SARAH KATE ELLIS
From the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi to the New York City St. Patrick´s Day Parade, Sarah Kate Ellis has advocated for acceptance of the LGBT community worldwide. As the president and CEO of GLAAD, Ellis has taken on ESPN, Univision and FIFA over anti-gay slurs at the 2014 World Cup; she has worked closely with Facebook to be more inclusive to transgender users; and her powerful words are regularly featured in major news outlets in order to advance better coverage of the LGBT community. After a successful media career, including a trailblazing stint transforming Real Simple into a hit magazine, Ellis joined GLAAD in January 2014. She and her wife, Kristen Ellis-Henderson, who co-authored a memoir that chronicled their simultaneous pregnancies, were featured on Time magazine´s “Gay Marriage Already Won” cover. Ellis takes a post-marriage view of her work at GLAAD. “As much as we have achieved on marriage, there is a lot of hard work still left to do to accelerate acceptance of LGBT people in this country,” she says. “…The wider culture…needs to keep hearing our stories to understand that LGBT people are their brothers and sisters, neighbors and co-workers, and that we want the same thing they do-to live as fully equal citizens in peace and security.”
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