On the July 28 edition of Clear Channel’s nationally syndicated radio program The War Room with Quinn & Rose, host Jim Quinn made defamatory anti-gay comments while discussing a federal case in which a jury ruled that the city of Philadelphia could not bar a Boy Scouts chapter from city-owned property despite the organization’s [...]
CBS President Nina Tassler today responded to the network’s ‘Failing’ grade from GLAAD at the Television Critics Association Summer Tour, saying that CBS is “very disappointed in our track record so far.”
Same-sex couples from across the nation have entered the Today Show’s “Modern Wedding Contest”! Watch videos from contestants and send GLAAD your entry here!
The Kids Are All Right is the largest release ever for a mainstream film about lesbians and is on track to become one of the highest performing indie films of 2010. In three weekends of limited release, the film has grossed nearly $5 million and the audience will likely grow as the film expands this [...]
Spanish-Language Shows Highlight LGBT Issues
LGBT visibility and representations in Spanish-language television have improved in recent years. While unfortunately, GLAAD still sees the use of problematic terms and stereotypes in entertainment shows, the dialogue from both hosts and audiences alike has become more open, inclusive, accurate and, above all, accepting.
Recent examples of this include a July [...]
After GLAAD reached out to MTV and over 1,000 responses were sent via Twitter regarding Real World: New Orleans cast member Ryan Leslie’s anti-gay tweet on Friday, he issued an apology last night, tweeting “Want to apologize to the gay community–tweet not meant to offend. I take responsibility for what I said on Friday and [...]
Seven LGBT Lutheran pastors, previously ordained in protest of official policies of discrimination in the Evangelical Church in America, were welcomed back to the denomination under the new policies passed in August, 2009, that allow full inclusion of LGBT people. The moving ceremony in St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, in San Francisco, which was streamed on-line, July 25, [...]
After Real World:New Orleans star Ryan Leslie posted an anti-gay tweet on Friday, the topic continues to garner a significant amount of response from Twitter users.
On Friday, a gay Twitter user made comments that Leslie was anti-gay due to recent episodes of the series where he calls out roommate Preston a f*g, Leslie returned [...]
In May, Fox aired a highly offensive episode of Family Guy in which Quagmire’s dad transitioned to become a woman named Ida and featured numerous jokes that were offensive to the transgender community. GLAAD reached out to Fox and asked that the episode not re-air. Despite this, GLAAD has learned that Fox will re-air the “Quagmire’s [...]
Yesterday a gay Twitter user made comments that MTV’s Real World: New Orleans cast member Ryan Leslie was homophobic, Leslie returned the accusation with homophobic threats of anti-gay violence to the user on Twitter.
Today, GLAAD released its fourth annual Network Responsibility Index, a report that analyzes the quantity, quality and diversity of LGBT images on 15 major broadcast and cable television networks. MTV became the first network ever to receive an “Excellent” rating from GLAAD.
Same-sex couples from across the nation have entered the Today Show’s “Modern Wedding Contest”! Watch videos from contestants and send GLAAD your entry here!
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