GLAAD's Network Responsibility Index, 'Where We Are On TV' Reports Find Surge In LGBT Programming; Huffington Post, 10/1/14

Curtis M. Wong, Huffington Post; GLAAD's Network Responsibility Index, 'Where We Are On TV' Reports Find Surge In LGBT Programming:

"MTV, ABC Family and HBO officials have an extra special reason to celebrate today, as the three networks received "Excellent" ratings on GLAAD's Network Responsibility Index.

Now in its eighth year, the Network Responsibility Index rates TV networks on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) inclusive content from June 2013 to May 2014, and is one of two GLAAD entertainment reports released Oct. 1. GLAAD assigned grades of Excellent, Good, Adequate, or Failing based on the "quality, diversity and relative quantity" of LGBT representations in each network's original programming, according to the advocacy group's officials...

"At HBO we feel if we are not telling diverse stories then we are missing out on some of the best stories," Lombardo added. HBO's films and series like "The Normal Heart" and "Looking" represented "a part of our history and an ongoing commitment.""