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‘Riverdale’ Returns, Scandal on the ‘Runway’ and More TV This Week…

‘Riverdale’ Returns, Scandal on the ‘Runway’ and More TV This Week…

Check out our weekly guide to TV this week, and make sure you’re catching the big premieres, crucial episodes and the stuff you won’t admit you watch when no one’s looking.

On Wednesday, celebrate National Coming Out Day and the 50th anniversary of the UK decriminalizing homosexuality with Queers, a series of short films about queer people throughout British history. The films, curated by Mark Gatiss, feature appearances from Alan Cumming, Russell Tovey and Ben Winshaw. BBC America will be playing the films throughout the day at 10 a.m., 3 p.m. 6:30 p.m., 10 p.m. and 2:15 a.m. Eastern.

Season two of the CW’s steamy, vaguely supernatural teen thriller Riverdale kicks off Wednesday at 8 pm. Eastern. Come for the abs, stay for the Archie-inspired intrigue.

We’ve been gagging over this season of Project Runway. After last week’s episode ended on another cliffhanger, we’re going to be on the edge of our palazzo pants waiting to see what goes down in an unprecedented runway scandal, Thursday at 9 p.m. Eastern on NBC.

Rebecca Bloom is back in one of TV’s most refreshing and original comedies. Season three of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend comes high-kicking back into our lives Friday at 8 p.m. Eastern on the CW.

Comedian Kumail Nanjiani takes the reigns as host of SNL at 11:30 p.m. Eastern on NBC. He certainly will be an improvement after Gal Gadot’s lackluster performance last episode.

What are you watching on TV this week?

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CNN spotlights GLAAD’s new digital advocacy program to combat the alt-right online

CNN spotlights GLAAD’s new digital advocacy program to combat the alt-right online

CNN Tech’s Laurie Segall chatted with GLAAD’s Chief Digital Officer, Jim Halloran, about GLAAD’s new work to combat anti-LGBTQ and alt-right leaders online as well as the organization’s continued mission to push for safe inclusion of LGBTQ people across social media platforms.

As Halloran mentioned to CNN, “digital rights are LGBTQ rights.”

Technology provides a lifeline for LGBTQ people by helping form community, access vital resources, and see positive role models. For years, GLAAD has lead initiatives to increase LGBTQ inclusion in digital spaces. GLAAD worked with Tinder to make the platform safe for trans users, with Facebook to expand gender options in profiles, and Symantec to allow equal access to LGBTQ resources. In addition, GLAAD sits on advisory councils for both Facebook and Twitter.

Digital rights are LGBTQ rights

But recently news outlets have reported that LGBTQ content is being inadvertently blocked on social platforms. And, the alt-right has launched new organizing efforts across tech platforms.

GLAAD has expanded our work to preserve the digital lifeline for LGBTQ people and also launched a new program to combat the alt-right online. We’ve leveraged Twitter to advocate for gay men in Chechnya, worked with tech giants like YouTube to unblock LGBTQ content, gone head to head with the alt-right online, and spoken out against dangerous artificial intelligence. 

You can be a part of this work by following GLAAD on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

October 9, 2017
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