GLAAD urges action over Meta’s ongoing neglect of moderating anti-trans hate
The LGBTQ+ advocacy group is criticizing Meta for continuing to allow anti-trans content on its platforms without effective moderation.
March 18, 2024
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Judge tosses Disney suit claiming Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis retaliated over 'don't say gay' critique
Disney hasn't shown it was harmed by the state's takeover of a special district previously controlled by the company, Judge Allen Winsor said.
February 1, 2024
GLAAD demands Mark Zuckerberg public statement on Facebook’s anti-trans content moderation failure
Following a critical Oversight Board report on Meta’s handling of anti-trans Facebook content, GLAAD has urged the Meta CEO to address the company’s content moderation policies publicly.
January 18, 2024
Meta's Oversight Board Says Company Needs to Revamp Breast Pic Rules
The independent oversight board found that Meta's content moderation rules around breasts weren't trans and nonbinary-inclusive.
January 20, 2023
DeSantis Appointee Suggested Tap Water Turns People Gay
The appointee to Florida Gov. Ron Desantis's new Disney oversight board has previously called homosexuality "evil" and "shameful."
March 4, 2023
Haggard convinced he's now ''completely heterosexual''
Ted Haggard, a leading evangelist who admitted to ''sexual immorality'' following allegations of sex with a male prostitute, is convinced he is ''completely heterosexual,'' said one of four ministers who oversaw three weeks of intensive counseling with the disgraced minister.
February 7, 2007
Target Sued Over Inclusion of LGBTQ-Friendly Merchandise
The right continues to demonize LGBTQ+ people by targeting businesses that support them.
August 9, 2023
Disney Sues DeSantis, Claims Retaliation for 'Don't Say Gay' Opposition
The state's assertion of control over what was once a special Disney tax district is retribution for the company's constitutionally protected speech, the suit says.
April 26, 2023
Facebook faulted for video showing group brutally beating two gay men in Nigeria
Facebook blamed a failure in language identification for the video passing censors and remaining online for five months.
October 17, 2024
Ron DeSantis and Disney reach settlement in suit over governing control
The Central Florida Tourism Oversight District approves a settlement over control of Walt Disney World’s governing district, signaling an end to the two-year-long clash between Ron DeSantis and Disney.
March 27, 2024
NYPD officers involved in fatal shooting of gay Black man Kawaski Trawick won't be disciplined
Five years after the Black gay man was fatally shot in his Bronx apartment, the NYPD’s decision not to discipline the involved officers has sparked widespread anger and calls for accountability.
April 23, 2024
Pennsylvania regulatory health boards condemn conversion therapy
Those who subject minors to the procedure may face discipline, they warn.
May 3, 2024
Meta is failing its LGBTQ+ users, says new GLAAD report
A new GLAAD study highlights Meta’s failure to moderate harmful content targeting transgender, nonbinary, and gender-nonconforming users despite clear policy violations.
March 27, 2024
Lori Lightfoot is Cementing Her Place in Queer History
Chicago's first out LGBTQ+ mayor to be elected is also one of The Advocate's Women of the Year.
May 20, 2020
NYC Halts Solitary Confinement After Trans Inmate Layleen Polanco Dies
The city will also discipline officers who failed to check on Polanco, who died of a seizure while in custody last year.
June 29, 2020
New York Times reveals extravagant spending at GLAAD, but the group calls the article ‘grossly misleading’
The lengthy exposé comes amid GLAAD’s criticism of the newspaper’s coverage of transgender issues.
August 2, 2024
Vermont's Christine Hallquist Could Become First Trans Governor
It may seem like a challenge, but Hallquist has a record of meeting them.
July 17, 2018
Gay Right-Winger Says Christine Hallquist Has 'Transgender Privilege'
Gay journalist Chadwick Moore contended the Vermont gubernatorial candidate is known only for being trans, which is hardly the case.
August 16, 2018
Rubén Díaz Sr., Infamous Antigay Bronx Pol, Announces Retirement
The man who has spewed vitriolic antigay, anti-abortion, and pro-stop-and-frisk rhetoric lost his bid for Congress to a gay Black man.
July 13, 2020
When kindness costs nothing, why are we still paying in prejudice?
It's time ignorance was given society's side-eye, writes Cain Turner.
October 25, 2024
Meta has guidelines to protect against anti-trans content. GLAAD says the company is ignoring them
The social media company has failed to protect LGBTQ+ users from bigoted harassment, GLAAD says.