It's just been announced that GLAAD President Herndon Graddick has resigned, after a bit more than a year in the position, effective immediately. 

“I'm proud to leave GLAAD with a stronger, more efficient organization and an incredibly talented and experienced Board and staff," Graddick said in a statement to the press. "I'm happy the role I was able to play in advancing the need for our community to fully support the rights of our transgender brothers and sisters. Our movement is benefited by the leadership not only of heroes like Evan Wolfson, Chad Griffin, Mara Keisling, and Kate Kendell, but of the necessary and vital blogger and grassroots communities.  I look forward to returning to a private life and supporting...

(Ex?) Spice Girl Mel B. presented the GLAAD Media Award to Adam Lambert this weekend at the 24th Annual GLAAD Media Awards Gala in San Francisco.

Check out Adam's speech in which he touches on the gay rights movement for today's generation and how it's continually linked to the past. Watch after the jump!

Bret Easton Ellis spent a large part of the weekend doing what he seems to do best lately: complaining on Twitter. This time around it's not Glee or HIV positive gay men he's roughing up, it's GLAAD. 

According to the openly gay author, GLAAD banned him from attending its annual Media Awards on Saturday. Then, he goes on to claim, they asked that he keep the story private and not tweet about it. 

But GLAAD fired back with its version of events. 

President Bill Clinton was honored by GLAAD with the Advocate for Change award last night at the star studded GLAAD Media Awards Gala in Los Angeles. 

The decision to honor Clinton was met with controversy based on his role in the passage of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which was clearly on the minds of many in attendance.

Check out his speech after the jump!

GLAAD's new marriage equality PSAs have debuted today featuring a dozen celebrities who are fighting for LGBT rights. 

Check out spots from Jackie Chan, Kristen Johnson, Jason Alexander and more after the break!

Well at least GLAAD won't have to pay for travel!

The San Francisco Giants will be honored at the GLAAD Media Awards on May 11 in San Francisco. 

The Giants will be receiving the Corporate Leader Award, which is presented to companies or organizations that have demonstrated a stalwart commitment to building support for equality.

More after the jump.

The 24th Annual GLAAD Media Awards, which are getting some mixed coverage at the moment based on GLAAD's decision to honor President Bill Clinton in spite of his role in DOMA, is certainly turning up the star power!

Drew Barrymore is now slated to host and even more high profile celebs are signed on as presenters and attendees. Oh and one Miss Kelly Rowland will take the stage with a perfomance. 

More after the jump.

Whether you're prepping for AIDS/LifeCycle, getting summer tri-ready or you're just addicted to the sweat of spin, L.A. Instincters should definitely join the fun at this Saturday's inaugural GLAAD to Ride event! Get all the details below...

Bill Clinton will receive GLAAD's first Advocate for Change Award (headscratcher, anyone?) at the 24th Annual GLAAD Media Awards in Los Angeles at the JW Marriott on April 20, 2013.

Entertainment attorney Steve Warren will also be honored with the Stephen F. Kolzak Award.

More after the jump.

Instinct cover guy Adam Lambert will receive the Davidson/Valentini Award at the 24th Annual GLAAD Media Awards in San Francisco.

Details after the jump!

Wow! In an exciting move, GLAAD has officially dropped the "Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation" phrasing from its name in order to be more representative of what it actually is: a leading media advocacy organization for the full spectrum of the LGBT community!

Details after the jump.

The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) took aim at the New York Post for its coverage of the 2013 GLAAD Media Awards in New York City--an event that the Post was actually banned from attending based on their offensive transgender coverage in the past. 

See what GLAAD had to say about the paper after the jump.