GLAAD presents "Tune Out Trump"

Like many of us, GLAAD has had it with Donald Trump's foolishness. So they have started Tune Out Trump a boycott campaign:

GLAAD said that Trump had recently rejected the concept of civil unions and even medical benefits for same-sex partners, and offered this smattering of Trump quotes to support their point:

"I'm not in favor of gay marriage. They should not be able to marry."

"I just don't feel good about it. I don't feel right about it. I'm against it… I'm opposed to gay marriage."

Trump's businesses stretch across the country, including in New York:
--Trump World Tower
--Trump Tower
--Trump Plaza
--40 Wall Street
--1290 Avenue of the Americas
--West Side development
--Trump Park Ave. (Delmonico Hotel)
--Trump International Hotel
--The Residences at Trump National in Westchester County

Elsewhere:
--Bank of America Center, San Francisco
--Trump Entertainment (casinos) (Atlantic City)
--Trump Las Vegas
--Mar-a-Lago (Palm Beach, FL)
--Trump Chicago
--Miami Beach Hotel/Trump International Beach Resort (Miami, FL)

Golf Courses:
--Trump International Golf Club, Raffles Resort (Canouan Island, The Grenadines)
--Trump National Golf Club, Bedminster (Bedminster, NJ)
--Trump National Golf Club, Los Angeles (Rancho Palos Verdes, CA)
--Trump International Golf Club (West Palm Beach, FL)

On TV:
--The Apprentice (and various spinoffs)
--Miss Universe / Miss USA Pageants
--Fox and Friends (Fox News)  

This could take off. I would like to see this work. Call Trump out!

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GLAAD launches their LGBT People of Color Media Training Institute

GLAAD move forward with a new initiative for LGBT people of color.

Here's their press release:

New York, NY, February 8, 2011 – The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), the nation's lesbian, gay bisexual and transgender (LGBT) media advocacy and anti-defamation organization, today announced the launch of its People of Color Media Training Institute as a part of the organization's National People of Color Media Initiative. The Media Training Institute, funded by the Arcus Foundation and created specifically for people of color who are LGBT or LGBT allies, will develop a group of passionate and visible leaders to speak in national media outlets about issues that impact the lives of LGBT people and their families.

The Institute will consist of a two-day, advanced spokesperson training program in New York and Los Angeles, where GLAAD staff, leading journalists and talking heads and key media trainers will develop Institute participants in the areas of framing and messaging for on-camera and radio interviews.

Applicants to the Institute are asked to submit an application through GLAAD's website: http://www.glaad.org/programs/pocmedia. The program will be limited to 25-30 people, and participants will receive ongoing support, coaching and training from GLAAD staff, including quarterly progress reviews.
"While the visibility of LGBT people and issues continues to grow, far too often the voices, views and faces of people of color are underrepresented, if represented at all, in American news, entertainment and online media," said GLAAD's Senior Director of Media Programs Rashad Robinson. "This initiative will help us elevate more voices and continue GLAAD's ongoing effort to ensure that LGBT issues are represented in a fair, accurate and inclusive way - celebrating the rich diversity of the community and our allies."

Sounds good

GLAAD calls out SNL on their Transphobic skit

GLAAD is putting SNL on blast for an ugly skit that picks on Transgendered people. Here is their statement:

This Saturday, on an airing of Saturday Night Live, NBC (a subsidiary of Comcast) broadcast a dangerous and blatantly transphobic segment which they called ‘Estro-Maxxx’ - the punchline of which was the lives of countless transgender people across the country. 


The piece was a mock commercial for estrogen replacement therapy and featured men with facial hair wearing dresses, meant to represent transgender women. This segment cannot be defended as “just a joke” because there was no “joke” to speak of. The attempted comedy of the skit hinges solely on degrading the lives and experiences of transgender women. Holding people up for ridicule simply on the basis of their identity fuels a dangerous and hurtful climate and puts people in danger, especially given how infrequently the media shines a fair and accurate light on the lives of transgender people.

The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation calls upon Comcast and NBC to apologize and remove the segment from Hulu and all future airings of the show.

Here's the skit if you missed it

GLAAD's Nominees for Outstanding Comic Book

GLAAD put out their list of nominees for the Media Awards!

The one I really, really care about is well, the Comic Books!

OUTSTANDING COMIC BOOK

Buffy the Vampire Slayer, by Scott Allie, Brad Meltzer, Joss Whedon (Dark Horse Comics)
Fogtown, by Andersen Gabrych (Vertigo/DC Comics)
Veronica, by Dan Parent (Archie Comics)
X-Factor, by Peter David (Marvel Comics)
Young Avengers: Children's Crusade, by Allan Heinberg (Marvel)

I have to say that Young Avengers should get it. Two of their lead characters are teen lovers and I think they send a great message to gay teenagers out there.