In the final days before election day, GLAAD Media Institute alumni, partnering with Silver State Equality and the LGBTQIA+ Community Center of Southern Nevada, have been motivating LGBTQ voters throughout Nevada to get to the polls before or on election day.
Rio Antone, who uses she/his/they pronouns, is an award winning artist, activist, and educator in Las Vegas, met GLAAD and Silver State Equality, Nevada’s statewide LGBTQ+ civil rights advocacy nonprofit, in 2023. Antone came to a GLAAD Media Institute training held in September 2023, where she learned to tell her story with a focus on her audience. Later, in February 2024, Rio returned to a GLAAD Media Institutecourse hosted by the NFL prior to the Super Bowl. Rio learned about what is at stake for the LGBTQ community in Nevada, and started making his own content, advocating for people to register and make a plan to vote. Since then, the …