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GLAAD might be in some trouble. The fallout from the letter that was sent supporting AT&T’s merging with T-Mobile doesn’t stop with Jarrett Barrios resigning his position as President, but six GLAAD board members have followed suit and resigned, bringing the total number of board members down to 23. But it might not stop there, POLITICO tells us that we could see as much as half of all board members resigning by then end of the week. However, the reasons as to why the six have resigned aren’t clear.

From POLITICO:

Some board members were said to have resigned because of concerns that GLAAD failed to adhere to its conflict of interest standards and to protest GLAAD’s failure to protect its president, Jarrett Barrios, who submitted his letter of resignation to the group Saturday amid a growing backlash in the gay blogosphere over the group’s AT&T stance.

GLAAD board member Gary Bitner confirmed in an email to POLITICO on Wednesday that he had resigned. Five other board members — including Randi Weingarten, the president of the American Federation of Teachers — also have submitted their resignations, according to the POLITICO source who is familiar with the matter.

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