Tag: GLAAD
California Mom Issues Statement after Boy Scouts of America Spreads Misinformation about Her Son to Media
GLAAD today joined more than 150,000 Americans who are calling on the Boy Scouts of America to reverse their decision to deny Ryan, a California teenager, the rank of Eagle Scout after he came out as gay.
Call For Entries: 24th Annual GLAAD Media Awards
GLAAD is accepting submissions for the 24th Annual GLAAD Media Awards. The GLAAD Media Awards recognise and honour media for their fair, accurate and inclusive representations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community, and the issues that affect their lives.
Transgender Americans Speak Out in New “Voting While Trans” Video Series
The National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE), in partnership with GLAAD, has released a series of public service announcements outlining how transgender Americans can keep their right to vote this election day.
Spirit Day apps for iPhone and Android mobilize users against bullying, sponsored by Toyota Financial Services
The National Basketball Association (NBA), the National Women’s Basketball Association (WNBA), Major League Soccer (MLS), the New York Stock Exchange, Times Square and Facebook will join hundreds of celebrities, corporations, news outlets and schools, as well as millions of Americans in wearing purple for Spirit Day on October 19 in a stand against bullying and to show their support for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) youth, GLAAD announced today.
Intel will not fund Boy Scouts of America until ban on gay scouts and scout leaders ends
Less than 48 hours ago, Eagle Scout Zach Wahls, founder of Scouts for Equality, launched a campaign on Change.org supported by GLAAD and signed by more than 30,000 Americans urging Intel to pull funding from the Boy Scouts of America after an American Independent report revealed that the company gave nearly $700,000 to the Boy Scouts in 2010.
Intel donates $700k to Boy Scouts, GLAAD & Zach Wahls call for action
GLAAD joins Scouts for Equality in urging Intel to speak out against the Boy Scouts’ anti-gay discrimination; Intel Corporation donates nearly $700,000 to the Boy Scouts of America despite explicit policy of not donating to groups that discriminate.