GLAAD is dedicated to promoting and ensuring fair, accurate and inclusive representation of people and events in the media as a means of eliminating homophobia and discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation. Since 1985, GLAAD has been battling defamatory media representations on behalf of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people and is now among the largest LGBT civil rights organizations in America. Not only has GLAAD changed the way LGBT people are portrayed on the screen and in the news, we've also become a major source of information for media decision makers. Negative and imbalanced portrayals of the community have decreased while gay and transgender people have been increasingly incorporated in nearly every type of media platform. In step with today's always-changing media landscape, GLAAD continues to provide media professionals with inclusive and authoritative resources, expanding the representation of our community one story at a time.