Pam's House Blend (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
The Advocate is asking the question " Would you support the Employment Non-Discrimination Act if gender identity protections were again taken out of the bill? " As of 9:30 AM PST Thanksgiving morning, this is the response: The initial response from the non-scientific poll responders seems to be a big "No." (Select the image to see more up-to-date poll results from The Advocate...
Pam's House Blend (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
David Huebner, who served as the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation's general counsel, has been confirmed as U.S. Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa. Karen Ocamb has the story . We wrote about Huebner's nomination last Oct. 7 . His profile on Wikipedia has also been updated to reflect his new post. The news was posted today on the US Senate website and did not come through the White House's...
Joe. My. God. (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Hundreds of New Yorkers gathered on the chilly Christopher Street Pier tonight to honor the memory of murdered gay teen Jorge Mercado and to call on the federal and Puerto Rican governments to charge his killer with a hate crime. A broad coalition of LGBT, Hispanic, and progressive groups were represented by numerous speakers who spoke in English and Spanish (and more often, both). Newly elected and...
Out Gay Life (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
In the November 18 edition of the Washington Post, staff writer Wil Haygood wrote a lengthy profile of Bishop Harry Jackson’s opposition to gay rights and to the current bill being considered by the Washington D.C. council that would extend marriage protections to same-sex couples. GLAAD encourages media outlets to live up to the standards of fair [...] Washington Post Misses the Mark With One-Sided...
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC announced today that in conjunction with the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), the Firm will host a private reception and investment symposium on wealth planning for domestic partners on Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at 6:00 p.m. The event will feature a discussion on advanced planning techniques in domestic partnership situations,...
Out Gay Life (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
GLAAD’s Director of Spanish Language Media, Monica Trasandes, and Entertainment Media Manager Jonathan Rosales were both recently asked to be part of, “Out and About,” a panel by the Annenberg Latino Student Association at the University of Southern California. The panel offered a discussion on the portrayal of gays and lesbians in the media and [...] GLAAD Discusses LGBT Media Images...
Out Gay Life (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
GLAAD just released this statement by President Jarrett Barrios calling on the nation’s media to focus on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people and couples in covering the results and aftermath of yesterday’s votes in Maine, Washington state and Kalamazoo, Michigan. In Maine, voters eliminated the state’s marriage equality law, which was passed by the [...] GLAAD Statement...
Pam's House Blend (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Also just in: Statement by GLAAD President Jarrett Barrios on 2009 Election Results in Maine, Washington and Kalamazoo, Mich. New York, NY, November 4, 2009 - The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) today called on the nation's media to focus on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people and couples in covering the results and aftermath of yesterday's votes in Maine, Washington...
Petrelis Files (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
To Win, Avoid Gay Inc Help; Houston's Lesbian Parker Top Vote-Getter We gays suffered another in an endless string of ballot prop losses tonight. The defeat in Maine, which from my San Francisco perch, sure looks like a reply with same idiots on both sides running the same show I saw with Prop 8. For our side, the same Gay Inc orgs were the national partners to Maine's effort. Here's the list of honored...
Out Gay Life (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
Michelle Paradise, the creator, writer and star of Exes and Ohs on Logo, and J. Karen Thomas and Colette Divine, partners of over 12 years and the co-stars of the PowerUp film Itty Bitty Titty Committee, speak to GLAAD about their experiences as lesbian members of the Hollywood creative community. Paradise was a speaker earlier [...] Exclusive Video: Michelle Paradise, J. Karen Thomas & Colette...
glaadBLOG.org (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Every week at state and local levels, there are numerous developments taking place about the many key issues that deeply affect our community—domestic partnerships, marriage, hate crimes, employment discrimination and DOMA, to name a few. GLAAD is ensuring the media is paying attention. Here is a brief summary: Maine: Marriage With Nov. 3 elections approaching soon, LGBT advocates and their allies...
Out Gay Life (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
In the ever-changing television landscape, nothing is ever certain, particularly when it comes to LGBT representation. Just weeks after GLAAD released its 14th annual “Where We Are on TV” study, noteworthy changes have already occurred in the broadcast TV landscape. The study reported that Dr. Arizona Robbins (Jessica Capshaw) on ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy would be the [...] Where...
Out Gay Life (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Earlier this week, members of the LGBT community alerted GLAAD that Scholastic Inc. was excluding Lauren Myracle’s Luv Ya Bunches from its book fairs across the country. The book features a young girl, Milla, being raised by lesbian parents. “Scholastic is offering Luv Ya Bunches in our Book Clubs. We decided we would not offer [...] GLAAD Applauds Scholastic Inc. for Their Decision to...
Out Gay Life (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
In the October 25th edition of The Dallas Morning News, business reporter Cheryl Hall used problematic language in referring to the LGBT community when writing about two of Stephen Jarchow’s media companies. In the article, “Dallas executive amassing a gay media mini-empire,” Hall refers to The Advocate and Out magazines owned by Jarchow’s Here Media Inc., [...] GLAAD Calls...
Out Gay Life (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
GLAAD President Jarrett Barrios, Senior Media Strategist Adam Bass and 20-plus volunteers made more than 4,000 phone calls on Sunday, October 25th. The campaign released a tracking poll on Monday, showing that the hard work of Washington Families Standing Together (WAFST) is beginning to pay off. Although the polling shows a lead for the “approve” vote [...] Approve Referendum 71 Maintains...
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chaku.patel4@gmail. | 01/28/2009
20th GLAAD Media Awards Nominations List, Nominations for the 20th GLAAD Media Awards Announced, A complete list of English language nominees are available 20th Annual GLAAD Media Awards nominees were published, ABC leads nominees for GLAAD Media Awards, And Much More Details Here. Source page : http://web-pedia.blogspot.com/2009/01/20th-glaad-media-awards-nominations.html
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