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GLAAD fuming over transphobic SNL sketch

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 18:00:27 +0000

LGBT groups want an apology from NBC following a sketch that appeared on “Saturday Night Live” this past weekend, depicting male-to-female transgender people.

The bit featured men as(...)

‘Today Show’ welcomes gay entries in wedding contest

logointern2 — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 21:00:56 +0000

Executive producers at the “Today Show” have agreed to open its “Modern Day Wedding Contest” to same-sex couples, GLAAD reports.

Last month, GLAAD released a call to action opposing the(...)

NBC changes rules to allow gay `Today’ wedding

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 14:31:08 +0000

(New York) After a meeting with gay and lesbian activists on Thursday, NBC’s “Today” show said it is changing the rules for its annual wedding contest to allow same-sex couples to apply for a(...)

‘Today Show’ bans gays from Wedding Contest, GLAAD issues call to action

logointern2 — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 22:00:58 +0000

LGBT activist group GLAAD issued a call to action Tuesday opposing the “Today Show’s” rejection of gay and lesbian applicants in its “Modern Day Wedding Contest.”

Although the NBC series(...)

Withers: Obama insists he’s a gay ally

James Withers — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 13:14:50 +0000

I’m going to give President Barack Obama points for nerve. When asked by NBC’s Brian Williams if gays and lesbians, who want to get married, have “a friend in the White House,” Obama looked(...)

Rosie O’Donnell Returns to NBC with “Rosie’s Variety Show”

swarn — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 04:38:06 +0000

Openly gay former talk show host Rosie O’Donnell will host a live, hour-long special on NBC on Nov. 26 called Rosie’s Variety Show, it was announced in The Hollywood Reporter today.

The show(...)

NBC’s Bob Costas Discusses Gays in Sports

swarn — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 21:08:27 +0000

On August 23rd at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Australian diver Matthew Mitcham, the only out gay male athlete at those games, won Olympic gold in men’s platform diving. In doing so, he(...)

NBC on not mentioning Mitcham is gay: “We can’t cover everything”

swarn — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 23:21:57 +0000

Burnt out and struggling with depression and anxiety, an up-and-coming Olympic hopeful drops out of his sport two years before the Beijing Games. His coach talks him into resuming training the year before the Olympics and he makes his country’s team which isn’t expected to fare terribly well against China’s powerhouse squad. Indeed, the athlete [...]