GLAAD Criticizes CompuServe for Censoring Gay Newsgroups (December 29, 1995)
GLAAD strongly condemned the actions of online service provider CompuServe, which deleted more than 200 Internet newsgroups from its worldwide system.
GLAAD Supports Internet Protest Day (December 12, 1995)
GLAAD wholeheartedly supports and encourages members of the gay and lesbian community to participate in the National Day of Internet Protest, which will be held on December 12, 1995.
GLAAD Answers Rumor About All My Children (December 11, 1995)
GLAAD would like to quell the rumor that has been circulating that ABC is planning to drop the character of Michael Delaney, who came out of the closet in All My Children.
Lesbian Activists Murdered in Oregon (December 08, 1995)
Police in Medford, Oregon found the bodies of two lesbian activists who had been missing since Monday, December 4th, according to local press reports.
GLAAD Calls for Support of NYNEX and Disney Policies (December 05, 1995)
Disney and NYNEX have extended domestic partner benefits to same gender partners, and the Extreme Far Right has written nasty letters threatening boycotts.
GLAAD Demands CBS Action on the Wright-LPGA Incident (December 04, 1995)
CBS golf announcer Ben Wright made sexist and homophobic remarks about lesbians "hurting women's golf" and claimed that women's breasts were a handicap to women golfers.
GLAAD Salutes NYPD Blue (November 29, 1995)
GLAAD commends the writers and producers of NYPD Blue for continuing to include gay and lesbian characters on the show.
Watch For It! (November 28, 1995)
Liveshot takes place in a fictional news station and revolves around the lives of the various personalities that make up the crew and includes a closeted gay sportscaster.
GLAAD Condemns New York Post Columnist Ray Kerrison's Homophobic Column on Employee Benefits for Same Sex Partners (November 28, 1995)
Ray Kerrison characterizes gay and lesbian relationships as "aberrant", equates gay marriages to "Sodom and Gomorrah" and blames the gay and lesbian community for crime and illegitimacy.
GLAAD Launches Weekly Information Fax (November 27, 1995)
GLAAD will begin a weekly fax to media outlets giving a heads-up on issues and events of importance to the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered community across the country.
GLAAD Announces Launch of GLAAD.ORG (November 27, 1995)
GLAAD announces the launch of GLAAD.ORG as a way of truly networking GLAAD's presence around the country via the Internet.
GLAAD Condemns Bullying Tactics by the Christian Broadcasting Network Against PFLAG's Project Open Mind (November 20, 1995)
CBN has threatened legal action against stations in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Atlanta, Georgia and Houston, Texas for airing ads which feature the inflammatory anti-gay rhetoric of Pat Robertson.
GLAAD Commends Software Manufacturer's Decision to Reconsider Blocked Gay and Lesbian Resource Web Sites (November 16, 1995)
GLAAD commends Microsystems Software, Inc., the makers of the software known as "Cyber Patrol," for its decision to reconsider the blocking of valuable gay and lesbian resource sites.
GLAAD Urges Support of Television's Gay and Lesbian Characters (November 15, 1995)
GLAAD is encouraging its members to express their support of the lesbian and gay characters on five television shows premiering this season.
GLAAD Criticizes Blocking of Gay and Lesbian Resources on the Internet (November 14, 1995)
GLAAD has criticized the Massachusetts-based Microsystems Software Inc. for its software that blocks gay and lesbian resource Web pages.
Gay Rights March and Million Man March Equal in Participants, Not News Coverage (November 06, 1995)
Americans were five times more likely to read about the 1995 Million Man March in major national and regional newspapers than the 1993 Gay Rights March on Washington.
GLAAD Salutes Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (November 02, 1995)
GLAAD commends the creators of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine for including a story about same-gender love in this ground breaking step for the Star Trek series.
GLAAD Salutes Soaps (November 01, 1995)
GLAAD salutes ABC's All My Children for boldly going where no soap has gone before -- out of the closet.
GLAAD Objects to MPAA NC-17 Rating on Lesbian Film (October 31, 1995)
GLAAD is encouraging the Motion Picture Association of America to rescind its NC-17 rating of the film When Night is Falling.
Exploitation, Not Education, Is Real Goal of CWA Ad Against Lesbians & Gays (October 17, 1995)
Concerned Women of America has taken out significant newspaper advertising throughout the country, crammed with enlarged and grotesque stereotypes of gay men and lesbians.
GLAAD Response to In Your Face (August 25, 1995)
GLAAD's commitment to challenging defamation of transgender individuals remains strong.
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