{"id":3588,"date":"2023-01-27T23:40:04","date_gmt":"2023-01-27T23:40:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glaad.logalt.net\/?page_id=3588"},"modified":"2025-03-06T17:34:52","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T22:34:52","slug":"about-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/glaad.org\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About GLAAD"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3588\" class=\"elementor elementor-3588\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has-el-gap el-gap-default elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-299f445 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"299f445\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-99e5aa0\" data-id=\"99e5aa0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e89b5f post-content elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4e89b5f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 style=\"color: #ffffff;\">About GLAAD<\/h1>\n<h4 style=\"color: #ffffff; margin-top: -10px;\"><strong>Leading the conversation. Shaping the media narrative. Changing the culture. That&#8217;s GLAAD at work.<\/strong><\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2a13ff6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2a13ff6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2cd4e43e\" data-id=\"2cd4e43e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-510b1750 post-content elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"510b1750\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Our Story<\/h3><p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">Founded in 1985, GLAAD is a non-profit organization focused on LGBTQ advocacy and cultural change. GLAAD works to ensure fair, accurate, and inclusive representation and creates national and local programs that advance LGBTQ acceptance. Serving as a storyteller, media force, resource, and advocate, GLAAD tackles tough issues and provokes dialogue so that authentic LGBTQ stories are seen, heard, and actualized. GLAAD strives to protect all that has been accomplished and helps create a world where everyone can live the life they love.<\/p><h3><strong>GLAAD\u2019s Mission<\/strong><\/h3><p>As a dynamic media force, GLAAD ensures fair, accurate, and inclusive representation that rewrites the script for LGBTQ acceptance. GLAAD tackles tough issues to shape the narrative and provoke dialogue that leads to cultural change. GLAAD protects all that has been accomplished and envisions a world with 100% LGBTQ acceptance.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b652ed elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"3b652ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/KbFnYFgg_L0&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ecc0d16 post-content elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ecc0d16\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Introduction<\/h3><p>GLAAD \u2013 the world\u2019s largest Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization \u2013 increases media accountability and community engagement that ensures authentic LGBTQ stories are seen, heard, and actualized.<\/p><p>GLAAD\u2019s founders battled discrimination with facts and compassion from the start, as the handful of journalists in 1985 saw family members dying of AIDS, a government unwilling to help, and inflammatory headlines overwhelming newsstands. 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