GLAAD: Blog 4

The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) promotes fair representation and the elimination of discrimination when it comes to sexual orientation and gender identity. The representation of gay people in the media is highly important because television and magazines directly affect how people treat others. GLAAD is devoted to ensuring respect and understanding in the media and removing stereotypes altogether. The organization has had excellent success in the entertainment industry in Hollywood. While it was previously a local alliance in Los Angeles, it is now a national society that gets television coverage by popular channels like Bravo. GLAAD focuses attention on anti-gay campaigns in order to gain justice for an innocent community. It is important for the media to be aware of the mission of GLAAD because the United States is a country that stands for equality for everyone, no matter what their sexual identity is. Many people think it is normal to discriminate against gay people because it was always acceptable in the past. However, as time goes on, this nation is becoming more open and more focused on fighting for equal rights for diverse people. Numerous celebrities are openly gay in the media, and having this knowledge changes people's views on that person. The only way to make this a positive view is by consistently representing gay people in a positive light in different forms of media. This is a new generation that does not have to follow the same closed-minded ideas of past principles.