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#Beyoncé #JAY-Z #GLAADMediaAwards #GLAAD #LGBTQ  Taking a significant stand for acceptance and support of LGBTQIA people of color, pop icons Beyonce and Jay-Z accepted GLAAD Media's vanguard award on Thursday night in Los Angeles. Each a cultural monolith in his/her own right, the husband-and-wife team dubbed "the most powerful black people in the country" by presenter Lena Waithe used the platform to rally Americans to protect their friends, family, and children, and love them "in their truest form," said Beyonce. Emotions ran high in the international ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel, as Waithe and fellow presenters helped contextualize the value of Mr. and Mrs. Carter's endorsement of queer identities. Trans writer and director Janet Mock spoke of the significance of her casting in Jay-Z's music video for "Family Feud," in which director Ava DuVernay envisioned her as an architect of a new America, far in the future, where a w

#AdoptionDiscrimination#FamilyEqualityCouncil #FosterCare #LGBTQ #LGBTQyouth, #LosAngelesLGBTCenter The Family Equality Council has partnered with organizations such as Lambda Legal, PFLAG, and Voice for Adoption to create the Every Child Deserves a Family Campaign. The campaign is over 400 members strong and is working with LGBT and other civil rights organizations as well as businesses to fight this amendment on the state and federal level. “This has actually been floated in other bills, and whenever we’ve heard of it we’ve been able to shut it down. But this one was done very sneakily, very last-minute. So we’re gonna have to continue fighting it now,” Kruse said. Other organizations have recognized the danger of this amendment and seek to inform members of Congress of the extent of discrimination the amendment would allow. “At this point in the appropriations bill process, HRC is working with a coalition of organizations — including child welfare advoc

#Beyonce, #JayZ #GLAADMediaAwards  #DragQueen #Shangela #ShangelaLaquifaWadley #RuPaulsDragRace Beyoncé and Jay-Z were honored at the GLAAD Media Awards, where they were treated to a special performance from one of America's favorite drag queens. Former Drag Race star Shangela Laquifa Wadley, known to her many fans as simply “Shangela,” performed for  Beyoncé  and Jay-Z at this year’s GLAAD Media Awards on Thursday night, adding to her already banner year. The drag queen, who was the first runner-up on  RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 3  and recently appeared in  A Star Is Born , delved into a 7-minute medley of Beyoncé tunes — and she was so good that Queen Bey herself gave her a standing ovation. Shangela's performance was designed to honored the Carters, who were attending the ceremony to  accept the Vanguard Award , which celebrates folks in entertainment who advocate equal rights for LGBT people even though they don’t identify with the community themselves.