GLAAD

GLAAD
Founded	1985 (as Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation)
Founders	Vito Russo; Jewelle Gomez; Lauren Hinds;
Focus	Discrimination in media
Location	New York City, New York, U.S.; Los Angeles, California, U.S.; ;
Area served	United States
Method	Media monitoring
Key people	Sarah Kate Ellis (President)
Website	www.glaad.org

GLAAD (/ɡlæd/) 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 included bisexual and transgender people.

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