Posts with tag "glaad"

Why Ricky Martin Coming Out Now Matters

Posted Mar 30th 2010 at 11:29 AM by PopEater Staff

In a special guest post, Jarrett Barrios, the President of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, writes about why Ricky Martin outing himself is important. Below, Barrios discusses Martin's decision and how it's a "game changer." A high school friend messaged me on Facebook last night. She'd been so angry back in 1984 when Menudo replaced Ricky Melendez -- who had grown too old -- ...

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GLAAD Ticked Off About 'Ticked-Off Trannies With Knives'

Posted Mar 26th 2010 at 03:34 PM by Jo Piazza

The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) is launching a campaign to get New York's Tribeca Film Festival to remove the film 'Ticked-Off Trannies With Knives' from it's April lineup. The movie stars actual transgendered individuals acting as characters who are so fed up with gay bashing that they choose to take matters violently into their own hands. GLAAD alleges that the ...