June 30, 2023
LOS ANGELES – Following the United States Supreme Court’s recent decisions regarding affirmative action in college and university admissions and allowing businesses to refuse to provide services to same-sex couples, Directors Guild of America President Lesli Linka Glatter released the following statement:
“The Directors Guild of America remains steadfast in our fight for an equitable and inclusive society. After the Supreme Court’s recent decisions over the past two days that rolls back decades of progress for people of color and the LGBTQ+ community, we reaffirm our unequivocal commitment to eliminating discrimination in all its forms for people of color, women, LGBTQ+ individuals, people with disabilities and other historically underrepresented groups in film and television. We will continue our decades long fight to ensure fair and equitable treatment for all, and we will do our part to defend the rights and interests of all our members.”