EXCLUSIVE: GLAAD is ramping up its efforts to advocate for diversity in Hollywood and the media with a pair of hires and a promotion in the organization’s Entertainment Advocacy Team, which works with TV networks, movie studios and talent. Journalist Jeremy Blacklow joins as Director of Entertainment Media, Access … Read entire story.
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This is so moving! Patricia Arquette accepted GLAAD’s Vanguard Award last night at the organization’s 28th annual Media Awards, and during her moving acceptance speech, she paid tribute to her late sister Alexis, who passed away due to AIDS complications in September. Related: Alexis’ Ex Opens Up About The Actress’ … Read entire story.
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GLAAD, in an effort to bolster talented LGBTQ content creators and amplify diversity in the community, has launched glaadgrants, an endowment that provides completion funding and professional mentorships to filmmakers for in-progress works that advance the organization’s mission. According to GLAAD’s 2016 Studio Responsibility Index, only 17.5% of all … Read entire story.
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Transgender actress Laverne Cox will be a series regular on CBS’s legal drama Doubt as Cameron Wirth; Image: @lavernecox Each year, GLAAD — the organization dedicated to furthering fair, accurate and diverse representation of the LGBTQ community in the media — does for inclusion on TV what we do for … Read entire story.
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DISNEY Hollywood has never been very good at depicting LGBT characters, but it was particularly disappointing last year. In its annual Studio Responsibility Index, GLAAD found that of the 126 releases from seven major studios in 2015, “only 22 of them (17.5 percent) included characters identified as lesbian, gay, bisexual, and/or … Read entire story.
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