Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation

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Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation
Founded	1985 in New York City
Headquarters	United States
Key people	Neil Giuliano (President)
Focus	Discrimination in media
Method	Media monitoring
Website	www.glaad.org

The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) is a non-profit organization of LGBT activism that is "dedicated to promoting and ensuring fair, accurate and inclusive representation of people and events in the media as a means of eliminating homophobia and discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation". ^[1]

GLAAD was founded in 1985 in New York City in direct response to allegedly inaccurate, defamatory and sensationalized coverage of the AIDS epidemic by the New York Post. GLAAD's influence soon spread to Los Angeles where organizers began working with the entertainment industry to change the way gay men and lesbians were portrayed on screen.

One of GLAAD's more visible programs is the annual GLAAD Media Awards, which honor individuals and projects in the mainstream media and entertainment industries for their fair, accurate, inclusive and favorable representations of the LGBT community and the issues that affect their lives. The event is held in Los Angeles, Miami, New York, and San Francisco. The current president is Neil Giuliano.

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• www.glaad.org (official website)

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