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GLAAD Calls on NBA to Speak Out against Joakim Noah’s Use of Anti-Gay Slur
The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), the America’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) media advocacy and anti-defamation organisation, today responded after Chicago Bulls center Joakim Noah shouted an anti-gay slur toward a fan during a game on Sunday night.
AT&T recognised for inclusion of LGBT professionals in its workforce
The inclusive AT&T workforce is being recognised by two national and state organisations. Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) honoured AT&T with the “Corporate Leader Award” at the GLAAD Media Awards, while Garden State Equality, a LGBT civil rights organisation in New Jersey, named AT&T an “Equality Company of the Year 2011.”
LBGT Groups Urge Orbitz to Pull Ads from Fox News Over Anti-Gay Rhetoric
Media Matters kicked off its DropFox campaign 16th, May, 2011, by urging Orbitz (OWW), an online travel site, to pull its ads from the anti-LBGT Fox News network. Three high-profile gay rights organizations—GLAAD, Courage Campaign and Equality Matters—signed the letter to Orbitz CEO Barney Harford asking that the company no longer support Fox News through ad revenue.
Glee’s Naya Rivera, Sara Ramirez and Mario Lopez celebrate 25 years of GLAAD
Sara Ramirez, Mario Lopez, Louis Van Amstel, Nelsan Ellis and Dustin Lance Black were among the celebrities who joined the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) as it honoured Kim Cattrall, author and technology expert Kara Swisher, AT&T and the best in film, documentaries and music last night at the 22nd Annual GLAAD Media Awards in San Francisco, hosted by Glee’s Naya Rivera.
GLAAD Calls on Community to Speak Out Against Anti-Gay FOX Report About ‘Glee’
The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), the nation’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) media advocacy and anti-defamation organization, today called on KRIV FOX 26 in Houston, Texas to issue an apology after the station aired a news segment which questioned whether positive portrayals of gay and lesbian characters on shows like ‘Glee’ could negatively impact teenagers.
GLAAD Joins Chorus of Fair-Minded Americans Demanding Sally Kern’s Resignation
The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), America’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) media advocacy and anti-defamation organisation, today joined the state chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the Oklahoma Democratic Party and the Oklahoma chapter of the Council of American-Islamic Relations in calling for the resignation of Oklahoma State Representative Sally Kern in light of her history of attacks on LGBT Americans and her suggestions on Wednesday that African Americans and women don’t ‘work as hard,’ while speaking on the floor of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.