Gay and lesbian alliance
Gay & Lesbian Alliance (GALA) of the Central Coast
GLAAD is a U.S. non-governmental media monitoring organization founded by LGBT people in the media. Before March , the name "GLAAD" had been an acronym for "Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation", but became the primary name.
Description:History[ edit ] The group was founded on April 20, , evolving from Frank Kameny 's Congressional campaign. In , Congress allowed the District of Columbia to elect a non-voting representative to the House of Representatives. A group of gay activists in the District of Columbia thought that none of the candidates showed enough attention to gay issues, so with help from the Gay Activists Alliance from New York City , volunteers collected over 7, signatures to add Kameny as a candidate. As Ian Lekus puts it, the organization worked to challenge the assumed meaning of community towards one that was an action rather than a group. The group has worked at the federal level regarding family medical care, the definition of "family", family leave, and child custody. The Alliance calls for city agencies that dispense contraceptives and barriers for disease protection to also dispense dental dams and other forms of protection for safe lesbian sex.
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