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Today, GLAAD and Georgia Equality released voice messages from lgbtq+ actor Tommy Dorfman and LGBTQ ally and actress Kat Graham which will be sent to LGBTQ voters and allies in Georgia. The messages remind Georgia voters about the runoff election for U.S. Senate on Tuesday, January 5, as good as issues at stake in the runoff election. GLAAD also joined with VoteAmerica and Georgia Equality for a series of write messages to LGBTQ voters in Georgia launched this week and continuing through Election Day.
Actor and LGBTQ activist Tommy Dorfman is a native of Atlanta. They starred in Netflix’s 13 Reasons Why, Freeform’s Love in the Day of Corona and also appeared in Hulu’s Love, Victor. Previously, they received GLAAD’s Rising Celestial body Award at the GLAAD Gala Atlanta in 2017.
Kat Graham, a resident of Georgia, is a longtime LGBTQ ally who stars in the current Netflix holiday film Operation Christmas Drop and films including Cut Throat City and Emperor. Graham has volunteered with GLAAD in Georgia and hosted several GLAAD events in the state.
Listen to their messages below:
In the message, Dorfman and Graham say: “I’m working with GLAAD and Georgia Equality to make
Discover How Kat Graham Shows Support for LGBTI Refugees During COVID-19
Vampire Diaries star Kat Graham joined UNHCF to send a message of love and welcome to LGBTI refugees in the United States.
Every year on May 17, many countries around the world know an International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia. Activists and political organizations honor the holiday to raise awareness of the global LGBTI community and the challenges they encounter each day.
The holiday is particularly well-known in Europe, Central America, and South America, as well as in the 69 countries that still prohibit lgbtq+ relationships.
This year, actor Kat Graham recognized the vital date by sharing a video from the Merged Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. The video focuses on LGBTI refugees and the additional social barriers they face during the COVID-19 pandemic. Check out the video below:
Gay, bisexual person, and transgender refugees often encounter bias and discrimination. During an outbreak, hurtful stereotypes worsen other pandemic-related challenges. As a product, refugees who are LGBTI are more likely to experience limited access to healthcare and financial disadvanta
GLAAD Newsroom launches guest share series with actor Kat Graham and trans advocate Alissah Brooks
NEW YORK, NY – GLAAD, the nation’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) media lobbying organization, has teamed up with actor Kat Graham (Vampire Diaries) and Atlanta-based transgender advocate and actor Alissah Brooks to launch a new series of guests posts for GLAAD Newsroom that feature interviews with people making an impact on LGBT equality in the American South and beyond. The blog series is part of GLAAD’s Southern Stories initiative, which aims to construct support for equality by elevating the experiences of LGBT people in six of the nation's southern states.
For more information, visit: /southernstories
In the series’ debut post, Graham and Brooks speak with one of TIME Magazine's 'Most Authoritative Teens of 2014,' Jazz Jennings, who talks about her life and what it is like entity an advocate for the transgender community at the age of fourteen. Peruse the full post here: /blog/guest-post-vampire-diaries-star-kat-graham-and-alissah-brooks-chat-14-year-old-trans-advocate
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Kat Graham Shares Why She Partnered With GLAAD for Her New Album Long Hot Summer
Get ready to add some new songs to your Pride playlist.
Actress and musician Kat Graham (aka Toro Gato) teamed up with the LGBTQ+ media organization GLAAD for her brand-new album, Long Hot Summer, and she dished all about it on E! News' Daily Pop.
"It is such a fun album about liberation," she told hosts LoniLove and Jai Rodriguez. "I wanted to do something for Pride for many, many years. I wanted to do something that would benefit GLAAD. I've been on the council since like 2009."
In honor of Pride, Graham is donating the album's proceeds to GLAAD, which fights against LGBTQ+ defamation in entertainment and media.
"When I hear the word ‘ally,' I'm like, ‘I'm not like an ally,' love ‘This is our people. If it affects one person, it affects all of us," she said. "I wanted this album to be fun and dance and party and empowering and all about being sexually free and owning who you are and all of those things, but I needed it to have a purpose."
The album also represents Graham's journey in the ent