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09-19-2016, 04:10 PM
How activists like Jazz Jennings, Ingrid Nilsen see LGBTQ media representation
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While LGBTQ media representation has soared recently, thanks to TV shows such as Transparent and Orange is the New Black, it's without question that we still have major strides to make in terms of positively portraying queer and trans characters.
SEE ALSO: Transgender models headline fashion campaign for H&M-owned label (http://mashable.com/2015/08/14/and-other-stories-transgender-models/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
LGBTQ advocates Jazz Jennings, Sarah Kate Ellis, Ingrid Nilsen and Tiq Milan sat down with Mashable's social goodreporter Katie Dupere (http://mashable.com/author/katie-dupere/?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=) to address these issues at Mashable's seventh-annual Social Good Summit (http://mashable.com/category/social-good-summit/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) on Sunday.*
The evolution of LGBTQ media representation
Sarah Kate Ellis, president and CEO of GLAAD, described the LGBTQ media advocacy organization's focus on galvanizing change in the media. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/19/lgbtq-media-social-good-summit-2016/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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While LGBTQ media representation has soared recently, thanks to TV shows such as Transparent and Orange is the New Black, it's without question that we still have major strides to make in terms of positively portraying queer and trans characters.
SEE ALSO: Transgender models headline fashion campaign for H&M-owned label (http://mashable.com/2015/08/14/and-other-stories-transgender-models/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
LGBTQ advocates Jazz Jennings, Sarah Kate Ellis, Ingrid Nilsen and Tiq Milan sat down with Mashable's social goodreporter Katie Dupere (http://mashable.com/author/katie-dupere/?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=) to address these issues at Mashable's seventh-annual Social Good Summit (http://mashable.com/category/social-good-summit/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) on Sunday.*
The evolution of LGBTQ media representation
Sarah Kate Ellis, president and CEO of GLAAD, described the LGBTQ media advocacy organization's focus on galvanizing change in the media. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/19/lgbtq-media-social-good-summit-2016/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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