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Sarah Kate Ellis

@sarahkateellis.bsky.social
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President & CEO of GLAAD. Working to build a better future for the queer youth of tomorrow. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

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Sarah Kate Ellis @sarahkateellis.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“While the administration is unlawfully eroding protections for trans students under the guise of ‘protecting women and girls,’ they are systematically weakening the very laws that keep students safe and schools accountable.“ - @nwlc.org (1/2) nwlc.org/press-releas...
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NWLC Warns Dept. of Education’s Title IX Rule Erodes Protections for Student Survivors - National Women's Law Center
WASHINGTON D.C., – Today the Department of Education issued a rule formally reviving the 2020 Title IX rule, which significantly weakens protections against sexual harassment in education.  The Depart...
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Sarah Kate Ellis @sarahkateellis.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Gloria Steinem was a trailblazing titan of civil rights whose vision for liberation bridged the movements for gender equality, bodily autonomy, and LGBTQ rights. (1/3)
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Sarah Kate Ellis @sarahkateellis.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Once again, our community is grieving after a deadly and senseless act of hate. No one should have to live in fear simply because of who they are. (1/5)
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Sarah Kate Ellis @sarahkateellis.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Americans need accurate information, authentic stories, and policies that reflect today's realities about living with HIV and the huge advancements in prevention and treatment. (1/3)
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GLAAD @glaad.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
WNBA fans including LGBTQ people and allies are urging the league to speak up for longstanding values of belonging, and to meet with transgender people and youth to hear about their lives and the urgency of allyship. 19thnews.org/2026/08/wnba...
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The WNBA ‘felt like a lifeline’ for LGBTQ+ fans. Anti-trans attacks are testing that refuge.
Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham’s remarks opposing transgender athletes in women’s sports injected political debate into a league with no openly trans women players.
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Sarah Kate Ellis @sarahkateellis.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Audiences across the board are seeking out original and inclusive stories. @glaad.bsky.social's study found LGBTQ stories in film that are both commercially and critically successful. glaad.org/2026-where-w...
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2026 Where We Are in Film Study | GLAAD
GLAAD’s Where We Are in Film is a reimagined version of our award-winning Studio Responsibility Index (SRI). This study continues to maps the quantity, quality and diversity...
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Sarah Kate Ellis @sarahkateellis.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
The Supreme Court's ruling on transgender youth participating in school sports is at odds with the fundamental principles of fairness, freedom, and family that define our country and our communities. (1/3)
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GLAAD @glaad.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
TEAM LET TRANS KIDS PLAY SPORTS 🏳️‍⚧️
We're on Team Let Trans Kids PlayWe're on Team Let Trans Kids PlayWe're on Team Let Trans Kids Play
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Office of NYC Comptroller Mark Levine @nyccomptroller.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Out now: the Comptroller’s Office LGBTQIA+ 2026 Resource Guide. This guide connects LGBTQIA+ New Yorkers with essential resources including healthcare, legal, and more. Grateful to speak with @sarahkateellis.bsky.social president and CEO of @glaad.bsky.social about the importance of this resource.
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Sarah Kate Ellis @sarahkateellis.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Tech leaders must proactively embrace intentional practices to create safe products. Read my interview with @mashable.com
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GLAAD finds AI can encourage homophobia, transphobia
GLAAD releases roadmap for LGBTQ inclusion in AI.
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Sarah Kate Ellis @sarahkateellis.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
HUD's proposed rule change targets protections based on sexual orientation as well as gender identity. Opponents of transgender people can, do, and will come after LGB people too. We must stand together against all attacks against any of us.
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Elizabeth Warren warns new Trump federal housing rule could put LGBTQ+ people on the street
The Massachusetts senator says the administration is quietly enabling housing discrimination against LGBTQ+ Americans.
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GLAAD @glaad.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Read the full report: glaad.org/2026-ai-repo...
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2026 AI Report – Build for Everyone: A Framework for LGBTQ Representation and Safety in AI | GLAAD
In this inaugural report, GLAAD presents the tangible and unique ways that AI both impacts and shapes perceptions about our community.
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GLAAD @glaad.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
✅ Respect data privacy: adopt privacy-by-design, minimize data collection, never infer identity without consent ✅ Engage LGBTQ communities from the earliest stages of development
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GLAAD @glaad.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
GLAAD’s key recommendations for AI developers and deployers: ✅ Fix the foundation: ensure inclusive LGBTQ representation in training data ✅ Don't automate discrimination: audit agentic AI before it scales ✅ Maintain human oversight in content moderation
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GLAAD @glaad.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
The AI industry can and must follow best practices. Biased training data can be corrected. Content moderation can protect LGBTQ voices instead of silencing them. Privacy safeguards and red-teaming with LGBTQ communities can be built in from day one.
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GLAAD @glaad.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
AI is already shaping how people find information, apply for jobs, and engage with the world. The question isn’t whether AI will affect LGBTQ lives. It’s whether companies will build it responsibly.
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GLAAD @glaad.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Today GLAAD released “Build for Everyone,” our first comprehensive report on LGBTQ Responsible AI. It’s a roadmap for building AI that actually works for LGBTQ people — and everyone: glaad.org/2026-ai-repo...
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2026 AI Report – Build for Everyone: A Framework for LGBTQ Representation and Safety in AI | GLAAD
In this inaugural report, GLAAD presents the tangible and unique ways that AI both impacts and shapes perceptions about our community.
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Sarah Kate Ellis @sarahkateellis.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Neutrality is no longer an option. AI systems trained on data that wrongfully positions LGBTQ lives as ‘fringe’ or treats our equal rights as ‘controversial,’ or that fail to catch sophisticated disinformation about LGBTQ people, threaten our health, safety, and civil rights.
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2026 AI Report – Build for Everyone: A Framework for LGBTQ Representation and Safety in AI | GLAAD
In this inaugural report, GLAAD presents the tangible and unique ways that AI both impacts and shapes perceptions about our community.
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VICKI JOHNSON 🏳️‍🌈 @vickijohnsonwrites.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
So excited to see MOLLY’S TUXEDO in @peoplemagazine.bsky.social as part of this awesome Pride list curated by @glaad.bsky.social president and CEO @sarahkateellis.bsky.social! Check out all 9 titles at the link in my bio and stories: people.com/9-lgbtq-book.... 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ #GillianReid #LittleBeeBooks
People magazine logo and title of article “9 LGBTQ+ Books for Young Readers to Celebrate Pride month” with Molly’s Tuxedo cover.
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Sarah Kate Ellis @sarahkateellis.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
You can’t cancel Pride, no matter how hard you try. Families are made of love. We have families in the LGBTQ community and we celebrate them in Pride. (1/4) www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHqL...
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‘You can’t cancel Pride, no matter how hard you try’: GLAAD CEO on some GOP rebranding June
YouTube video by MS NOW
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GLAAD @glaad.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Today is the tenth anniversary of the the Pulse Nightclub shooting that happened on June 12, 2016. We remember the victims and honor them with action. 💔
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Sarah Kate Ellis @sarahkateellis.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
For LGBTQ+ students, and for students of all backgrounds, access to books that reflect who they are and their experiences is not a luxury. It is part of a safe, inclusive learning environment. (1/3) www.advocate.com/opinion/hr76...
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Don’t let Congress censor America’s school libraries
Republicans are considering legislation that could pressure schools to remove books about LGBTQ+ people, diverse families, and other topics by tying federal funding to vague content restrictions.
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Sarah Kate Ellis @sarahkateellis.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
These results of the @glaad.bsky.social 2026 Pride Poll confirm what most Americans already believe: we are at our best when we treat our friends, family, and neighbors with basic dignity and respect. (1/3) glaad.org/glaad-poll-s...
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GLAAD Poll: Supermajority of Americans Support Brands Participating in Pride; Reject Political Attacks on Transgender People | GLAAD
GLAAD is releasing the results of a new poll showing registered voters’ top concern remains rising costs and inflation. Voters overwhelmingly believe politicians...
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GLAAD @glaad.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
“This is an existential fight – and we all need to be in it or risk losing democratic freedoms that have been hard-won over the past 250 years,” @sarahkateellis.bsky.social writes via @thewrap.com
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The FCC’s Push for LGBTQ+ Labels Is a Bad Deal for Hollywood, GLAAD CEO Says | Guest Column
"This is an existential fight – and we all need to be in it or risk losing democratic freedoms that have been hard-won over the past 250 years."
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Sarah Kate Ellis @sarahkateellis.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
"The report appears to criticize so-called conversion therapy... 'every person, first and foremost, is singular, irreducible, irreplaceable, and original... created in the image and likeness of God.'” (1/3) www.washingtonblade.com/2026/05/07/n...
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New Vatican report acknowledges LGBTQ Catholics feel isolated in the church
Document contains testimonies of two gay married men
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GLAAD @glaad.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is targeting LGBTQ stories. They are trying to control what you see on television. This government overreach is dangerous to the existence of an independent and free media. Take action: glaad.org/fcc
Tell the FCC: LGBTQ People on TV Don't Need A Warning Label
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Sarah Kate Ellis @sarahkateellis.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Leading social media companies today do not meet basic best practices in content moderation, transparency, data privacy, and workforce diversity — and continuously refuse to meaningfully prioritize the safety, privacy, and expression of LGBTQ people and other marginalized communities. (1/5)
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2026 Social Media Safety Index | GLAAD
The annual GLAAD Social Media Safety Index & Platform Scorecard evaluates six major social media platforms: TikTok, X, YouTube, and Meta’s Facebook, Instagram, and Threads...
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Sarah Kate Ellis @sarahkateellis.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
The freedom to read is not partisan. It is American. Tell Congress to oppose the Federal Book Ban Bill here: action.everylibrary.org/hr_7661
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PETITION: Don't Let the Federal Government Regulate Your Reading
Not one country's freedom and liberty has ever been increased by banning books.
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Sarah Kate Ellis @sarahkateellis.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Voters continue to turn the page on this shameful era of book banning and book banners. LGBTQ students, families, and staff, and our allies, deserve a safe place to learn and thrive. bsky.app/profile/tani...
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GLAAD @glaad.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
This Court has ruled against civil rights in more than half of cases since 2020, with extreme consequences for women, LGBTQ people, and minorities.
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Supreme Court remade by Trump ushers in historic defeats for civil rights
The court is the first since at least the ’50s to reject claims in a majority of cases involving women and minorities, an analysis conducted for The Post shows.
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GLAAD @glaad.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
The Court’s decision “threatens a half-century’s worth of gains in voting equality,” Justice Kagan wrote. The South has the highest percentage of LGBTQ people in the US. One in four LGBTQ Southerners is Black.
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Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
First Jimmy Kimmel, now Brendan Carr is looking at LGBTQ+ content. “Parents should absolutely have a say in what their kids watch, and parents already know that seeing an LGBTQ person on screen or in real life does no harm,” GLAAD CEO Sarah Kate Ellis said. www.advocate.com/politics/nat...
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Trump’s FCC targets LGBTQ+ television content. GLAAD sounds alarm
The agency, led by Brendan Carr, is reconsidering TV ratings for “gender identity themes,” prompting warnings about free speech and cultural control.
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Sarah Kate Ellis @sarahkateellis.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
@glaad.bsky.social joins civil rights leaders nationwide to condemn the partisan and deeply troubling attack against the Southern Poverty Law Center. For more than 50 years, SPLC has been a leader in the fight against racism, anti-LGBTQ hate, and all forms of violent extremism. (1/3)
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Sarah Kate Ellis @sarahkateellis.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Parents should absolutely have a say in what their kids watch, and parents already know that seeing an LGBTQ person on screen or in real life does no harm. What does cause harm is government overreach. (1/2)
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GLAAD Slams FCC, Brendan Carr For "Harm On LGBTQ Americans"
Following Brendan Carr's latest proposed media crackdown, GLAAD has called out the FCC chair for his inquiry's "harm on LGBTQ Americans."
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GLAAD @glaad.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Resolutions like this do more to reveal the cluelessness of elected officials whose own families and those of their constituents have various family dynamics and structures. www.advocate.com/politics/sta...
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June is Pride Month. Tennessee Republicans say it’s ‘Nuclear Family Month’
Gov. Bill Lee signed a resolution defining family as a man, a woman, and their children, a move critics say targets LGBTQ+ households.
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GLAAD @glaad.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
The strongest families are grounded by love. Lawmakers trying to exclude and intentionally harm some families should be recognized as actively harming all by not focusing their time working for an inclusive Tennessee where all are welcome and can succeed.
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GLAAD @glaad.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Take action now and sign onto @everylibrary.bsky.social's petition here: action.everylibrary.org/hr_7661
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PETITION: Don't Let the Federal Government Regulate Your Reading
Not one country's freedom and liberty has ever been increased by banning books.
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GLAAD @glaad.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
A dangerous federal book ban bill, HR 7661, is moving through Congress to erase LGBTQ stories from public schools and libraries by threatening them with defunding. This is not about protection; it is a targeted attempt to erase our families.
graphic featuring a stack of books in rainbow colors with the words "LGBTQ books and people belong."
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GLAAD @glaad.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
We stand alongside over 100 grassroots and national advocacy organizations, publishers, booksellers, parent groups, and professional associations in opposition to H.R. 7661. Use the EveryLibrary action center to urge your representative to vote NO, or better, yet, to not take it up for a vote.
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Stop the Federal Book Ban Bill!
We made it easy to take these four actions to fight against HR 7661 and stand up for your right to read!
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Sarah Kate Ellis @sarahkateellis.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
The Court once again prioritized malice over best practice medicine. Young people should be met with support and best practice healthcare when they access mental health services – not fear or shame from so-called providers who want to force them to change who they are. (1/2)
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GLAAD @glaad.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Health care for transgender people and youth is supported by every major medical association and world health authority.
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Medical Association Statements in Support of Health Care for Transgender People and Youth | GLAAD
Original article posted June 21,2023 Every major medical association and leading world health authority supports health care for transgender people and youth. They are also increasingly speaking out a...
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GLAAD @glaad.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
“Health care services for transgender young people remain legal, and the federal government cannot intimidate or punish the providers who offer them.”
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Judge rules US government overreached with transgender health care declaration
A federal judge has ruled that the government overreached when it declared certain types of gender-affirming care unsafe for young people
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Sarah Kate Ellis @sarahkateellis.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Dolores Huerta is an incredible force in the Labor Rights Movement and beyond. It was an honor to share space with her and learn from her about movement building. Thank you for your bravery and courage. We must believe women and stand with survivors.
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GLAAD @glaad.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
LGBTQ people and our stories belong. Defeat this national book ban push 🏳️‍🌈 📚 🏳️‍⚧️
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Sarah Kate Ellis @sarahkateellis.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
The next No Kings protest will mark the largest collective exercise of free speech in American history -- an undeniable indicator that Americans of all backgrounds support democracy and the Constitution. (1/3)
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Planned Parenthood @ppfa.org · 16/03/2026
Gender-affirming care is health care.
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The Buckeye Flame @thebuckeyeflame.com · 15/03/2026
All new episode of THIS NEWS IS SO GAY available for your Sunday listening! We're chatting this week with @sarahkateellis.bsky.social of @glaad.bsky.social all about the media's role in accelerating acceptance. Amazing stuff! thebuckeyeflame.com/2026/03/11/t...
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Sarah Kate Ellis @sarahkateellis.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
I sat down with @kenschneck.bsky.social of This News Is So Gay and @thebuckeyeflame.com to discuss how and why @glaad.bsky.social works through media to accelerate acceptance for LGBTQ people, in a time of dramatic change in media and targeting of LGBTQ Americans. (1/2) glaad.org/glaad-ceo-sa...
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GLAAD CEO Sarah Kate Ellis on Winning the Mission to Accelerate Acceptance Amidst Rising Hate and a ‘Divided States of Media’ | GLAAD
GLAAD President and CEO Sarah Kate Ellis sat down with Ken Schneck, editor of The Buckeye Flame, Ohio’s only statewide LGBTQ newsroom, for a special edition of This News Is So Gay.
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Ken Schneck @kenschneck.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
NEW PODCAST EPISODE! This News is So Gay (3/11/26): Examining How LGBTQ+ Media Can Accelerate Acceptance Featuring: @sarahkateellis.bsky.social, President and CEO of @glaad.bsky.social, chatting with @kenschneck.bsky.social. thebuckeyeflame.com/2026/03/11/t...
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This News is So Gay (3/11/26): Examining How LGBTQ+ Media Can Accelerate Acceptance
Featuring: Sarah Kate Ellis, President and CEO of GLAAD
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