| LC control no. | nr2002016603 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Corporate name heading | Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation |
| Variant(s) | Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation GLAAD (Organization : 1985-2013) G.L.A.A.D. (Organization : 1985-2013) |
| See also | Successor: GLAAD (Organization : 2013- ) |
| Beginning date | 1985 |
| Ending date | 2013-03 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Field of activity | Gay people in mass media Mass media and gay people Sexual minorities in mass media |
| Found in | GLAAD annual report, 1997: p. 1 (GLAAD; Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) p. 8 (office locations: Atlanta, Kansas City, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Washington, D.C.) GLAAD website, October 1, 2014: home page (GLAAD) about > our history (1985 - In response to the New York Post's grossly defamatory and sensationalized HIV/AIDS coverage, GLAAD is formed with its original name "Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation" to put pressure on media organizations to end homophobic reporting; 2013 - To highlight the organization's work with the entire LGBT community and allies, GLAAD formally drops the original name "Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation" and begins to exclusively use GLAAD as the organization's name) <http://www.glaad.org/> <http://www.glaad.org/about/history> Wikipedia, October 1, 2014 (GLAAD (formerly the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) is a U.S. non-governmental media monitoring organisation founded by LGBT people in the media. Before March 2013, the name "GLAAD" had been an acronym for "Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation," but became the primary name due to its inclusiveness of bisexual and transgender issues; formed in New York City in 1985; within the first five years of its founding in New York as the Gay and Lesbian Anti-Defamation League (soon after changed to "Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation" after legal pressure by the Anti-Defamation League), GLAAD chapters had been established in Los Angeles and other cities; On March 24, 2013, GLAAD announced that it had formally dropped the "Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation" from their name and would now be known only as GLAAD to reflect their work more accurately) |
| Associated language | eng |
| Invalid LCCN | no2001070037 |
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