
Some people are very guarded when it comes to their personal space. Donna Rose is not one of them. Instead, she likes to hug. Her...
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Fighting to Save Our Youth
Charles Robbins never attempted suicide. Growing up in Denver and struggling as a gay youth, however, Robbins found solace in alcohol. ''I remember my first...
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Line in the Sand
Six-pack abs. Simulated sex acts. Glow-sticks and choreography. But then, camouflage everywhere. Weapons. Even armored vehicles. Then, shower scenes. A creepy, dimly lit, urinal-peeping scene....
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Ice Capade
On Friday afternoon, a spokeswoman for the Smuckers Stars on Ice Tour denied allegations made by both U.S. Olympian Johnny Weir and the Gay and...
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Tyra Banks, Suze Orman, Donahue speak to gay audience at GLAAD Awards show
“I want every single one of you in this room to take note of what corporations put their time and money behind gays, behind lesbians...
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Partners in Limbo
Nearly three weeks ago, Feb. 16, the Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance (GLAA) issued an ''action alert'' asking locals to urge Mayor Adrian Fenty to...
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Chatty Cathy
It's a rainy Friday afternoon, and Cathy McElrath Renna is sitting on the floor -- the chairs have yet to arrive -- of what will...
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Avenging Angel
Fred Phelps will never go away. That's the harsh reality Romaine Patterson has come to realize about Phelps, leader of the infamously homophobic Westboro Baptist...
