Tag: LGBTQ

Celebrities Stand with LGBTQ Students and Point Foundation

Stuart Mitchell

More than 450 guests and celebrities filled the Beverly Hilton Hotel to support lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) students at Point Honors Los Angeles. Point Foundation (Point), the evening’s beneficiary, is the nation’s largest scholarship-granting organization for LGBTQ students. The gala evening also included an announcement by Wells Fargo of $1.8 million in continued support for Point. Wanda Sykes was presented with the Point Legend Award by Anthony Anderson for having achieved greatness in her career and unapologetically supporting the LGBTQ community. Writer, director, and producer Jill Soloway…

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2 in 5 LGBT Workers Feel Bullied at Work

Stuart Mitchell

As people across the country wear purple in support of GLAAD’s Spirit Day, which is a means of speaking out against LGBTQ bullying and standing with LGBTQ youth, new research indicates that LGBT workers are facing bullying in an area that should be a safe place – their workplace. Two in five LGBT workers (40 percent) report feeling bullied at work, 11 percentage points higher than the national average of all workers combined. Fifty-six percent of bullied LGBT workers report being bullied repeatedly.  The nationwide survey was conducted by Harris…

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Condé Nast Launches “them” – their new LGBTQ digital platform

Stuart Mitchell

Condé Nast has announced the launch of them, a next-generation community platform. them chronicles and celebrates the stories, people and voices that are emerging and inspiring all of us, ranging in topics from pop culture and style to politics and news, all through the lens of today’s LGBTQ community. Acclaimed editor Phillip Picardi, digital editorial director of Teen Vogue and Allure, is the chief content officer of them. Additionally, launch partners of them include Burberry, Google, Lyft and GLAAD. “There is a cultural revolution happening that is — as always…

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Kellogg’s Characters Speak Out On Bullying

Stuart Mitchell

Approximately 80 percent of LGBTQ youth experience harassment at school. This has lead to Kellogg Company again partnering with GLAAD, as an official sponsor of Spirit Day 2017. Spirit Day takes place during National Bullying Prevention Month and inspires adults and young people to stand together and send a message of solidarity and acceptance to LGBTQ youth by wearing purple or “going purple” online on October 19, 2017. Kellogg and its brands are going purple by changing its social media handles on Thursday, October 19, and take a collective stand…

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Stonewall’s First Brand Campaign in Ten Years Asks British Public to #ComeOutforLGBT

Stuart Mitchell

While the LGBT community has seen great progress in recent years, Stonewall, the lesbian, gay, bi and trans equality charity, has released new research highlighting the shocking levels of hate crime and discrimination that LGBT people still face in Britain today. Based on YouGov polling of over 5,000 LGBT people, the research reveals: One in five LGBT people (21 per cent) have experienced a hate crime or incident due to their sexual orientation and/or gender identity in the last 12 months The number of lesbian, gay and bi people in…

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