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Ilene Chaiken gets recognized by GLSEN and talks representation on “Empire”

We were ‪#‎GLSENproud‬ to honor Ilene Chaiken at the GLSEN Respect Awards this week!

“I’ve been a GLSEN supporter and admirer for years,” she said via phone. “Working with our youth, where we still have such a lot of work to do to make the world safe, it is the most gratifying of all the things that we do. I’m just thrilled to be in a position where we can do something to support the organization and incredibly flattered that they thought I was worthy of being honored.”

H/T: After Ellen

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How I told my grandma I'm transgender

Artist Dylan Edwards explains what it was like to come out in the days before social media and Caitlyn Jenner

Easily-accessible media needs to show realistic trans lives, not just for the benefit of trans folk, but for our friends and family.

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We’re thrilled to announce that we’ll be honoring Julia Roberts, Robert Greenblatt, Derek Hough and Danny Moder at the 2014 GLSEN Respect Awards - Los Angeles! Learn more here. 

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Each year, we select a group of outstanding students from around the country to serve as GLSEN Student Ambassadors.  These hard-working and enthusiastic young people help advance our work by sharing their stories and advocating for LGBT issues in K-12 education in all forms of media.  Watch this video and meet our nine newest Ambassadors for the 2013-2014 school year!

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So proud that our public relations manager Andy Marra was nominated for a GLAAD Media Award. We laughed and cried and beamed with joy as we read her piece “The Beautiful Daughter: How My Korean Mother Gave Me the Courage to Transition” on The Huffington Post.

Kudos Andy!