Hi Friend,

If you are tuned in, I hope that you are enjoying the first digital broadcast of the GLAAD Media Awards.  We’re excited to say that the broadcast is being viewed by over half a million people across multiple platforms.

However, visibility alone will not get us to 100% LGBTQ acceptance.  We need your financial support as well. 

Since we were last able to gather in person your support has allowed:

• GLAAD to continue its advocacy work to combat violence, racism, and discrimination and most importantly taking on the Trump Administration and anti-LGBTQ voices
• to launch our Communities of Color program, which includes NEON, an ongoing digital content series that aims to increase visibility of black LGBTQ people
• the GLAAD Media institute to surpass the 20,000^th person trained
• in partnership with Teen Vogue, presented GLAAD’s 20 Under 20: Young LGBTQ People Shaping The Future of Media and Activism
• continue to engage LGBTQ voters in the 2020 election – currently one in five of us are not registered to vote and most recently launched our 100 days to Election Day campaign … and so much more! 

Please consider “raising your hand” and making a gift to support GLAAD’s work accelerating acceptance right now. You can donate now by clicking here.  And thanks to the generous support of GLAAD’s Board of Directors, all gifts made this evening will be matched dollar for dollar!

Despite the impressive strides we’ve made, including the recent supreme court victory securing full protections for LGBTQ people in the workplace, we still have so much further to go.  And even more importantly, we need to protect the gains we’ve made. 

None of this is possible without you!

I very much hope to be able to say thank you in person sometime very soon.  Until then… be well and stay safe! 

Best,

Bill McDermott
Chief Development Officer