As a social activist, Bono became a spokesperson for the Human Rights Campaign, promoted National Coming Out Day, campaigned for the reelection of Bill Clinton for US President, campaigned against the Defense of Marriage Act, and served as Entertainment Media Director for the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation ( GLAAD ).

This same performance also led to an “ Excellence in Media Award ” by the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation ( GLAAD ).

The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation ( GLAAD ) is a US non-governmental media monitoring organization which promotes the image of LGBT people in the media.

Within the first five years of its founding in New York as the Gay and Lesbian Anti-Defamation League ( soon after changed to GLAAD after legal pressure by the Anti-Defamation League ), GLAAD chapters had been established in Los Angeles and other cities, with the LA chapter becoming particularly influential due to its proximity to the California entertainment industry.

* Gay % 26 Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation ( GLAAD )

" Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation ( GLAAD ) president Neil Giuliano said " That Snickers, Mars and the NFL would promote and endorse this kind of prejudice is simply inexcusable.

* GLAAD Pioneer Award, presented by the Gay & Lesiban Alliance Against Defamation

* GLAAD, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation

The film received an award from the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation ( GLAAD ).

" Sacha Baron Cohen's well-meaning attempt at satire is problematic in many places and outright offensive in others ," Rashad Robinson, senior director of media programmes for the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation ( GLAAD ) told the New York Times.

The GLAAD Media Awards, created by the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation ( GLAAD ) to recognize and honor the mainstream media for their fair and accurate representations of the LGBT community, presented Wainwright with the award for Outstanding Music Album.

Development at the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation ( GLAAD ).

Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation called it " a shining example of how to bring intelligent, fair and funny representations of our community onto television " and awarded it the GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding TV-Individual Episode.

Working with other established LGBT institutions such as the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force GLAAD, the Bisexual Resource Center as well as newer ones such as Bialogue, BiNet USA moved to co-ordinate a national response to this threat to the well-being of the bisexual community.

* Jarrett Barrios ( 1969 -), American politician, President of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation ( GLAAD )

The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation ( GLAAD ) has extensively covered TDoR on its blog over the past few years.

The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation ( GLAAD ) was welcoming of the episode, calling it " a ray of light ".

" William Horn from the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation ( GLAAD ) thought the episode was a " wonderful " representation of a gay man's life " regardless of whether he's in a relationship in that very moment.

The GLAAD Media Award is an accolade bestowed by the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation ( GLAAD ) to recognize and honor various branches of the media for their outstanding representations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender ( LGBT ) community and the issues that affect their lives.

The first GLAAD Media Awards were presented by the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation in 1990 to honor the 1989 season, and were envisioned as a way to recognize various branches of the media for their fair, accurate and inclusive representations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community and the issues that affect their lives.

The GLAAD Davidson / Valenti Award is a special GLAAD Media Award presented annually by the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation at the GLAAD Media Awards ceremony held in San Francisco.

Voters are made up of three groups: GLAAD staff and board, GLAAD Alliance and Media Circle members, and GLAAD volunteers & allies ( which include former Honorees, media industry allies, volunteers from the " Nominating Juries " and " Event Production Teams ").

The GLAAD Vito Russo Award is a special GLAAD Media Award presented annually by the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation.

David would eventually be nominated for and win a 2011 GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Comic Book for this second run on the title.

The Human Rights Campaign, Lambda Legal, the Empowering Spirits Foundation, and GLAAD advocate for LGBT people on a wide range of issues in the United States.

200 protesters on behalf of GLAAD and other groups gathered outside the Staples Center to protest Eminem's album which they considered homophobic and sexist.

Formed in New York City in 1985 to protest against what it saw as the New York Posts defamatory and sensationalized AIDS coverage, GLAAD put pressure on media organizations to end what it saw as homophobic reporting.

Some members of GLAAD went on to become the early members of ACT UP.

Following the 2011 resignation of Jarrett Barrios from the GLAAD presidency, Mike Thompson served as interim president until the announcement of Herndon Graddick, previously GLAAD's Vice-President of Programs and Communications, to the presidency on April 15, 2012.

GLAAD weighed in on the controversy as well, supporting the steps that Microsoft has taken over the years to engage the LGBT community.

Three of their four studio albums have been recognized by the GLAAD Media Awards, consecutively winning the band the award for Outstanding Music Artist ( in 2005, 2007 and 2011 ) while Out magazine also ranked their first two albums on their list of the 100 Greatest, Gayest Albums in 2008: Scissor Sisters ( 2004 ) was number 26 while Ta-Dah ( 2006 ) was 81.

Winick was interviewed on Phil Donahue's show on MSNBC for that storyline on August 15, 2002, and received two more GLAAD awards for his Green Lantern work.

At the 19th GLAAD Media Awards in 2008, they were nominated in the ' Music Artist ' category for their work on second album A Weekend in the City.

She received praise from GLAAD because of the positive presentation of homosexual people in the video to the song, which was edited by the BBC for showing on Top of the pops.

One of Olbermann's Special Comments spoke out against the passage of Proposition 8 in California on November 4, 2008, for which he was awarded the 2009 GLAAD Media Award for " Outstanding TV Journalism Segment ".

Knight was an outspoken advocate on gay and civil rights and a member of GLAAD and the ACLU.

Honorees are selected by a process involving over 700 GLAAD Media Award voters and volunteers and are evaluated using four criteria: " Fair, Accurate and Inclusive Representations " of the LGBT community, " Boldness and Originality " of the project, significant " Cultural Impact " on mainstream culture, and " Overall Quality " of the project.

The most recent 23rd Annual GLAAD Media Awards ceremonies honoring the 2011 season were held in New York City on March 24, 2012 ; in Los Angeles on April 21, 2012 ; and in San Francisco on June 2, 2012, recognizing 153 nominees in 25 English-language categories and 10 Spanish-language categories.

The original GLAAD Media Award stood approximately 6-inches tall, consisting of a flat, 5-inch square shaped crystal sculpture with a design of five concentric circles on a " newsprint " background.

She has won various awards for her work: a special award from the Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association for AIDS reporting in 2008 ; an Enterprise reporting award from the National Association of Black Journalists for a piece on Skid Row in 2007 ; a North Star Award for covering communities of color in 2006 ; a distinguished honoree award from the Black Entertainment and Telecommunications Association in 2004 ; a MOBE IT Innovator Award and an Alternet New Media Hero award for PopandPolitics. com in 2001 ; New York Public Library ’ s Best Books for Teens for The Color of Our Future in 2000 ; a WIN Young Women of Achievement Award in 1996 ; a GLAAD Award from Spin Magazine in 1995 ; and a National Education Reporting Award and an EdPress award for education reporting done for " Newsweek " in 1994.

Spurred on by GLAAD, gaygamer. net published an article questioning the company's and band's tolerance of the views expressed in the uncensored version of the video, which included a number of homophobic remarks, one anti -' emo ' remark, and a desire for the alliance to ' die '.

She is best known for starring in the critically acclaimed hit series South of Nowhere, which received two nominations in a row for Best Drama at the GLAAD Media Awards, and she has a recurring role on 90210.