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Although the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) conducted an external search, it wasn't able to find a better person for the group's top spot than Herndon Graddick, already working for GLAAD as Vice President of Programs and Communications. AKSARBENT thinks Graddick has been remarkably astute in his efforts and shrewd in his allocation of GLAAD resources. The Commentator Accountability Project (which needs to add the
grandfather of anti-LGBT commentors,
Dr. Paul Cameron, to its list) that he hired Jeremy Hooper to put together is one of the most effective things GLAAD has done in a long time (and if you don't think so, listen to the howls of unrighteous indignation coming from the homophobic spokesmen and women who are on the CAP list.) From GLAAD's press release:
Under his leadership, GLAAD has engaged in numerous highly visible and impactful campaigns including 'Stand Up For Ellen,'
which prompted the group One Million Moms – a project of the American
Family Association – to end their call for J.C. Penney to fire Ellen
DeGeneres as its new spokesperson because she is gay. Herndon also
oversaw GLAAD's work on the Commentator Accountability Project
– an initiative launched in March to highlight the extreme rhetoric of
anti-LGBT activists who currently appear in national news outlets. He is
leading efforts with the Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition
(MTPC) on the “I AM: Trans People Speak” video series as well as with film director Brett Ratner to develop a series of videos with GLAAD
featuring high-profile celebrities and public figures speaking out for
LGBT equality. Herndon has also put resources behind GLAAD's work to
share stories of LGBT people of color and allies with African American
media, sports media, and Spanish-language news outlets, among others.
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