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Hi Friend, Welcome to our bi-weekly newsletter communication about GLAAD’s programs and activities that your investments make possible. We are 10 days away from the election of our lifetime. Throughout the next 10 days, GLAAD will countdown to the election on its social media (@glaad) to provide you with the necessary tools to vote. Don’t sit this one out. Read on to learn more about GLAAD’s election work. Spirit DaySports leagues, celebrities, brands and more join GLAAD to send global message of acceptance to LGBTQ youth on Spirit DayOn October 15, the world went purple for Spirit Day, the largest anti-bullying campaign that shows support for LBGTQ youth. This year, Halle Berry, Sterling K. Brown, The Chicks and Andy Cohen along with hosts of Good Morning America, TODAY, CNBC and Despierta América and Un Nuevo Día, plus brands including Delta, Kellogg Company, Target, and sports leagues like the NFL, NBA, WNBA as well as all Major League Baseball teams helped spread messages of love, acceptance, solidarity and support to LGBTQ youth at a time when they need it most. #SpiritDay was trending at #1 in the U.S. on Twitter on Thursday and garnered more than 1 billion impressions on social media and over 200 unique press articles about LGBTQ youth and bullying, making this the biggest Spirit Day in history! CLICK HERE TO SEE THE HIGHLIGHTS Election GLAAD & BuzzFeed partner on 4-part video series “Drive the Vote”GLAAD’s Director of Communications Mathew Lasky drove from New York City back to his hometown in Wisconsin and stopped in four key states to talk to LGBTQ voters. In partnership with BuzzFeed, Mathew visited: Allentown, Pennsylvania; Columbus, Ohio; Kalamazoo, Michigan; and Menomonie, Wisconsin. Watch all four videos below. These videos were also covered by local media outlets in the states, educating voters about what’s at stake for LGBTQ people in this election. EPISODE 1: Connie Ticho in Allentown, Pennsylvania EPISODE 2: Letha Pugh in Columbus, Ohio EPISODE 3: Jon Hoadley in Kalamazoo, Michigan EPISODE 4: Camden Hargrove in Menomonie, Wisconsin ABC’s Biden Town Hall includes two LGBTQ-focused questions as GLAAD continues to drive LGBTQ inclusion in election mediaThroughout the 2020 Presidential Election cycle, GLAAD has been contacting hosts and producers to advocate for LGBTQ inclusion in nationally televised Presidential candidate debates and town halls. LGBTQ voters deserve to know where candidates stand on our issues. In last week’s Biden Town Hall on ABC, two LGBTQ-related questions were asked: the first regarding the erosion of LGBTQ rights; and the second from a mom with a transgender daughter worries about the lack of protections for LGBTQ people. GLAAD enlists Demi Lovato, Halle Berry and Adam Rippon to call LGBTQ voters in their home statesIf you live in Texas, Ohio or Pennsylvania, you might want to pick up your phone because it could be Demi Lovato, Halle Berry or Adam Rippon calling. The celebrities and friends of GLAAD are recorded calls made to LGBTQ voters in their home states to ensure our community votes early or on Nov. 3. GLAAD President and CEO Sarah Kate Ellis spoke to The Buckeye Flame about the initiative and the importance of LGBTQ voters in states like Ohio. Drag queens from all 50 states help get out the LGBTQ vote in new roll call videoThe hosts and producers behind the Emmy-nominated HBO docuseries We’re Here premiered “We’re Here. We’re Queer. #WeVote.”, a roll call video featuring drag talent from all 50 states, as well as D.C., urging LGBTQ people and allies to vote in the upcoming election and mobilize other LGBTQ voters using GLAAD’s Voting Action Center. New and Rapid Response GLAAD releases video highlighting Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s anti-LGBTQ record and also calls her out for using the term “sexual preference”After Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett used the term “sexual preference” instead of “sexual orientation” during her confirmation hearings for the Supreme Court, GLAAD responded to the moment on Twitter citing our Media Reference Guide. “The correct term is ‘sexual orientation.’ ‘Sexual preference’ is a term often used by anti-LGBTQ activists to imply that sexual orientation is a choice.” Following this moment from the Supreme Court confirmation hearings, GLAAD released a video that highlights Barrett’s anti-LGBTQ record and asks viewers to “be the judge” of whether she is fit to serve on the Supreme Court. GLAAD President & CEO Sarah Kate Ellis speaks with The Hill about GLAAD’s election workThe Hill’s Changing America section published an interview with GLAAD President & CEO Sarah Kate Ellis, focused largely on how GLAAD is holding the media accountable for not addressing LGBTQ issues during the 2020 election cycle. “We are being left out of the conversation. This is exactly what happened in 2016 as well, we were left out of the conversation, and it's too critical, we’re too big of a voting bloc,” Ellis told Changing America. ”That’s been a community effort from the LGBTQ community because our rights are on the ballot this year,” Ellis said. CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL INTERVIEW Latinx Media Representation GLAAD President & CEO Sarah Kate Ellis chats with Voto Latino President & CEO María Teresa Kumar about what's at stake for LGBTQ and Latinx people in the 2020 electionSarah Kate Ellis hosted the latest Election Edition of GLAAD Hangouts with Voto Latino President & CEO María Teresa Kumar on GLAAD’s Instagram. During the conversation, Kumar talked about the origins of Voto Latino, its voter engagement efforts in the 2020 election, and what issues are most important to Latinx people during this election cycle. Ellis and Kumar also talked about the intersectionality of the LGBTQ community, why it’s crucial that Latinx people and LGBTQ Latinx people turnout to vote, and how people can get engaged in the last few weeks leading up to Election Day and beyond. CHECK OUT THEIR CONVERSATION HERE Communities of Color GLAAD’s Program Officer, Communities of Color DaShawn Usher moderates panel for 2020 Saving Ourselves SymposiumOn Thursday, DaShawn Usher, GLAAD's Program Officer, Communities of Color, moderated a panel for their 2020 Saving Ourselves Symposium in partnership with Southern AIDS Coalition. The panel centered on the lives and experiences of Black LGBTQ+ people in the South, as well as Black LGBTQ+ arts and culture. The panel included Randy Bowden Jr (Fashion Creative and Model), Anastacia McCleskey (Broadway Vet, Singer, Writer, and Activist), and Joshua Keith (Dancer, Singer, Actor, and Model). Entertainment Media GLAAD co-sponsors virtual screenings at NewFest, NYC's LGBTQ Film FestivalFrom October 16-27, NewFest, NYC’s LGBTQ Film Festival, will take place virtually. This year, GLAAD is supporting NewFest by co-sponsoring two virtual screenings. The first is the Brazilian film Alice Júnior and the second is the New Zealand film Rūrangi. You can watch them on NewFest’s website until 11:59 p.m. on Oct. 27. GLAAD Pays Tribute GLAAD pays tribute to pioneering trans journalist and advocate Monica RobertsAfter hearing of the death of pioneering transgender journalist Monica Roberts, GLAAD honored the TransGriot writer. GLAAD worked to share stories of Monica’s incredible work and legacy in media outlets including The New York Times. Through her work, Roberts brought awareness to the violence against, and the accomplishments of, the trans community at a time when mainstream outlets were not covering these crucial issues. In 2016, GLAAD honored Roberts at the GLAAD Gala San Francisco with a Special Recognition Award. Monica’s site TransGriot also received the GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Blog in 2018 and was nominated four other times. Keep up to date by following @GLAAD on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and TikTok.
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