Spirit Day started in 2010 by Canadian Brittany McMillan who created the event in memory of LGBTQ+ youth who lost their lives to suicide
A new GLAAD report is out. Invisible People: A Retrospective Report On The Impacts of COVID & HIV In The United States
"Our community is at disproportionate risk for harassment online, which itself has damaging impacts and can also lead to offline harms"
This year- 50% of the best drama series, 25% of the best comedy, & 60% of the best limited series featured LGBTQ characters or plot lines
One msg deadnames her & promises to “beat [her] to death” and “record your dying screams and moans and masturbate to them.”
Though LGBTQ youth have easier access to support and resources, Hammack said, they also have more ways to find hate and discrimination
GLAAD’s annual Social Media Safety Index gave Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, and YouTube failing scores on LGBTQ safety
GLAAD has reached out to Meta, TikTok, and YouTube to add similar information and resources to searches related to monkeypox
Gilead is giving GLAAD, the HRC, NBJC and NCLR $350,000 each – $1.4 million total – to fund public education efforts
Findings: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, and YouTube and all platforms receive scores under 50 out of 100
