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Accelerating acceptance for LGBTQ people. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
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"The people claiming they were there to “save” women’s sports seemed to know almost nothing about them. And that contradiction reveals something deeper about this debate. This fight was never really about fairness in athletics. It was about who gets to belong." - @jcubedhax.bsky.social
What the Anti-Trans Movement Doesn’t Understand About Women's Sports
Outside the Supreme Court, a movement claiming to protect women’s sports exposed its own ignorance of them.
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January 16, 2026 at 2:35 PM
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Meeting Kristen, building our lives together, getting married and having kids has been one of the most rewarding experiences of my life.

Showing queer families, our love and commitment to each other has never been more important. (1/3)
January 15, 2026 at 5:32 PM
GLAAD I Found You: Erik and Roderick Davis on how removing the mask improved their vision, allowing love to come in 🥰
GLAAD I Found You: Erik and Roderick Davis on How Removing the Mask Improved Their Vision, Allowing Love To Come In | GLAAD
For many couples, the COVID-19 pandemic was a test, resulting in either a pass or a fail in quarantine. Dr. Roderick Davis, 42, director of financial aid and scholarships at a private HBCU in Louisvil...
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January 15, 2026 at 4:26 PM
"Today, I took the step to finally tell my hockey journey and my story. I'm beyond grateful for all the positive comments I've received from past teammates and high school teammates."
Heated Rivalry inspires real-life hockey player to come out as gay
"On the outside, I was still a top-tier player. On the inside, I was still that kid in Minnesota hiding," the player wrote in his coming-out statement.
www.out.com
January 14, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Thank you, Ruth 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️
January 14, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Journalists covering transgender participation in sports should include facts and context in their coverage, seek transgender voices, challenge rhetoric and those spreading it for facts, and include opponents' history of targeting LGBTQ people:
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Fact Sheet: Transgender Participation in Sports | GLAAD
Updated July 17, 2025 Similar to misleading narratives about bathrooms and other single-sex spaces, propagating inflammatory scenarios about transgender women and girls participating in sports has bec...
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January 13, 2026 at 3:22 PM
"If bans on trans youth athletes are upheld, more girls could face ‘invasive sex testing’ and trans people could broadly lose civil rights protections" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
How the US supreme court case on trans athletes could unravel LGBTQ+ rights
If bans on trans youth athletes are upheld, more girls could face ‘invasive sex testing’ and trans people could broadly lose civil rights protections
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2026 at 3:12 PM
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On my way to the Supreme Court where I'll be proud to support 15-year-old Becky Pepper-Jackson, West Virginia's only transgender athlete, as she opposes the state's effort to ban her from playing as herself.

Win or lose, Becky and her family are heroes for standing up for what's right
January 13, 2026 at 12:10 PM
"Renee sparkled. She literally sparkled. I mean, she didn’t wear glitter but I swear she had sparkles coming out of her pores. All the time. You might think it was just my love talking but her family said the same thing. Renee was made of sunshine." -- Renee Nicole Good's wife Becca Good
Renee Macklin Good’s wife says she nurtured kindness
On Wednesday, Renee Macklin Good was fatally shot by a federal ICE agent. Becca Good, her wife, shared the following statement with MPR News.
www.mprnews.org
January 9, 2026 at 5:50 PM
While being honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, bicon Alan Cumming wore the trans pride flag on his lapel. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️

Congratulations Alan!!! ❤️
January 9, 2026 at 4:24 PM
This year's #GLAADawards nominees for Outstanding Video Game are a showcase of standout LGBTQ characters and storytelling. Take a closer look at our ten nominees here.
GLAAD Celebrates Outstanding Video Game Nominees at the 37th Annual GLAAD Media Awards #GLAADAwards | GLAAD
In 2025, the video game industry saw a noticeable decline in LGBTQ representation, most sharply seen in the scarcity of transgender and nonbinary stories. In a climate that has become increasingly hos...
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January 8, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Out Minnesota U.S. Rep. Angie Craig: “Today, our worst fears became reality when an ICE agent shot and killed a woman in South Minneapolis. This is beyond unacceptable. It’s unconscionable and sickening.”
LGBTQ+ officials denounce ICE killing of Minneapolis woman, demand investigation
They are not buying the Trump administration's claim that the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good was somehow justified.
www.advocate.com
January 8, 2026 at 4:01 PM
“We all need to remember that we are in this together. We are going to continue to fight for it. We are going to stand up nonviolently with peace and love and fight for our communities no matter what.” @leighfinke.bsky.social
Distraught woman says ICE killed her wife in video after deadly Minneapolis shooting
“They killed my wife,” the distraught woman says, adding, “They shot her in the head.”
www.advocate.com
January 7, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Today is the International Day to End Conversion Therapy, founded by survivors of the dangerous, discredited practice of attempting to change an LGBTQ person's identity. On IDECT, we commit to listening to the stories of survivors and reminding LGBTQ people: you are perfect exactly as you are.
What is International Day to End Conversion Therapy?
Your Support Saves LGBTQ+Youth's Lives Every DayDonate Each year on January 7th, people across the globe observe International Day to […]
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January 7, 2026 at 4:28 PM
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When you go to bed on Tuesday in a crazy world and wake up Wednesday morning, still in a crazy world, but you’re now a three-time GLAAD Media Award nominee.

Thank you to @glaad.bsky.social for the recognition and congrats to all of the other nominees!
January 7, 2026 at 3:10 PM
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In the face of rising anti-LGBTQ disinformation, @glaad.bsky.social remains relentless in our mission to work across all forms of media and to tell the fair and accurate stories that protect values of family, fairness, and freedom for all. (2/2)
January 7, 2026 at 3:41 PM
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The most popular series and media appear on this year’s list of @glaad.bsky.social Media Award nominees because LGBTQ stories are a winning strategy for a global audience who demands bold and original storytelling. (1/2)
January 7, 2026 at 3:41 PM
The GLAAD Media Awards recognize and honor media for their fair, accurate and inclusive representations of the LGBTQ community and the issues that affect our lives. Check out this year's list of nominees!

#GLAADawards
GLAAD Media Awards: ‘Heated Rivalry,’ ‘I Love L.A.,’ ‘Stranger Things’ and The Hollywood Reporter Score Nominations
Jacob Tierney’s ‘Heated Rivalry’ starring Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams netted a nom for outstanding new TV series while THR landed in the outstanding magazine overall coverage category.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
January 7, 2026 at 3:19 PM
"I’ve been in dance spaces where they’ll say, ‘Okay, you’re men, dance like men.’ “I heard that a lot. “In this space, it’s come as you are. So, however you identify, or however you choose to express yourself through movement, this is the framework; now make it u.”
‘I Came to Hit the Step:’ Out Actor Marques Furr Ignites a Dance Inferno on ‘HELL’S KITCHEN,’ First National Tour | GLAAD
Each year, theatre performers from across the country pack up their lives and relocate to New York City in pursuit of a Broadway career. Quadruple threat (actor, dancer, singer, choreographer) Marques...
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January 7, 2026 at 12:17 AM
Nearly three years ago, a coalition of 100+ organizations and leaders–including GLAAD–launched a campaign against the @nytimes.com’s biased, inaccurate coverage of transgender people. A former NYT editor shares her perspective about what's really going on:
'A directive from above': Former NYT editor lays out how the paper pushes anti-trans bigotry
In this in-depth interview, former New York Times editor Billie Jean Sweeney details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, how some staff tried to stop it, how it's directe...
transnews.network
January 5, 2026 at 4:32 PM
The @orlandosentinel.com is suing Florida’s Department of Transportation for withholding records about the department’s August 2025 destruction of the rainbow crosswalk memorializing the 49 victims of the 2016 Pulse nightclub shooting.
Ron DeSantis destroyed the Pulse memorial. A major newspaper is fighting his secrecy. - LGBTQ Nation
The paper called the memorial's removal "sacrilege on sacred ground."
www.lgbtqnation.com
January 5, 2026 at 4:14 PM
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@newyorkstateag.bsky.social is once again taking a stand for all New Yorkers, and making sure every young person has healthcare that they need.
Every family deserves the freedom and privacy to make informed choices about their medical care with their providers.

Any politician working to interfere with that access, and take away choices, is endangering people’s lives.
Attorney General James Leads Lawsuit Challenging Federal Attack on Gender-Affirming Care
NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today led a coalition of 18 other states and the District of Columbia in filing a lawsuit to stop the U.S
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January 5, 2026 at 3:10 PM
"As networks and streamers look to build their audiences, keep them engaged and paying for a subscription every month, telling diverse, nuanced and interesting LGBTQ stories is going to be key to that bottom line"

Read more via @thewrap.com: www.thewrap.com/creative-con...
December 23, 2025 at 8:47 PM
We're wishing you a happy holiday season from everyone here at GLAAD. We hope you're spending time with those you love. ✨❤️
December 22, 2025 at 7:28 PM