Taylor Swift and Janet Mock to Receive GLAAD Award for LGBTQ+ Activism

In April, Taylor Swift and Janet Mock will be honor at the 31st Annual GLAAD Media Awards for their work on behalf of the LGBTQ+ community.

Swift will be bestowed with GLAAD's Vanguard Award which is presented to allies to the queer and trans communities that have made a significant difference in promoting acceptance of LGBTQ+ people. Over the past few years, Swift has done that in a variety of ways, but it came to a head in 2019. In addition to releasing her song "You Need to Calm Down," that came coupled with a music video featuring many LGBTQ+ faces, the pop star released a petition to support the Equality Act. That bill has been waiting to brought for a vote in the Senate, and Swift's petition hoped to push them to act. In addition, she helped to spike donations for GLAAD through her efforts.

The singer follows the likes of Beyonce and Jay - Z , Jennifer Lopez, Cher, Elizabeth Taylor, and Patricia Arquette in having received the honor.

On the same evening, Janet Mock is set to receive the Stephen F. Kolzak award. The honor has historically been bestowed upon an LGBTQ+ person in media who has made a significant difference in promoting acceptance as well, which is something Mock has done for years, since coming out back in 2011 in Marie Claire. This work has been done not only through her own visibility but through projects like Girls Like Us, her book Redefining Realness, the Never Before podcast, and her work on Pose.

Trending stories

Joe Biden has tied the record for most LGBTQ+ judges confirmed in federal courts

23 brutally funny 'Hands Off' protest signs that prove the resistance is alive & hilarious

Broadway bound: The best hotels in NYC’s Theater District for every type of traveler

Beyond Wonderland's accepting & unifying rave culture is needed more than ever

Elon Musk uses burner accounts on X, doesn’t fact-check: report

Billie Jean King becomes first woman to receive Walk of Fame star for sports entertainment

France becomes world’s first country to enshrine abortion rights in constitution

Out and About with Karan Soni

Prosecutors seek 7-year prison sentence for George Santos in sweeping fraud case

Season 4 of The Switch on resilience & radical self-love returns this spring

Peaches Christ says she's been 'retraumatized' by police investigating drag icon Heklina's death

15 lesbian coming-of-age movies that will hit you right in the feels

Broadway's best raise over $1 million for LGBTQ+ and HIV causes

Kentucky Army Reserve officer stands by viral Trans Day of Visibility video despite right-wing backlash

Matt Bomer reveals his favorite 'Fellow Travelers' sex scene with Jonathan Bailey

All 6 rogue Mississippi cops got long prison sentences in 'Goon Squad' torture of 2 Black men

What Laura Loomer's meeting with Donald Trump means for America, according to out national security expert

The Charles is Pacific Grove's new LGBTQ+ hotel

Trump's orders prompt CDC to erase HIV resources

Robert Irwin is stripping down & rocking tiny briefs in new underwear campaign

How climate disasters hurt mental health in young people

French Polynesia doesn’t need Pride flags to earn its place on every LGBTQ+ bucket list

Gerald Garth is keeping people of color happy and healthy through trying times

Discover the power of Wellness in your life

Maine sues Trump administration for funding freeze over policy on transgender student athletes

• 0
• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5
• 6
• 7
• 8

With Pose, Mock became the first transgender woman of color to write and direct a broadcast television show, and in 2019 she also guest edited Out's very own first-ever womens' and femmes' issue written by, photographed by, styled by, and featuring, exclusively women and nonbinary femmes.

"Janet Mock is a trailblazing force for diverse and inclusive storytelling who has raised the bar for LGBTQ representation in Hollywood," GLAAD President and CEO Sarah Kate Ellis told PEOPLE in a statement. "She tells stories that need to be told, including those of transgender people and people of color, in revolutionary and eye-opening ways that inspire and enrich."