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14 May 2013Basketball star Brittney Griner tells LGBT youth: ‘Be who you are’ + Recently out openly lesbian US basketball star Brittney Griner made an impassioned speech at last weekend's GLAAD Media Awards, telling LGBT youths to "be who you are", and to tweet her if they ever have any problems. -
13 May 2013Video: Adam Lambert honoured with top GLAAD Media Award by Mel B 2 Melanie B has presented singer Adam Lambert with GLAAD's top Media Award, and he gave a speech calling on the LGBT community to "unify, and take it further". -
23 April 2013Leonardo DiCaprio donates $61,000 at GLAAD Media Awards 2 Actor Leonardo DiCaprio donated $61,000 (£40,000) to GLAAD during its 24th annual Media Awards at the weekend, in Los Angeles. -
4 April 2013Bill Clinton to be honoured with a GLAAD Media Award 21 GLAAD, the LGBT media advocacy organisation, has announced that former US President Bill Clinton will be honoured with an award at its 24th annual Media Awards in May. -
29 March 2013Adam Lambert to be honoured with GLAAD Media Award 4 GLAAD, the LGBT media advocacy organisation, has announced that singer Adam Lambert will be honoured with an award at its 24th annual Media Awards in May. -
23 March 2013Rick Perry attacks Madonna for GLAAD Awards boy scout costume appearance 12 Texas Governor Rick Perry has voiced his distaste at Madonna's recent appearance at the GLAAD Awards, which she attended dressed as a boy scout, and spoke out against the Boy Scouts of America's ban on gay members. -
17 March 2013Video: Madonna wears Boy Scout outfit to present GLAAD award and condemns anti-gay ban 6 Madonna took to the stage at the 24th annual GLAAD awards on Saturday dressed as a boy scout, as she gave a passionate speech about LGBT rights, before presenting TV host Anderson Cooper with an award. -
12 March 2013Anderson Cooper: ‘Being gay is a blessing’ and I ‘couldn’t be more proud’ of my sexuality 21 Anderson Cooper has spoken out about coming out as gay, and has said that he "couldn't be more proud" of his sexuality and "being gay is a blessing." -
9 March 2013GLAAD to present award to director Brett Ratner who dropped out of Academy Awards for using anti-gay slur 8 The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), has announced that it is to present film director Brett Ratner with an award at its 24th annual Media Awards later this month. -
8 March 2013US: Parents of Tyler Clementi demand apology from anti-gay group for speech referring to their son’s suicide 7 The parents of Tyler Clementi, the teenager who committed suicide in 2010, have demanded an apology from an anti-equal marriage advocacy group, the spokeswoman for which recently referred to his death during a speech. -
21 February 2013GLAAD: ‘What the hell is going on with the Associated Press guidance on gay couples?’ 14 The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation has struck out at the Associated Press over a recent announcement that it would uphold guidelines published on 11 February that stated that reporters should “generally” not refer to same-sex married couples as “husbands” or “wives”. -
19 February 2013Rapper Azealia Banks attacks GLAAD for criticism over calling Perez Hilton a ‘faggot’ 43 American rapper Azealia Banks, has turned her attention to gay rights groups after receiving heavy criticism for an argument with blogger Perez Hilton, during which she called him a "faggot" for a second time. -
30 January 2013Paris Hilton auctions off perfume and donate proceeds to GLAAD 2 Paris Hilton is auctioning off a personalised bottle of her perfume on eBay, and will donate all proceeds to the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. -
6 October 2012US: The number of LGBT characters on TV has increased, GLAAD study finds 21 The number of gay and bisexual characters in the upcoming US television season, including cable TV, is on the rise, according to the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. -
21 November 2011Kelly Osbourne apologises for “derogatory and hurtful” trans term 20 Reality TV star writes in an open letter that she was not aware how "unbelievably offensive" the term was. -
8 November 2011Oscars producer apologises for gay slur 30 Brett Ratner made the derogatory comment during a question and answer session to promote Tower Heist. -
27 September 2011L Word actress ‘escorted off plane for lesbian kiss’ 115 Leisha Hailey, who starred in the US lesbian drama The L Word, says she was kicked off a Southwest Airlines flight after a row over kissing her girlfriend. -
27 December 2010Mickey Rourke: Rugby star Gareth Thomas had great courage to come out as gay 14 Hollywood actor Mickey Rourke has been speaking about his quest to play openly gay rugby star Gareth Thomas on the silver screen. -
7 December 2010GLAAD celebrates 25 years of gay rights campaigning 1 The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) has celebrated 25 years of campaigning. -
9 November 2010Susan Sarandon says GLAAD is ‘out of control’ 49 Actress Susan Sarandon has defended Glee after the show was criticised for using the word 'tranny'.
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