July 2012
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Mike Gets Real: Fran Drescher, Top Chef, GLAAD →
mikegetsreal:
Yesterday I went to an event sponsored by GLAAD called “Top Chef Invasion.” The event was hosted by Fran Drescher (The Nanny, Happily Divorced) at the home of her ex-husband Peter Marc Jacobson - hence the “divorced.”
The food was mouth-watering, obviously, and then event itself was…
Great review of our recent LA event Hancock Park! We appreciate your kind words, Mike.
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The Associated Press: Vietnam considers same-sex... →
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HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Dinh Thi Hong Loan grasps her girlfriend’s hand, and the two gaze into each other’s love-struck eyes. Smiling, they talk about their upcoming wedding — how they’ll exchange rings and toast the beginning of their lives together.
The lesbians’ marriage ceremony in the Vietnamese capital won’t be officially recognized, but that could soon change....
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Rich donors back marriage equality
A group of wealthy pro-Republican hedge fund managers is backing efforts to legalise marriage equality in four US states that will vote on the issue in November, as the party’s more socially liberal donors try to regain ground ceded to social conservatives. The campaign to win same-sex ballots in Maine, Maryland, Minnesota and Washington has received financial support from Paul Singer, the hedge...
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“People still think of [AIDS] as a shame-based disease … and so a lot of people...”
– Elton John, on NPR’s Talk of the Nation. Read more and listen to the full interview here. (via npr)
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Snapshots of Our Work
Wonder what we’re up to at GLAAD?
Be sure to check out GLAAD Blog each week for updates about our latest work to build support for LGBT equality through news, entertainment, and online media.
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NLGJA Awards Recognize Steven W. Thrasher, Chris...
On Tuesday the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association (NLGJA) announced the recipients of its 2012 Excellence in Journalism Awards. Steven W. Thrasher of the Village Voice, The New York Times, and Outwill receive NLGJA’s Journalist of the Year Award while GLAAD Media Award recipient Chris Geidner who formerly wrote for Metro Weeklywill receive the Sarah Pettit Memorial Award for...
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VA athletic club lets gay family join, but still...
The Roanoke Athletic Club in Virginia changed its “Family Membership” policy this week after two men filed a lawsuit against RAC. While the policy now extends to all familly structures, by changing the name to “households” RAC is still refusing to recognize them as families.
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Media Fails in Coverage of Trans Hotel Employee
Last week, a transgender woman employed at a Days Inn motel in Orlando, Florida was arrested following accusations that she had inappropriately touched a 14-year-old boy who was guest at the motel. A police report alleges that Vanessa Olmos entered the boy’s room where the incident is said to have occurred. Vanessa faces charges of molestation of a victim younger than 16 and battery, but says she...
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Introducing "Familia Es Familia": A Groundbreaking...
Yesterday at the National Council of La Raza (NCLR)’s annual conference, twenty-one leading national Hispanic/Latino organizations announced their endorsement of a first-of-its kind, comprehensive public-education campaign called “Familia es Familia,” which aims to strengthen Latino voices to build support within the Latino community for acceptance of their LGBT family members.
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