Hi Friend,

<[link removed]>I’m DaShawn, GLAAD’s Programs Officer, Communities of Color, and I’m in Atlanta this weekend to accelerate acceptance in the South. Thank you for being one of our key supporters. I wanted to give you an update on some of the work we are doing and ask for you to join me to make a difference in the lives of LGBTQ people across our nation.


GLAAD conducted a national poll in 2014 that found Southerners tend to be more uncomfortable with LGBTQ people and relationships than Americans on the whole, so we launched our Southern Stories program to help elevate and empower LGBTQ people in the South and increase equality and acceptance throughout the region. 

- Our work is cultural, including empowering and training young activists and leaders, like Dorothy McIntosh, GLAAD’s campus ambassador at Texas A&M, who’s working to increase acceptance for LGBTQ students at her historically conservative university. 


- Our work is legislative, as when we created public pressure on the governor of Oklahoma to veto a bill that would allow adoption and foster care agencies to discriminate against LGBTQ couples. 


- Our work is hard-hitting and rapid response, as when we condemned a Georgia state representative who said that people living with HIV and AIDS should be quarantined. Now we’re going even further, working to help produce +Life, a series of videos and other digital assets to help combat the stigma faced by those living with HIV.


- Our work is impactful, as we recently launched an initiative to conduct specific GLAAD Media Institute (GMI) trainings in the South. With over 100 people already trained in the past couple of months, we are engaging new Southern voices to tell their own stories, highlight their successes and share the challenges they face. To date, we’ve conducted trainings in Georgia, Texas, Tennessee, and Louisanna. With several others planned in North Carolina, Florida, Alabama, South Carolina, and Mississippi.

I’m so proud to be a part of GLAAD’s courageous work across the South, and today, I’m asking you to be a part of it, too. If you’re able, will you donate $25, $50 or $100 to help power GLAAD’s work in the South? 

Thank you so much for reading, and for being part of the nationwide community creating acceptance and equality for all LGBTQ people.

I want to support GLAAD's work in the South <[link removed]>

Hope to see you there!



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