GLAAD Announces The Nominees For Its Annual Media Awards

GLAAD (Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation), America’s foremost lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender  media advocacy and anti-defamation organisation, has announced the nominees for its 23rd Annual Media Awards. The gongs are handed out for all different types of media, ranging from film and tv to theatre, journalism and even blogs.

On the film front, they realise that many gay movies get tiny releases and so to make things a bit more interesting, they split the awards between movies with LGBT content that got a wide release and those given limited releases. Albert Nobbs, Beginners and J. Edgar got the nomination for Outstanding FIlm – Wide Release, while Circumstance, Gun Hill Road, Pariah, Tomboy and Britain’s own Weekend are up for Outstanding Film – Limited release.

Mike Thompson, GLAAD’s Acting President, commented, “As media continue to tell new stories about LGBT people and families, a majority of Americans now support full equality of LGBT Americans. 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.”

GLAAD certainly likes holding awards ceremonies, as The GLAAD Media Awards 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.

Take a look below for all the nominees in all the English-language categories (and if you’re interested in the Spanish-language nominees, click here)

Outstanding Film – Wide Release
Albert Nobbs
Beginners
J. Edgar

Outstanding Film – Limited Release
Circumstance
Gun Hill Road
Pariah
Tomboy
Weekend

Outstanding Drama Series
Degrassi
Grey’s Anatomy
Pretty Little Liars
Shameless
Torchwood: Miracle Day

Outstanding Comedy Series
Exes and Ohs
Glee
Happy Endings
Modern Family
The Big C

Outstanding Individual Episode (in a series without a regular LGBT character)
“Acceptance” Man Up!
“Beards” Hot in Cleveland
“Prom” Drop Dead Diva
“Recruited” NCIS
“The Boy Has Style” Are We There Yet?

Outstanding TV Movie or Mini-Series
Cinema Verite

Outstanding Documentary
Becoming Chaz
The Strange History of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
The World’s Worst Place to be Gay?
Two Spirits
We Were Here

Outstanding Reality Program
Dancing with the Stars
Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys
The Glee Project
The Real L Word
The Voice

Outstanding Talk Show Episode
“Chaz Bono” Late Show with David Letterman
“Children & Teens Caught in the Wrong Bodies” Anderson
“Coming Out on the Oprah Show: 25 Years of Unforgettable Guests” The Oprah Winfrey Show
“The Wedding of Scott Cronick & David Gorshein” Conan
“Zach Wahls” The Ellen DeGeneres Show

Outstanding Daily Drama
All My Children
Days of Our Lives

Outstanding TV Journalism – News Magazine
“Day One” The Rachel Maddow Show
“Finding Home” In the Life
“GLBT in Texas” Spotlight DFW
“The ‘Sissy Boy’ Experiments” Anderson Cooper 360
“They Call it Corrective Rape” World’s Untold Stories

Outstanding TV Journalism Segment
“Battle Against Bullying” ABC World News With Diane Sawyer
“Children of LGBT Parents” MSNBC News Live
“Gay Dads Adopt 12 Kids” Good Morning America
“Kye Allums” Outside the Lines
“Split by Potential Deportation” CNN Newsroom

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, Joe Heroun and Margy Slattery, TheNewRepublic.com
“Coming Out” by Sarah Kramer and Nicole Bengiveno, 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
Girl in a Coma, Exits & All the Rest
Hunx and His Punx, Too Young to Be in Love
Lady Gaga, Born This Way
MEN, Talk About Body

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
Veronica 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