Editing GLAAD (section)

==History==
Formed in [[New York City]] as '''Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation''' in 1985 to protest against what it saw as the ''[[New York Post]]''{{'}}s defamatory and sensationalized [[AIDS]] coverage, GLAAD put pressure on media organizations to end what it saw as [[homophobic]] reporting. Initial meetings were held in the homes of several New York City activists as well as after-hours at the [[New York State Council on the Arts]]. 

This core founding group included film scholar [[Vito Russo]]; translator [[Gregory Kolovakos]], then on the staff of the NYS Arts Council and who later became the organization's first executive director; [[Jewelle Gomez]], the organization's first treasurer; writers Darrell Yates Rist, Marcia Pally and [[Allen Barnett (writer)|Allen Barnett]];<ref name="Barnett">{{cite web|title=Barnett, Allen (1955–1991)|publisher=[[glbtq.com]]|access-date=March 25, 2013|url=http://www.glbtq.com/literature/barnett_a.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015085839/http://www.glbtq.com/literature/barnett_a.html|archive-date=October 15, 2012}}</ref> ''[[New York Native]]'' then-editor Barry Adkins; Russo's fellow [[Gay Activists Alliance]] veterans [[Arnie Kantrowitz]], [[Marty Robinson (gay activist)|Marty Robinson]], Jim Owles and Hal Offen; and music critic Bruce Michael-Gelbert.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Schiavi |first1=Michael |title=Celluloid Activist: The Life and Times of Vito Russo |date=2011 |publisher=University of Wisconsin Press |isbn=9780299282301 |pages=237-238 |edition=1st}}</ref>

In 1987, after a meeting with GLAAD, ''[[The New York Times]]'' changed its editorial policy to use the word "gay" instead of harsher terms referring to homosexuality.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.claynewsnetwork.com/2009/03/26/glaad-for-clay-aiken/|title=GLAAD for Clay Aiken |publisher=Claynewsnetwork.com|access-date=December 3, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130528101434/http://claynewsnetwork.com/2009/03/26/glaad-for-clay-aiken/|archive-date=May 28, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> GLAAD advocated that the ''[[Associated Press]]'' and other television and print news sources follow. GLAAD's influence soon spread to [[Los Angeles]], where organizers began working with the entertainment industry to change the way the gay and lesbian community were portrayed on screen.

''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' has named GLAAD as one of Hollywood's most powerful entities,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amiannoying.com/%28S%28w3qmj555gowyo22cuk3dlbvf%29%29/collection.aspx?collection=366|title=Entertainment Weekly's 101 Most Influential People (1992)|publisher=Amiannoying.com|date=November 25, 1976|access-date=December 3, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120419070859/http://www.amiannoying.com/(S(43aaeuu0nzfzqv2q4zqrrz45))/collection.aspx?collection=366|archive-date=April 19, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> and the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' described GLAAD as "possibly one of the most successful organizations lobbying the media for inclusion".<ref>{{cite book|last1=Myers|first1=Daniel J.|first2=Daniel M.|last2=Cress|title=Authority in Contention|publisher=Emerald Group Publishing|year=2004|isbn=0-7623-1037-5|page=200}}</ref>

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, with the LA chapter becoming particularly influential due to its proximity to the California entertainment industry. GLAAD/NY and GLAAD/LA would eventually vote to merge in 1994, with other city chapters joining soon afterward; however, the chapters continue to exist, with the ceremonies of the [[GLAAD Media Awards]] being divided each year into three ceremonies held in New York City, Los Angeles and [[San Francisco]].

Following the 2011 resignation of [[Jarrett Barrios]] from the GLAAD presidency, Mike Thompson served as interim president until the announcement of Herndon Graddick, previously GLAAD's vice-president of Programs and Communications, to the presidency on April 15, 2012. Graddick is the younger son of [[Charles Graddick]] of [[Mobile, Alabama|Mobile]], a circuit court judge and the former [[Attorney General of Alabama|attorney general of Alabama]].

In 2013, the year GLAAD changed its name from ''Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation'' to GLAAD,<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2023-05-22|author=Staff Reports|date=2013-04-03|title=GLAAD 'no longer an acronym,' alters name as part of broadened mission|url=https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/03/glaad-no-longer-an-acronym-altering-mission-to-better-embrace-bisexual-transgender-people/|website=lgbtqnation.com|archive-date=November 6, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231106103235/https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/03/glaad-no-longer-an-acronym-altering-mission-to-better-embrace-bisexual-transgender-people/|url-status=live}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> and [[Jennifer Finney Boylan]] was chosen as the first openly transgender co-chair of GLAAD's National Board of Directors.<ref>{{cite news|last=Reynolds|first=Daniel|url=http://www.advocate.com/politics/media/2013/11/08/glaad-appoints-first-transgender-cochair|title=GLAAD Appoints First Transgender Cochair|publisher=Advocate.com|date=November 8, 2013|access-date=December 3, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111083544/http://www.advocate.com/politics/media/2013/11/08/glaad-appoints-first-transgender-cochair|archive-date=November 11, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Name change===
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; the name change was a commitment to incorporate [[Bisexuality|bisexual]] and [[transgender]] people in their efforts to support the [[LGBTQ community|LGBTQ+ community]] in its entirety.<ref name="Peeples">{{cite news |first=Jase |last=Peeples |title=GLAAD Affirms Commitment to Trans and Bi People, Alters Name |work=[[The Advocate (LGBT magazine)|The Advocate]] |date=March 24, 2013 |access-date=March 25, 2013 |url=http://www.advocate.com/politics/2013/03/24/glaad-affirms-commitment-trans-and-bi-people-alters-name |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130327032957/http://www.advocate.com/politics/2013/03/24/glaad-affirms-commitment-trans-and-bi-people-alters-name |archive-date=March 27, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Executives===
[[Sarah Kate Ellis]] is the current president and CEO of GLAAD.<ref name=":0">{{cite magazine|title=The woman who saved GLAAD: how Sarah Kate Ellis brought the faltering nonprofit into the 21st century|author=[[Ramin Setoodeh]]|magazine=Variety|issn=0042-2738|date=September 27, 2016|volume=333|issue=12|page=50|url=https://variety.com/2016/biz/news/sarah-kate-ellis-glaad-1201870674/|access-date=July 13, 2021|archive-date=October 10, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231010163848/https://variety.com/2016/biz/news/sarah-kate-ellis-glaad-1201870674/|url-status=live}}</ref> Ellis took the positions in 2014 and under her leadership GLAAD's revenue grew by 38%. In 2015, Ellis promoted Nick Adams to the newly created position of director of transgender media & representation. Adams started working at GLAAD in 1998 and had previously been GLAAD's director of communications & special projects.<ref name=":0" /> In 2022, Ellis renegotiated her contract with GLAAD, receiving a $150,000 signing bonus and an average annual salary of $441,000 per year, increasing by 5% each year.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Steel |first=Emily |date=2024-08-01 |title=A Pattern of Lavish Spending at a Leading L.G.B.T.Q. Nonprofit |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/01/business/glaad-ceo-spending.html |access-date=2024-08-06 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

In August 2024, GLAAD and Ellis were the subjects of a [[The New York Times]] report that explored the organization's reimbursements of Ellis's "pattern of lavish spending", including luxury travel, home renovations and vacation property rentals.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Steel |first=Emily |date=2024-08-01 |title=A Pattern of Lavish Spending at a Leading L.G.B.T.Q. Nonprofit |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/01/business/glaad-ceo-spending.html |access-date=2024-08-01 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> In response, GLAAD released a statement defending their commitment to Ellis's leadership and their payments towards her expenses.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kuznikov |first=Selena |date=2024-08-05 |title=GLAAD Supports CEO Sarah Kate Ellis After Lavish Spending Allegations: 'We Are Certain That She Is the Right Leader' |url=https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/glaad-supports-ceo-sarah-kate-ellis-1236095968/ |access-date=2024-08-06 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref> A subsequent [[Washington Blade]] op-ed by former GLAAD vice-president Zeke Stokes contested [[The New York Times]] reporting as "riddled with bad reporting, innuendo, lies, mistruths, facts out of context, and misinformation."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stokes |first=Zeke |date=2024-08-05 |title=NY Times report on GLAAD riddled with bad reporting, innuendo, lies |url=https://www.washingtonblade.com/2024/08/05/opinion-ny-times-report-glaad-bad-reporting-innuendo-lies/ |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=Washington Blade |language=en-US}}</ref>

;GLAAD/NY executive directors (1985–1994)
* [[Gregory Kolovakos]] (1985–1987)
* Craig Davidson (1987–1990)
* Ellen Carton (1991–1995)

;GLAAD early board members/officers
* Christopher Borden Paine (1985–?)
* Amy Bauer (1986–?)

;GLAAD/LA  executive directors (pre-1994)
* Richard Jennings and Jehan Agrama (1989–1992)
* Peter M. Nardi (1992–1993)
* Lee Werbel (1993–1994)

;Post-merger (1994–present)
* William Waybourn (as national managing director; 1995&nbsp;– 1997)
* Joan M. Garry (1997&nbsp;– June 2005)
* [[Neil Giuliano]] (September 2005&nbsp;– June 2009)
* [[J. Michael Durnil]] (interim; June&nbsp;– September 2009)
* [[Jarrett Barrios]] (September 2009&nbsp;– June 2011)
* Mike Thompson (acting) (June 2011&nbsp;– 2012)
* Herndon Graddick (April 2012 – May 2013)
* Kurt Wentzell (June 2000 - September 2022)
* Dave Montez (May 2013 – November 2013)
* [[Sarah Kate Ellis]] (2013&nbsp;– present)<ref>{{cite news|last=Reynolds|first=Daniel|title=GLAAD Announces Sarah Kate Ellis as President|url=http://www.advocate.com/politics/media/2013/11/25/glaad-announces-sarah-kate-ellis-president|newspaper=The Advocate|date=November 25, 2013|access-date=January 18, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202222436/http://www.advocate.com/politics/media/2013/11/25/glaad-announces-sarah-kate-ellis-president|archive-date=December 2, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>

;Other executives
* Scott Seomin
* John Sonego