GLAAD president Neil Giuliano resigns from post

Neil G. Giuliano, president of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), is resigning "to pursue personal interests while completing his forthcoming book about his public and political life," according to a statement from the advocacy organization.

Prior to GLAAD, he served for 10 years as the mayor of Tempe, Ariz., after 25 years at Arizona State University.

Back in August 2007, I interviewed Giuliano while he was vacationing in Provincetown during Carnival week. In the piece, Giuliano weighs in on GLBT issues and how the cultural landscape has shifted in the past decade.

"There has been tremendous cultural change in the last 10 to 15 years," he says. "And it’s only going to continue to change. That’s a lot of the work GLAAD does as the media advocacy and anti-defamation voice of the community. The culture has to change before people go to the ballot box and will vote for our issues."

Click here for the interview.