GLAAD Sets Its LGBT Sights on Video Game Industry with New Report

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It speaks volumes that you pretty much can’t find what GLAAD stands for on the actual GLAAD website.

Nominally an acronym for “Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation” (a term GLAAD has since ditched) the LGBT advocacy group now does far, far more than defend against defamation.

In an ironic twist, GLAAD now shames (stopping itself just short of defaming) entire industries for not having enough LGBT “inclusion” and “representation.”

Hollywood — still reeling from a rough 2023 — is one of the primary punching bags of GLAAD, but the group has now set its sights on a different entertainment medium: the rapidly expanding world of video games.

On Tuesday, GLAAD revealed its first ever “gaming report” and the results of the report were about what you’d expect from the advocacy group.

“This report was created to educate the game industry on the current state of LGBTQ representation that exists, make a facts-based business case for LGBTQ inclusion, and provide a playbook for more authentic representation,” wrote GLAAD CEO and President Sarah Kate Ellis.

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