Former GLAAD Head Neil Giuliano To Lead San Francisco AIDS Foundation

Former GLAAD president Neil Giuliano has been hired to head the San Francisco AIDS Foundation. Giuliano replaces former SFAF CEO Mark Cloutier, who left in January to "work on federal and state health policy reform." Via press release:

“Neil is an experienced leader, broadly respected for bringing people and communities together and for his collaborative approach to solving tough problems,” said Dr. Lorna Thornton, Chair of the San Francisco AIDS Foundation board of directors. “His distinguished track record of accomplishments in the public and non-profit sectors is outdone only by his vision for the future — a future when HIV infection rates plunge in San Francisco and, eventually, everywhere.”

Prior to GLAAD, Giuliano was the four-term mayor of Tempe, Arizona.

GLAAD's Neil Giuliano Is Quitting

GLAAD president Neil Giuliano is stepping down at the end of the summer to pursue "personal interests". Kind of interesting, as last fall he renewed his contract for another three years.

"It's a balance of a lot of fun, but the fun is also work," Giuliano said. "You have to attend a lot of events, and yes you get to be around high-profile and famous people. But sometimes that means having to tell some of our friends that we think they are wrong." Before taking the top post at GLAAD, Giuliano spent a decade from 1994 to 2004 as the Republican mayor of Tempe, Ariz. He came out as gay in 1996 and in 2001 survived a recall election that grew out of his advocating against an employee fundraising drive that benefited the Boy Scouts.

Gaying Up The Tube

Here's CNN assessment of the rise of LGBT characters on television this season, with some soundbites from GLAAD's Neil Giuliano and the Family Research Council's Peter Spriggs, who of course says it's all part of the gay propaganda agenda. CNN's conclusion: "Things are changing in the right direction."