Orange Is The New Black Wins At The GLAAD Media Awards

The 25th annual GLAAD Media Awards’ New York took place on Saturday night, with the Netflix show Orange Is The New Black walking away with outstanding comedy series.

The show is based on Piper Kerman’s autobiography and follows a group of people in a women’s prison. It’s won a lot of praise for its approach to LGBT issues, including the unfortunately unusual fact that it has a real trans* woman in a trans* role. Indeed that woman, Laverne Cox, picked up her own GLAAD Award last month at the Los Angeles ceremony.

Cox was on also hand, alongside several of her fellow cast members, to pick up the award in New York.

Other winners at the ceremony included George Takei, who was given the Vito Russo Award, which is presented to an openly gay media professional for promoting equality in the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community

On the movie front, Concussion won Outstanding Film – Limited Release, while Philomena picked up Outstanding Film – Wide Release.

Here are the full list of winners:

• Vito Russo Award:  George Takei
• Outstanding Film – Limited Release:  Concussion (RADiUS-The Weinstein Company)
• Outstanding Comedy Series:  Orange Is the New Black (Netflix)
• Outstanding Individual Episode (in a series without a regular LGBT character):  “Snow Angels” Elementary(CBS)
• Outstanding Film – Wide Release:  Philomena (The Weinstein Company)
• Outstanding Talk Show Episode:  “First Openly Gay NBA Player Jason Collins and his Family” Oprah’s Next Chapter (OWN)
• Outstanding TV Journalism – Newsmagazine:  “Transgender at 11: Listening to Jazz” 20/20 (ABC)
• Outstanding TV Journalism Segment:  “Gay Rights at Work” MSNBC Live (MSNBC)
• Outstanding Magazine Article:  “The Hidden War Against Gay Teens” by Alex Morris (Rolling Stone)
• Outstanding Magazine Overall Coverage:  The New Yorker
• Outstanding Digital Journalism Article:  “Sex, Lies and HIV: When What You Don’t Tell Your Partner is a Crime” by Sergio Hernandez (Buzzfeed.com / ProPublica.org)
• Outstanding Blog:  The New Civil Rights Movement

Spanish Language:

• Outstanding Novela:  Amores Verdaderos (Univision)
• Outstanding Daytime Talk Show Episode:  “Una pareja gay celebrara el Día del Padre luego de luchar por sus derechos” Despierta América (Univision)
• Outstanding TV Journalism – Newsmagazine:  “Rompiendo Estereotipos” Aquí y Ahora (Univision)
• Outstanding Newspaper Article:  “Desiguales por imperativo legal” by Jose Ángel Gonzalo García de León (Diario Las Américas)
• Outstanding Digital Journalism Article:  “Richard Blanco: el poeta latino y gay que conquisto a Barack Obama” by Daniel Basteiro (voces.huffingtonpost.com)