Tag: Herndon Graddick
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.
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.
Millions of Americans to wear purple on Spirit Day in a stand against bullying
Celebrity blogger Perez Hilton, Nickelodeon’s Avan Jogia, Pretty Little Liars star Shay Mitchell, NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal, TV icon George Takei, and daytime talk show host of The Wendy Williams Show, Wendy Williams, will join GLAAD, hundreds of corporations, national landmarks, schools, local communities and millions of Americans in wearing purple for Spirit Day on October 19, 2012 in a stand against bullying and to show their support for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) youth, it was announced today.
Wilson Cruz joins GLAAD staff
Herndon Graddick, President of GLAAD, the nation’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) media advocacy and anti-defamation organization, announced today that actor and LGBT advocate Wilson Cruz joins GLAAD’s staff as the Strategic Giving Officer.
Five Anti-Gay Activists Added to Commentator Accountability Project
GLAAD, America’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) media advocacy and anti-defamation organisation, today announced the addition of several Minnesota-based anti-LGBT activists to the Commentator Accountability Project (CAP).