Tag: GLAAD

Microsoft’s efforts for inclusivity and diversity in video games continue. After the success of “Life is Strange”, DONTNOD Entertainment has teamed up with Xbox Game Studios to launch “Tell Me Why”, a video game in which one of the main characters is a transgender boy. Xbox Game Studios partners with the Parisian studios DONTNOD, known

The cover of the The Sims 4 will have a same-sex couple on the cover for the first time since the life simulation game franchise was released in 2000. EA Games, which produces The Sims 4, revealed the cover art during a livestream last week. The cover shows a bunch of Sims characters, including two women holding each other in the bottom left. EA Games The women have profiles on EA Games’s website, and their names are Dela Ostrow and Mia...

Image via FX Should We Be Protesting This Invasion Of Identity? By now, I’m sure if you’re a part of the LGBTQ community, the struggle of our transgender brothers and sisters has touched our hearts. Chances are you have personally befriended a transgender person or simply empathize with their journey. Working in the entertainment industry, I’ve seen a growth in transgender representation both in front of and behind the cameras of Hollywood. I’m excited to witness transgender actors in the waiting...

The 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots have passed, and as an integral part of the anniversary and the 50 years leading up to it, I have an inside track and knowledge as to who the players were and how they did their jobs for our community. Two organizations failed our community this year. That failure led to misinformation of our history. Professional organizations should preserve our history, not rewrite it. The worst offender? GLAAD The organization that is supposed to monitor...

A new survey shows that young people’s support for LGBTQ people has dropped for the second consecutive year. The Harris Poll and GLAAD just released the results of their yearly survey in their Accelerating Acceptance report. The survey was conducted this past January and involved 1970 respondents, including 1754 non-LGBTQ respondents. They were asked about whether they would be comfortable with an LGBTQ person in various situations, like having an LGBTQ doctor, their kid having an LGBTQ teacher, or a family...

The official video and second single release for her upcoming album Lover has more than 24 millions views, over 1.6 millions likes and, of course, some haters with 96,000 dislikes.The song is an anthem for the LGBTQ community, encouraging people to focus more on minding their own business."Why are you mad, when you can be GLAAD," Swift sings. Earlier this month, the singer made a generous donation to the LGBTQ rights organization.The lyrics "Cause shade never many anybody less gay"...

GLAAD, the world’s largest LGBTQ media advocacy organization, today thanked Taylor Swift for a “very generous donation” in honor of LGBTQ Pride month. “Swift’s donation will be used for GLAAD’s ongoing work to amplify stories as well as create campaigns that fight back against the current rise of hate and discrimination and also accelerate acceptance of LGBTQ people,” a statement from GLAAD read. Swift also penned a letter on her Instagram to...

Still not getting it, Logan... If you thought Logan Paul’s response to his latest controversy was uncharacteristically muted, that’s probably because he had his tonsils out two weeks ago. Now back in full swing, the YouTuber’s once again poking the bear following backlash for announcing he was ‘going gay’ for a month in 2019, explaining ‘gay is cool to me’. OK then. He revealed plans for – as he called it – ‘Male-only March’ in a podcast appearance earlier this month. The star addressed...

"Prince & Knight," a kid-friendly title about a noble prince who finds true love in a knight instead of a maiden, is available now. GLAAD has announced its new collaboration with Bonnier Publishing USA to publish inclusive (and adorable) children’s books. First up in the ongoing collab is Prince & Knight, a reworked fairytale from author Daniel Haack about a prince whose search for a bride ends with a knight as his groom instead. The book, illustrated by Stevie Lewis, is...

Less than half of Americans say they're comfortable with LGBT people Despite increased visibility and awareness, acceptance of LGBT people in America actually decreased in 2017. GLAAD and The Harris Poll’s fourth-annual Accelerating Acceptance report found that less than half (49%) of respondents said they were “somewhat” or “very” comfortable with queer people in different social situations, down from 53% in 2016. It’s the first decline since the report was launched in 2014, and is in contrast to studies that have shown...

GLAAD has released its annual report on LGBTQ representation on TV called Where We Are. The report states that in the 2017-2018 tv season, there are 58 out of 901 regular LGBTQ characters on broadcast networks, cable TV, and streaming services. While that 6.4% may seem small, it is actually the highest percentage that GLAAD has ever reported in the 22 years that the organization has been researching this info. Plus, they also counted an addition 28 reoccurring LGBTQ characters. The rise...

Heather Coit/The News-GazetteMatt Cage gets the audience revved up as he prepares to take on Christian Rose, whom he later defeats, at the Zero 1 USA Fighting Athletes event during the first day of the Urbana Sweetcorn Festival on Friday, August 24, 2012. The festival continues today from 11a.m. to 11p.m. Well, this could either be super entertaining or completely horrifying: WWE says that they’re going to incorporate LGBT themes into their upcoming storylines. An encouraging detail is that they’re working...