Benjamin Coy is using his voice to amplify the voices of others
In our 2025 Thriving Under 30 feature, we highlight several young LGBTQ+ activists and advocates who are already changing the world.
August 18, 2025
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Chinese Social Media Giant Weibo Cracks Down on Lesbian Content
User fought back with the hashtag #IamLes.
April 15, 2019
Conversion therapy content is being banned by social media companies thanks to the work of LGBTQ+ group
Promoting the dangerous and discredited practice of conversion therapy now violates several companies’ content policies. Some companies say it's thanks to GLAAD's recommendations and research.
January 16, 2024
Right-Winger Calls for LGBTQ+ People to Be Put in Camps Over Monkeypox
Ethan Schmidt-Crockett, who often posts homophobic content on social media, is a supporter of Arizona Republican governor nominee Kari Lake.
August 6, 2022
Adult star Cody Seiya's spicy new briefs are the year-round stocking stuffer
The popular content creator is rocking some new undies that will poke your eye out.
October 17, 2024
Instagram Suspends 'Gays Against Groomers' Amid Scrutiny of Meta’s Moderation Policies
The suspension follows a report criticizing Meta’s handling of hateful anti-LGBTQ+ content on Instagram.
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October 25, 2023
Transphobe Elon Musk calls out J.K. Rowling for posting transphobic content
Many of the tech billionaire’s fans wondered why the noted transphobe would ask a like-minded person to stop attacking transgender people online.
May 6, 2024
New Social Media Campaign Aimed at Four State Marriage Votes
"It's Facebook and Twitter meets Rock the Vote for marriage equality," say creators of the campaign targeting the young and the connected.
September 5, 2012
Germany Would Fine Social Media Outlets If They Don't Police Hate Speech
CNET reports that Germany's minister of justice will propose a law that slaps large fines on social media platforms for not properly controlling online abuse.
March 14, 2017
TikTok Bans Conversion Therapy and White Supremacist Content
The platform announced an update to how it will enforce its community guidelines against anti-LGBTQ+ and other hateful content.
October 21, 2020
China's Weibo Backs Down on Promise to Censor Gay Content Amid Backlash
LGBT rights advocates responded in droves with the "I am gay" hashtag when the Twitter-like platform Weibo said it would ban pornographic, violent, and homosexual imagery.
April 16, 2018
Social Media (Except Twitter) Improves LGBTQ+ Safety, More Steps Needed: GLAAD
All five major platforms must do more to protect LGBTQ+ users, according to GLAAD's Social Media Safety Index Platform Scorecard.
June 15, 2023
'I Am Gay' Goes Viral After Chinese Site Weibo Censors LGBT Content
The website's decision to remove gay content is viewed as part of a larger move under President Xi Jinping and the Communist Party to stifle ideas.
April 15, 2018
How GLAAD Is Training Google AI to Be Less Homophobic
GLAAD announced it will partner with Google's parent company, Alphabet, to improve how artifical inteligence deals with LGBT content.
March 14, 2018
Gay Cruise Forbids Making Sexually Explicit Content on Its Ship
Videos taken onboard past cruises had become popular online.
February 8, 2023
'Don't Say Gay' Law Fuels Anti-LGBTQ+ Bigotry Online: Report
Social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook stood idly by and allowed right-wing users to attack LGBTQ+ people as "groomers."
August 10, 2022
Marjorie Taylor Greene Accuses Gay Former Twitter Exec of Pushing Grindr on Kids
Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Robert Garcia blasted Greene for her homophobia.
February 9, 2023
Media Matters Sues Far-Right Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton
In a pivotal legal battle over free speech, Media Matters confronts Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in federal court, alleging unconstitutional retaliation in response to their reporting on social media platform X.
December 14, 2023
Twitter Suspends Right-Wing Site for Misgendering Rachel Levine
The social media platform suspended The Babylon Bee for calling the transgender federal official its Man of the Year.
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March 21, 2022
Gay Muslim Comic Vanishes After Indonesia Calls It Pornographic
The Indonesian government claims it forced Instagram to remove the content, but Instagram officials said they did no such thing.
February 13, 2019
Trump’s new White House Press Secretary targets transgender people in first briefing
Karoline Leavitt said that “sanity has been restored” because it only recognizes a gender binary.
January 28, 2025