GLAAD

GLAAD
Founded1985; 39 years ago (1985) (as Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation)
Founders
FocusDiscrimination in media
Location
Area served
United States
MethodMedia monitoring
Key people
Sarah Kate Ellis (President)
Websitewww.glaad.org Edit this at Wikidata

GLAAD (/ɡlæd/[1]) is an American non-governmental media monitoring organization. Originally founded as a protest against defamatory coverage of gay and lesbian demographics and their portrayals in the media and entertainment industries, it has since expanded to queer, bisexual, and transgender people.

  1. ^ "The ABC Book: G". Library of Congress. National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled. Archived from the original on November 6, 2023. Retrieved October 1, 2021.