The Fox TV series Glee won "Best Comedy" at the annual GLAAD media awards in Los Angeles on Saturday night.
"Glee" creator Ryan Murphy told the audience that next season "Kurt" (Chris Colfer) would have a boyfriend and they would be school prom kings. Colfer is gay; lesbian actress Jane Lynch is also a member of the "Glee" cast.
Murphy said, "We have a great responsibility with the show." He promised the gay characters would never be portrayed as victims.
The "Best Film" award went to "A Single Man," but director Tom Ford wasn't there to pick it up. He was stranded in London by the volcanic ash cloud, so his partner Richard Buckley attended the ceremony without him.
Actress Drew Barrymore was given the Vanguard Award, which honors efforts to increase visibility and understanding of the gay community "The thing that means the most to me about an evening like this, and why I want to fight and be outspoken about this is because there are so many people who are in desperate need of families," Barrymore said.
American Idol runner-up Adam Lambert performed at the event and made a plea for greater diversity in the gay community.
Constance McMillen, the lesbian from Mississippi teenager who challenged her school district's ban of same-sex prom dates, presented comedian-actress Wanda Sykes with the Stephen F. Kolzak Award. It honors openly gay members of the entertainment community for their work toward eliminating homophobia.
Other winners included Logo's "RuPaul's Drag Race" for outstanding reality program.
"Glee" creator Ryan Murphy told the audience that next season "Kurt" (Chris Colfer) would have a boyfriend and they would be school prom kings. Colfer is gay; lesbian actress Jane Lynch is also a member of the "Glee" cast.
Murphy said, "We have a great responsibility with the show." He promised the gay characters would never be portrayed as victims.
The "Best Film" award went to "A Single Man," but director Tom Ford wasn't there to pick it up. He was stranded in London by the volcanic ash cloud, so his partner Richard Buckley attended the ceremony without him.
Actress Drew Barrymore was given the Vanguard Award, which honors efforts to increase visibility and understanding of the gay community "The thing that means the most to me about an evening like this, and why I want to fight and be outspoken about this is because there are so many people who are in desperate need of families," Barrymore said.
American Idol runner-up Adam Lambert performed at the event and made a plea for greater diversity in the gay community.
Constance McMillen, the lesbian from Mississippi teenager who challenged her school district's ban of same-sex prom dates, presented comedian-actress Wanda Sykes with the Stephen F. Kolzak Award. It honors openly gay members of the entertainment community for their work toward eliminating homophobia.
Other winners included Logo's "RuPaul's Drag Race" for outstanding reality program.
