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A Media Matters investigation found that major news networks have been largely ignoring the Trump administration’s attacks on LGBTQ rights. While several new anti-LGBTQ initiatives were announced in the past few weeks, four of the major broadcast and cable news networks did not cover them at all, while the other two spent less than 11 minutes in total covering the initiatives over a 10-day period. Media Matters cited three attacks on LGBTQ rights from this past month. First, the Department of...

A conservative Christian organization is outraged by an “offensive” shampoo ad that featured lesbians and has launched a campaign against the company. One Million Moms (OMM) is an initiative of the America Family Association and focuses on media that it deems inappropriate for children, often because it shows LGBTQ people. They are frequently outraged that LGBTQ people exist and that artists, media corporations, and advertisers choose to acknowledge that fact every now and then. And this week they’re angry at this cute...

Gliding like a dual-blade razor through sensitive areas, Gillette introduces its second social media ad to take on social topics, this time with a father sweetly guiding his trans son during a first shave. Sitting on the couch with his dad beside him, real trans activist Samson Brown of Toronto, Ontario, says, “I always knew I was different, I didn’t know there was a term for the type of person that I was. I went into my transition just wanting...

In the lead up to Pride month, Gillette has released a new ad featuring a trans man and his father. The ad features Samson Bonkeabantu Brown, a young Canadian trans man who says, “Growing up I was always trying to figure out what kind of man I want to become and I’m still trying to figure out what kind that I want to become.” His father watches as he shaves for the first time, saying, “Now don’t be scared. Shaving is...