The Center on Religion & the Professions, in partnership with the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), released a three-year content analysis of news stories on Apr. 12, 2012 that shows a disproportionate number of anti-LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) issues. The study examined 316 stories citing more than 1,350 sources with a religious identification, a vast majority of which had formal church policies opposing LGBT equality.
For more information, read the full press release from GLAAD, or contact GLAAD Director of Communications Rich Ferraro at (646) 871-8011 or via email; or GLAAD Director of Religion, Faith and Values Ross Murray at (646) 871-8040 or via email.
CORP Executive Director Debra Mason served as project director for the study, and was assisted by Cathy Ellen Rosenholtz, a Ph.D. candidate in Communications at MU and master’s graduate of the Divinity School at Harvard University.
For more specifics, (.pdf) read the report in its entirety from the Center on Religion and & the Professions website.