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Los Angeles, CA -
The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation ( GLAAD ) has announced the nominees for its 23rd Annual GLAAD Media Awards. By recognizing and honoring media for outstanding images of the LGBT community, the GLAAD Media Awards serve as a benchmark for the media industry and complement GLAAD's work to bring LGBT images and stories to Americans.
Among the nominees: Beginners, starring Christopher Plummer and Ewan McGregor, Albert Nobbs, starring Glenn Close and Janet McTeer, J. Edgar, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Armie Hammer, Showtime's hit shows Shamelessand The Big C, Glee, Modern Family, CBS ratings leader NCIS, Becoming Chaz, the AIDS documentary We Were Here,Dancing with the Stars with Carson Kressley and Chaz Bono, the wedding of a gay staffer on Conan, David Letterman's interview with Chaz Bono, CNN's Anderson Cooper 360, TheRoot.com's "Black and Transgender: A Double Burden," and Lady Gaga for her Born This Way album.
Spanish-language nominees include Ricky Martin for his album Música + Alma + Sexo, telenovelas Las Aparicio, Los Exitosos Gome$, and El Último Matrimonio Feliz, news programs Noticiero con Paola Rojas and Despierta América, and ESPN Deportes' SportsCenter.
A complete list of GLAAD Media Awards nominees may be found here: www.glaad.org/mediaawards/nominees . Additional facts and figures about this year's 151 nominees may be found here: www.glaad.org/mediawards/23/factsandfigures.
"As media continue to tell new stories about LGBT people and families, a majority of Americans now support full equality of LGBT Americans," said Mike Thompson, GLAAD's Acting President. "This year's nominees enlighten and entertain, while spotlighting the diversity of our community. Audiences expect to see their own worlds reflected in media, and today more than ever, those include the lives of LGBT people. Viewers know that LGBT characters and stories are simply natural extensions of, and glimpses into, their own experiences from across America."
The GLAAD Media Awards ceremonies will be held in New York on March 24, 2012 at the Marriott Marquis in Times Square; in Los Angeles on April 21 at the Westin Bonaventure; and in San Francisco on June 2 at San Francisco Marriott Marquis. Special Honorees for each city will be announced in the coming weeks.
GLAAD announced 116 nominees in 25 English-language categories, and 35 Spanish-language nominees in 10 categories. In the English-language categories, cable networks earned 23 nominations, while broadcast networks garnered 19 nominations.
To receive the latest updates on the GLAAD Media Awards, follow @glaad and use the hashtag #glaadawards.
The GLAAD Media Awards recognize and honor media for their fair, accurate and inclusive representations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community and the issues that affect their lives.
The 23rd Annual GLAAD Media Awards nominees were published, released or broadcast between January 1, 2011 and December 31, 2011. Nearly 1,000 media projects were considered by over 85 volunteers serving on seven nominating juries. Each year, the GLAAD Media Awards in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco bring together more than 5,000 supporters to raise nearly $3.5 million for the organization's work.
More than 100 corporate partners are showing their support, including National Presenting corporate partners Rokk Vodka and Wells Fargo, New York Presenting corporate partners Delta Air Lines and Prudential, Los Angeles Presenting corporate partner Delta Air Lines, and San Francisco Presenting corporate partner Southwest Airlines. GLAAD is also grateful to the 23rd Annual GLAAD Media Awards Platinum Underwriter corporate partners: Anheuser-Busch, Inc., Comcast, IBM and Time Warner, as well as Underwriter corporate partners: Allstate Insurance Company, AT&T, Barefoot Wine & Bubbly, David Yurman, New York City Marriott & Renaissance Hotels, PricewaterhouseCoopers, and VPI Pet Insurance. For a full list of corporate partners and information on how to become a corporate partner, or to become a table host, purchase tickets or place a tribute in the tribute book, please visit www.glaad.org/mediaawards or call 212-219-0111.
23RD ANNUAL GLAAD MEDIA AWARD NOMINEES
View Spanish Language Nominees online
Outstanding Film - Wide Release
Albert Nobbs
Beginners
J. Edgar
Outstanding Film - Limited Release
Circumstance
Gun Hill Road
Pariah
Tomboy
Weekend
Outstanding Drama Series
Degrassi, TeenNick
Grey's Anatomy, ABC
Pretty Little Liars, ABC Family
Shameless, Showtime
Torchwood: Miracle Day, Starz
Outstanding Comedy Series
Exes and Ohs, Logo
Glee, Fox
Happy Endings, ABC
Modern Family, ABC
The Big C, Showtime
Outstanding Individual Episode ( in a series without a regular LGBT character )
"Acceptance" Man Up!, ABC
"Beards" Hot in Cleveland, TV Land
"Prom" Drop Dead Diva, Lifetime
"Recruited" NCIS, CBS
"The Boy Has Style" Are We There Yet?, TBS
Outstanding TV Movie or Mini-Series
Cinema Verite, HBO
Outstanding Documentary
Becoming Chaz, OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network
The Strange History of Don't Ask, Don't Tell, HBO
The World's Worst Place to be Gay?, Logo
Two Spirits, PBS
We Were Here, Red Flag Releasing
Outstanding Reality Program
Dancing with the Stars, ABC
Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys, Sundance Channel
The Glee Project, Oxygen
The Real L Word, Showtime
The Voice, NBC
Outstanding Talk Show Episode
"Chaz Bono" Late Show with David Letterman, CBS
"Children & Teens Caught in the Wrong Bodies" Anderson, syndicated
"Coming Out on the Oprah Show: 25 Years of Unforgettable Guests" The Oprah Winfrey Show, syndicated
"The Wedding of Scott Cronick & David Gorshein" Conan, TBS
"Zach Wahls" The Ellen DeGeneres Show, syndicated
Outstanding Daily Drama
All My Children
ABC
Days of Our Lives
NBC
Outstanding TV Journalism - News Magazine
"Day One" The Rachel Maddow Show, MSNBC
"Finding Home" In the Life, PBS
"GLBT in Texas" Spotlight DFW, KXAS TV-5 [ Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas ]
"The 'Sissy Boy' Experiments" Anderson Cooper 360, CNN
"They Call it Corrective Rape" World's Untold Stories, CNN
Outstanding TV Journalism Segment
"Battle Against Bullying" ABC World News With Diane Sawyer, ABC
"Children of LGBT Parents" MSNBC News Live, MSNBC
"Gay Dads Adopt 12 Kids" Good Morning America, ABC
"Kye Allums" Outside the Lines, ESPN
"Split by Potential Deportation" CNN Newsroom, CNN
Outstanding Newspaper Article
"AIDS @ 30" ( series ) , Windy City Times [ Chicago, Ill. ]
"Coming Out to America", by Melanie Asmar, Westword [ Denver, Colo. ]
"Even on Religious Campuses, Students Fight for Gay Identity", by Erik Eckholm, The New York Times
"Led by the Child Who Simply Knew", by Bella English, The Boston Globe
"Local Lesbian Couple Navigates Life's Daily Challenges as Parents", by Najla Amundson, The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead [ Fargo, N.D. ]
Outstanding Newspaper Columnist
Alfred Doblin, The Record [ Bergen, N.J. ]
Craig Wilson, USA Today
Frank Bruni, The New York Times
Maureen Dowd, The New York Times
Peg McEntee, The Salt Lake Tribune
Outstanding Newspaper Overall Coverage
Pioneer Press, [ St. Paul, Minn. ]
The Boston Globe, The New York Times
The Oregonian, [ Portland, Ore. ]
The Salt Lake Tribune
Outstanding Magazine Article
"15th Anniversary of the Passage of the Defense of Marriage Act" ( series ) , by Chris Geidner, Metro Weekly
"Black & Gay in Corporate America", by Carolyn M. Brown, Black Enterprise
"Making It Work", by Rod McCullom, Ebony
"The Secret I Don't Want to Keep Anymore", by Janet Mock as told to Kierna Mayo, Marie Claire
"Transitions", by Eliza Gray, The New Republic
Outstanding Magazine Overall Coverage
Entertainment Weekly
People
The Advocate/Out
Time
US Weekly
Outstanding Digital Journalism Article
"Adam and Pete: Love in a Time of War", by Max J. Rosenthal, HuffingtonPost.com
"Black and Transgender: A Double Burden", by Kellee Terrell, TheRoot.com
"Soldier Leaves Legacy Much Larger Than 'He Was Gay'", by Wayne Drash, CNN.com
"The Rainbow Struggle" ( series ) , GlobalPost.com
"What are Little Boys Made Of", by Jim Burroway, BoxTurtleBulletin.com
Outstanding Digital Journalism - Multimedia
"Breaking Boundaries", by Eliza Gray and Margy Slattery, TheNewRepublic.com
"Coming Out", by Sarah Kramer, NYTimes.com
"Glamorous Gay Dance Scene a 'Family Affair'", by Brooke Sopelsa and Drew Katchen, MSNBC.com
"Injustice at Every Turn", ITLMedia.org
"Transgender: A Special Report" ( series ) , TimesUnion.com [ Albany, N.Y. ]
Outstanding Blog
Bilerico Project
Mombian
New Civil Rights Movement
Rod 2.0
Towleroad
Outstanding Music Artist
Beverly McClellan, Fear Nothing, Oarfin Records
Girl in a Coma, Exits & All the Rest, Blackheart Records
Hunx and His Punx, Too Young to Be in Love, Hardly Art
Lady Gaga, Born This Way, Interscope Records
MEN, Talk About Body, IAMSOUND Records
Outstanding Comic Book
Avengers: The Children's Crusade, by Allan Heinberg, Marvel
Batwoman, by J.H. Williams III and W. Haden Blackman, DC Comics
Secret Six, by Gail Simone, DC Comics
Vonica Presents: Kevin Keller, by Dan Parent, Archie Comics
X-Factor, by Peter David, Marvel Comics
Outstanding Los Angeles Theater
Bonded, by Donald Jolly
House of the Rising Son, by Tom Jacobson
Killer Queen: The Story of Paco the Pink Pounder, by Peter Griggs
No Word in Guyanese for Me, by Wendy Graf
Who's Your Daddy?, by Johnny O'Callaghan
Outstanding New York Theater: Broadway and Off-Broadway
Maple & Vine, by Jordan Harrison
Priscilla Queen of the Desert: The Musical, by Stephan Elliott and Allan Scott
Sons of the Prophet, by Stephen Karam
The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures, by Tony Kushner
Unnatural Acts: Harvard's Secret Court of 1920, conceived by Tony Speciale
Outstanding New York Theater: Off-Off Broadway
She Kills Monsters, by Qui Nguyen
Southern Comfort, book and lyrics by Dan Collins, music by Julianne Wick Davis
The Dog and Pony Show ( Bring Your Own Pony ) , by Holly Hughes
The Escape Artist, book by John Kelly, songs by John Kelly & Carol Lipnik
The Momentum, by Boo Killebrew, Geoffrey Decas O'Donnell & Jordan Seavey
From Press Release
Among the nominees: Beginners, starring Christopher Plummer and Ewan McGregor, Albert Nobbs, starring Glenn Close and Janet McTeer, J. Edgar, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Armie Hammer, Showtime's hit shows Shamelessand The Big C, Glee, Modern Family, CBS ratings leader NCIS, Becoming Chaz, the AIDS documentary We Were Here,Dancing with the Stars with Carson Kressley and Chaz Bono, the wedding of a gay staffer on Conan, David Letterman's interview with Chaz Bono, CNN's Anderson Cooper 360, TheRoot.com's "Black and Transgender: A Double Burden," and Lady Gaga for her Born This Way album.
Spanish-language nominees include Ricky Martin for his album Música + Alma + Sexo, telenovelas Las Aparicio, Los Exitosos Gome$, and El Último Matrimonio Feliz, news programs Noticiero con Paola Rojas and Despierta América, and ESPN Deportes' SportsCenter.
A complete list of GLAAD Media Awards nominees may be found here: www.glaad.org/mediaawards/nominees . Additional facts and figures about this year's 151 nominees may be found here: www.glaad.org/mediawards/23/factsandfigures.
"As media continue to tell new stories about LGBT people and families, a majority of Americans now support full equality of LGBT Americans," said Mike Thompson, GLAAD's Acting President. "This year's nominees enlighten and entertain, while spotlighting the diversity of our community. Audiences expect to see their own worlds reflected in media, and today more than ever, those include the lives of LGBT people. Viewers know that LGBT characters and stories are simply natural extensions of, and glimpses into, their own experiences from across America."
The GLAAD Media Awards ceremonies will be held in New York on March 24, 2012 at the Marriott Marquis in Times Square; in Los Angeles on April 21 at the Westin Bonaventure; and in San Francisco on June 2 at San Francisco Marriott Marquis. Special Honorees for each city will be announced in the coming weeks.
GLAAD announced 116 nominees in 25 English-language categories, and 35 Spanish-language nominees in 10 categories. In the English-language categories, cable networks earned 23 nominations, while broadcast networks garnered 19 nominations.
To receive the latest updates on the GLAAD Media Awards, follow @glaad and use the hashtag #glaadawards.
The GLAAD Media Awards recognize and honor media for their fair, accurate and inclusive representations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community and the issues that affect their lives.
The 23rd Annual GLAAD Media Awards nominees were published, released or broadcast between January 1, 2011 and December 31, 2011. Nearly 1,000 media projects were considered by over 85 volunteers serving on seven nominating juries. Each year, the GLAAD Media Awards in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco bring together more than 5,000 supporters to raise nearly $3.5 million for the organization's work.
More than 100 corporate partners are showing their support, including National Presenting corporate partners Rokk Vodka and Wells Fargo, New York Presenting corporate partners Delta Air Lines and Prudential, Los Angeles Presenting corporate partner Delta Air Lines, and San Francisco Presenting corporate partner Southwest Airlines. GLAAD is also grateful to the 23rd Annual GLAAD Media Awards Platinum Underwriter corporate partners: Anheuser-Busch, Inc., Comcast, IBM and Time Warner, as well as Underwriter corporate partners: Allstate Insurance Company, AT&T, Barefoot Wine & Bubbly, David Yurman, New York City Marriott & Renaissance Hotels, PricewaterhouseCoopers, and VPI Pet Insurance. For a full list of corporate partners and information on how to become a corporate partner, or to become a table host, purchase tickets or place a tribute in the tribute book, please visit www.glaad.org/mediaawards or call 212-219-0111.
23RD ANNUAL GLAAD MEDIA AWARD NOMINEES
View Spanish Language Nominees online
Outstanding Film - Wide Release
Albert Nobbs
Beginners
J. Edgar
Outstanding Film - Limited Release
Circumstance
Gun Hill Road
Pariah
Tomboy
Weekend
Outstanding Drama Series
Degrassi, TeenNick
Grey's Anatomy, ABC
Pretty Little Liars, ABC Family
Shameless, Showtime
Torchwood: Miracle Day, Starz
Outstanding Comedy Series
Exes and Ohs, Logo
Glee, Fox
Happy Endings, ABC
Modern Family, ABC
The Big C, Showtime
Outstanding Individual Episode ( in a series without a regular LGBT character )
"Acceptance" Man Up!, ABC
"Beards" Hot in Cleveland, TV Land
"Prom" Drop Dead Diva, Lifetime
"Recruited" NCIS, CBS
"The Boy Has Style" Are We There Yet?, TBS
Outstanding TV Movie or Mini-Series
Cinema Verite, HBO
Outstanding Documentary
Becoming Chaz, OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network
The Strange History of Don't Ask, Don't Tell, HBO
The World's Worst Place to be Gay?, Logo
Two Spirits, PBS
We Were Here, Red Flag Releasing
Outstanding Reality Program
Dancing with the Stars, ABC
Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys, Sundance Channel
The Glee Project, Oxygen
The Real L Word, Showtime
The Voice, NBC
Outstanding Talk Show Episode
"Chaz Bono" Late Show with David Letterman, CBS
"Children & Teens Caught in the Wrong Bodies" Anderson, syndicated
"Coming Out on the Oprah Show: 25 Years of Unforgettable Guests" The Oprah Winfrey Show, syndicated
"The Wedding of Scott Cronick & David Gorshein" Conan, TBS
"Zach Wahls" The Ellen DeGeneres Show, syndicated
Outstanding Daily Drama
All My Children
ABC
Days of Our Lives
NBC
Outstanding TV Journalism - News Magazine
"Day One" The Rachel Maddow Show, MSNBC
"Finding Home" In the Life, PBS
"GLBT in Texas" Spotlight DFW, KXAS TV-5 [ Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas ]
"The 'Sissy Boy' Experiments" Anderson Cooper 360, CNN
"They Call it Corrective Rape" World's Untold Stories, CNN
Outstanding TV Journalism Segment
"Battle Against Bullying" ABC World News With Diane Sawyer, ABC
"Children of LGBT Parents" MSNBC News Live, MSNBC
"Gay Dads Adopt 12 Kids" Good Morning America, ABC
"Kye Allums" Outside the Lines, ESPN
"Split by Potential Deportation" CNN Newsroom, CNN
Outstanding Newspaper Article
"AIDS @ 30" ( series ) , Windy City Times [ Chicago, Ill. ]
"Coming Out to America", by Melanie Asmar, Westword [ Denver, Colo. ]
"Even on Religious Campuses, Students Fight for Gay Identity", by Erik Eckholm, The New York Times
"Led by the Child Who Simply Knew", by Bella English, The Boston Globe
"Local Lesbian Couple Navigates Life's Daily Challenges as Parents", by Najla Amundson, The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead [ Fargo, N.D. ]
Outstanding Newspaper Columnist
Alfred Doblin, The Record [ Bergen, N.J. ]
Craig Wilson, USA Today
Frank Bruni, The New York Times
Maureen Dowd, The New York Times
Peg McEntee, The Salt Lake Tribune
Outstanding Newspaper Overall Coverage
Pioneer Press, [ St. Paul, Minn. ]
The Boston Globe, The New York Times
The Oregonian, [ Portland, Ore. ]
The Salt Lake Tribune
Outstanding Magazine Article
"15th Anniversary of the Passage of the Defense of Marriage Act" ( series ) , by Chris Geidner, Metro Weekly
"Black & Gay in Corporate America", by Carolyn M. Brown, Black Enterprise
"Making It Work", by Rod McCullom, Ebony
"The Secret I Don't Want to Keep Anymore", by Janet Mock as told to Kierna Mayo, Marie Claire
"Transitions", by Eliza Gray, The New Republic
Outstanding Magazine Overall Coverage
Entertainment Weekly
People
The Advocate/Out
Time
US Weekly
Outstanding Digital Journalism Article
"Adam and Pete: Love in a Time of War", by Max J. Rosenthal, HuffingtonPost.com
"Black and Transgender: A Double Burden", by Kellee Terrell, TheRoot.com
"Soldier Leaves Legacy Much Larger Than 'He Was Gay'", by Wayne Drash, CNN.com
"The Rainbow Struggle" ( series ) , GlobalPost.com
"What are Little Boys Made Of", by Jim Burroway, BoxTurtleBulletin.com
Outstanding Digital Journalism - Multimedia
"Breaking Boundaries", by Eliza Gray and Margy Slattery, TheNewRepublic.com
"Coming Out", by Sarah Kramer, NYTimes.com
"Glamorous Gay Dance Scene a 'Family Affair'", by Brooke Sopelsa and Drew Katchen, MSNBC.com
"Injustice at Every Turn", ITLMedia.org
"Transgender: A Special Report" ( series ) , TimesUnion.com [ Albany, N.Y. ]
Outstanding Blog
Bilerico Project
Mombian
New Civil Rights Movement
Rod 2.0
Towleroad
Outstanding Music Artist
Beverly McClellan, Fear Nothing, Oarfin Records
Girl in a Coma, Exits & All the Rest, Blackheart Records
Hunx and His Punx, Too Young to Be in Love, Hardly Art
Lady Gaga, Born This Way, Interscope Records
MEN, Talk About Body, IAMSOUND Records
Outstanding Comic Book
Avengers: The Children's Crusade, by Allan Heinberg, Marvel
Batwoman, by J.H. Williams III and W. Haden Blackman, DC Comics
Secret Six, by Gail Simone, DC Comics
Vonica Presents: Kevin Keller, by Dan Parent, Archie Comics
X-Factor, by Peter David, Marvel Comics
Outstanding Los Angeles Theater
Bonded, by Donald Jolly
House of the Rising Son, by Tom Jacobson
Killer Queen: The Story of Paco the Pink Pounder, by Peter Griggs
No Word in Guyanese for Me, by Wendy Graf
Who's Your Daddy?, by Johnny O'Callaghan
Outstanding New York Theater: Broadway and Off-Broadway
Maple & Vine, by Jordan Harrison
Priscilla Queen of the Desert: The Musical, by Stephan Elliott and Allan Scott
Sons of the Prophet, by Stephen Karam
The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures, by Tony Kushner
Unnatural Acts: Harvard's Secret Court of 1920, conceived by Tony Speciale
Outstanding New York Theater: Off-Off Broadway
She Kills Monsters, by Qui Nguyen
Southern Comfort, book and lyrics by Dan Collins, music by Julianne Wick Davis
The Dog and Pony Show ( Bring Your Own Pony ) , by Holly Hughes
The Escape Artist, book by John Kelly, songs by John Kelly & Carol Lipnik
The Momentum, by Boo Killebrew, Geoffrey Decas O'Donnell & Jordan Seavey
From Press Release
