Daniel Farr | Britannica

Daniel Farr

Contributor

BIOGRAPHY

Daniel Farr is an instructor in the Department of Sociology at Randolph College. He contributed an article on “GLAAD” to SAGE Publications’ Encyclopedia of Gender and Society (2009), and a version of this article was used for his Britannica entry on this topic.

Primary Contributions (1)

GLAAD

GLAAD, organization created in 1985 that is devoted to countering discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) individuals in the media and promoting understanding, acceptance, and equality. Since its creation GLAAD has been integral to the increased portrayal of…

Publications (1)

Encyclopedia of Gender and Society (2009)

By Jodi O'Brien

2009 RUSA Outstanding Reference
CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title for 2009

"Given both the interdisciplinarity of the field of gender scholarship and the immense significance of gender to both indviduals and societies, it is probably impossible to produce such a compendium. The editor, advisory team, and contributors are to be credited for tackling a project of such immense scope...O'Brien's commitment to the possibility of a more-informed discourse on the highly complex and nuanced...