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GLAAD President Herndon Graddick Resigns

by David Badash ● 3:39 PM May 17, 2013
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Graddick, who transformed the struggling and financially challenged GLAAD organization has resigned as president of GLAAD, after serving only 13 months in that role.

News

GLAAD Hopes New Pope Will Condemn Less: ‘Trade In His Red Shoes For A Pair Of Sandals’

by David Badash ● 3:58 PM March 13, 2013
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GLAAD, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, today responded to the Vatican Conclave’s election of a new Pope, Francis I, formerly Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina.

Discrimination

After NOM Attack, Tyler Clementi’s Family And Top LGBT Organizations Demand Apology

by David Badash ● 1:25 PM March 4, 2013
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Tyler Clementi’s parents are telling NOM’s Roback Morse:

“To exploit our late son’s name to advance an anti-equality agenda is offensive and wrong.”

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GLAAD President On Prop 8: President Obama Must Act

by David Badash ● 5:00 PM February 25, 2013
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GLAAD president Herndon Graddick today released a statement urging President Obama to act on the Prop 8 case.

Discrimination

GLAAD Responds To Boy Scouts Decision Postponing Vote On Gay Ban

by David Badash ● 12:45 PM February 6, 2013
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GLAAD today responded strongly to the Boy Scouts surprising announcement that they were postponing a vote to drop their ban on gay people.

News

Look: GLAAD President’s Post-Super Bowl Message To SF 49ers

by David Badash ● 8:32 AM February 4, 2013
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GLAAD President Herndon Graddick had a post-Super Bowl consolation message to the San Francisco 49ers, after they spent the week leading up to last night’s game being grossly homophobic.

Discrimination

GLAAD Responds To Boy Scouts Possible Drop Of Gay Ban

by David Badash ● 4:25 PM January 28, 2013
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GLAAD has been at the forefront of the battle to get the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) to rescind their ban on gay scouts and leaders. Here, they respond to news.

News

Tammy Baldwin Sworn In Today, Becomes First Openly-Gay Senator In History

by David Badash ● 6:37 PM January 3, 2013
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Former Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin became Senator Tammy Baldwin today, and the first openly-gay Senator in the history of the United States.

Legal Issues

LGBT Orgs React To Supreme Court Decision To Hear Two Gay Marriage Cases

by David Badash ● 3:48 PM December 7, 2012

LGBT orgs weigh in on the news the Supreme Court has agreed to hear two iconic same-sex marriage cases, California’s Prop 8 law and the DOMA case of Edie Windsor.

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Dr. Oz Condemned By Top LGBT Organizations For ‘Ex-Gay Therapy’ Episode

by David Badash ● 6:40 PM November 29, 2012
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Dr. Oz today is being condemned by top LGBT organizations after he aired a purposely and unnecessarily controversial show about so-call “ex-gay therapy.”

Civil Rights

What America’s Top LGBT Leaders Think Obama Must Do Next

by David Badash ● 2:45 PM November 10, 2012
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10 LGBT leaders answer the question: What should President Obama do next in his second term to move the civil rights of people in the LGBT community “forward”?

Discrimination

Boy Scouts Lose Largest Donor Over Anti-Gay Policies

by David Badash ● 12:48 PM September 22, 2012
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The Boy Scouts have just lost their largest corporate donor over their insistence to exclude — and even expel — from all levels any gay man, teen, or boy.

News

Toronto Blue Jays Suspend Yunel Escobar For ‘Faggot’ Eye Black Comment

by David Badash ● 4:30 PM September 18, 2012
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The Toronto Blue Jays acted quickly, suspending Escobar after the shortstop walked onto the field Saturday with the words “tu ere maricon” written in his eye black.

Bigotry Watch

Local Fox News Radio Cancels Show, Fires Host For Interviewing LGBT Advocate

by David Badash ● 3:27 PM August 30, 2012
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A local Fox News Radio station canceled a public affairs program and fired the company that produces the show and its host because he interviewed an LGBT advocate.

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