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welcome to the 24th annual gLaaD Media awards.
thank you for joining us to celebrate fair, accurate and inclusive representations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LgBt) community in the media. tonight, as we recognize outstanding achievements and bold visions, we also take pause to remember the impact of our most powerful tool: our voice.
the past year in news, entertainment and online media reminds us that our stories are what continue to drive equality forward.
when four states brought marriage equality to the election
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ballot last year, gLaaD stepped forward
to help couples across the nation to share messages of love and commitment that lit the way for landmark victories in Maine, Maryland,
Minnesota and washington. Now, the u.s.
supreme court will weigh in on whether samesex couples should receive the same federal protections as straight married couples, and gLaaD is leading the media narrative and reshaping the way americans view marriage equality.
Because of gLaaD’s work, the Boy scouts of america is closer than ever before to ending its discriminatory ban on gay scouts and leaders. gLaaD is empowering people like Jennifer tyrrell – an ohio mom who was ousted as leader of her son’s cub scouts pack – to share their stories with top-tier national news outlets, helping americans understand the harm this ban inflicts on gay youth
and families.
gLaaD’s commentator accountability Project (caP) is putting critical information about antigay activists into the hands of newsrooms, editors, and hosts around the country. Now, more than ever, journalists are challenging the lies and misinformation spread by anti-gay commentators.
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these are just a few examples of the ways that gLaaD is working to bring LgBt people and issues to the forefront. But there’s still a great deal of work to be done, particularly for the muchunderserved transgender community. Now we’re redoubling our efforts, calling for equal treatment of trans youth like coy Mathis, and holding media like the New York Post accountable for anti-trans bias. with your help, i know that gLaaD can continue growing our impact to
benefit LgBt people everywhere.
Please join me in congratulating tonight’s nominees, award recipients and honorees, and in helping to ensure gLaaD can continue its work to lead the conversation for LgBt equality.
herndon Graddick
President
noMinee selection process
the gLaaD Media awards have been held annually since 1990; they recognize and
honor news and entertainment media for their fair, accurate and inclusive representations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LgBt) community and the issues that affect our lives.
selection process
noMinee selection
Nominees are selected by juries comprised of volunteers with interest and expertise in the particular media category they are judging. in 2012, over 70 volunteers served on 5 separate Nomination Juries, selecting 120 nominees in 25 english-language categories, and 33 nominees in 8 spanish-language categories.
in addition to year-round media monitoring by the juries, gLaaD issues a call for entries, encouraging media outlets to submit outstanding work for consideration. gLaaD may nominate a mainstream media project even if it is not submitted as part of the call for entries. However, media outlets created by and for an LgBt audience must submit in order to be considered for nomination. gLaaD does not monitor media created by and for the LgBt community for defamation – therefore we do not generate a pool of potential nominees for juries to review.
noMinee selection
Nominating Juries may select up to five nominees in each category. if no projects are deemed worthy of nomination, the juries may choose to nominate nothing. at the end of the year, the Nominating Juries submit their list of recommended nominees to gLaaD’s staff and Board of Directors for final approval.
all media projects with LgBt images are evaluated using four criteria:
1. fair, accurate and inclusive representations
rather than portraying the LgBt community in broad stereotypes, the project deals with the characters or themes in a fair, accurate, and multi-dimensional manner. (this is different than a “positive role model.”) inclusive means that the diversity of the LgBt community is represented. this includes economic, geographic, and political diversity, as well as people of color,
seniors, differently abled people, etc.
2. Boldness and oriGinality
the project breaks new ground by exploring LgBt subject matter in non-traditional ways and handles the LgBt content in a fresh and original manner. is this project cutting-edge?
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3. iMpact
the project impacts society in a significant way. Does this project dramatically increase the cultural dialogue about LgBt issues? or, does this project reach an audience that is not regularly exposed to
LgBt images and issues?
4. overall Quality
a project of extremely high quality adds impact and significance to the images and issues portrayed. Fair, accurate and inclusive images can sometimes be weakened when they are part of a poor-quality project.
selection of award recipients
Nearly 700 gLaaD Media awards
voters contribute to the selection of award recipients in each category via online balloting. Voters are comprised of three
groups: gLaaD staff and board, gLaaD Media circle members, and gLaaD
volunteers & allies (which includes previous special Honorees, key media industry allies, volunteers from the Nominating Juries, and event Production teams).
noMinee selection
the votes of these three groups result in a final slate of award recipients, which is then given to gLaaD’s review Panel for certification. the review Panel is comprised of the gLaaD Board co-chairs, senior gLaaD program and communications staff, and media industry experts.
the members of the review Panel are expected to view all of the nominees in each category. the final slate of award recipients is certified by the review Panel, based on the results of the online balloting and their own expert opinions.
award recipients are announced at events
held annually in New York, Los angeles, and
san Francisco.
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outstandinG filM – wide release
the Best exotic Marigold Hotel
Fox SEaRchlight PictURES
cloud atlas
WaRnER BRoS. PictURES
ParaNorman
FocUS FEatURES
the Perks of Being a wallflower
SUmmit EntERtainmEnt
Your sister’s sister
iFc FilmS
NOMINEEs
outstandinG filM – liMited release
any Day Now
keep the Lights on Mosquita y Mari Musical chairs
mUSic Box FilmS mUSic Box FilmS
WolFE RElEaSing
Paladin
North sea texas
StRand RElEaSing
outstandinG draMa series
Degrassi
grey’s anatomy the L.a. complex smash
true Blood
tEEnnick aBc thE cW nBc hBo
outstandinG coMedy series
glee
go on
Fox nBc
Happy endings Modern Family
aBc aBc
the New Normal
nBc
NOMINEEs
outstandinG individual episode
(iN a series witHout a reguLar LgBt cHaracter)
“Don’t ask, Don’t tell Me what to Do”
raisinG hope Fox
“Family Matters”
drop dead diva liFEtimE
“L’affaire Du coeur”
franklin & Bash tnt
“Lost and Found”
touch Fox
“ruby slippers”
the Mentalist cBS
outstandinG tv Movie or Mini-series
american Horror story: asylum Hit and Miss Political animals
Fx diREctv
USa
outstandinG docuMentary
chely wright: wish Me away
FiRSt RUn FEatURES
codebreaker Hit so Hard How to survive a Plague Vito
todPix vaRiancE FilmS
SUndancE SElEctS hBo
NOMINEEs
outstandinG reality proGraM
the amazing race
cBS
“it is what it is”
the real L word small town security
here coMes honey Boo Boo tlc
ShoWtimE amc
welcome to Hollywood
preGnant in heels BRavo
outstandinG talk show episode
“at Home with Neil Patrick Harris, His
Fiancé David Burtka, & their twins”
oprah’s next chapter oWn
“autoshop restores Bullied gay student’s car for Free”
the ellen deGeneres show SyndicatEd
“Bishop gene robinson”
the daily show with Jon stewart comEdy cEntRal
“the Husband who is Now a woman and the Daughter who is Now a son”
the Jeff proBst show SyndicatEd
“Marriage equality”
the suze orMan show cnBc
NOMINEEs
outstandinG daily draMa
the Bold and the Beautiful
Days of our Lives
cBS nBc
outstandinG tv JournalisM-newsMaGazine
“almost equal”
chronicle WcvB tv-5 [BoSton, maSS.]
“Being transgender in america”
Melissa harris-perry mSnBc
“end of an error”
the rachel Maddow show mSnBc
“golden star”
rock center with Brian williaMs nBc
“the Last closet”
real sports with Bryant GuMBel hBo
outstandinG tv JournalisM seGMent
civil rights icon supports gay Marriage controversial Pastor Preaches against gays
cnn newsrooM cnn anderson cooper 360 cnn
Matthew Mitcham olympics Profile
nBc olyMpics nBc
obama endorses Marriage equality
Good MorninG aMerica aBc
scout Mom Dismissed
MsnBc live mSnBc
NOMINEEs
outstandinG newspaper article
“Black church reaches out to gay, transgender teens”
By MeGhan e. irons thE BoSton gloBE
“game changer”
By andy Mannix city PagES [minnEaPoliS, minn.]
“generation Halsted” series
Windy city timES [chicago, ill.]
“Most Local school Districts ignore
state’s anti-gay Bullying Law”
By phillip zonkel PRESS-tElEgRam [long BEach, caliF.]
“turned away, He turned to the Bible”
By douGlas QuenQua thE nEW yoRk timES
outstandinG newspaper coluMnist
Frank Bruni
Bill Nemitz Leonard Pitts, Jr.
eugene robinson
thE nEW yoRk timES PoRtland PRESS hERald [PoRtland, mainE] thE miami hERald thE WaShington PoSt
Dan rodricks
thE BaltimoRE SUn
NOMINEEs
outstandinG newspaper overall coveraGe
the Baltimore sun the Boston globe
Portland Press Herald [Portland, Maine] sioux city Journal usa today
outstandinG MaGazine article
“the First gay President”
By andrew sullivan nEWSWEEk
“the Marriage Plot: inside this Year’s
epic campaign for gay equality”
By Molly Ball thE atlantic
“Netherland”
By rachel aviv thE nEW yoRkER
“school of Hate”
By saBrina ruBin erdely Rolling StonE
“the transgender athlete”
By paBlo s. torre and david epstein SPoRtS illUStRatEd
NOMINEEs
outstandinG MaGazine overall coveraGe
the advocate/out New York the New Yorker People
seventeen
outstandinG diGital JournalisM article
“the Beautiful Daughter: How My korean Mother gave Me the courage to transition”
By andy Marra hUFFingtonPoSt.com
“Boardroom Battle: Directors clash
over gay rights”
By ryan ruGGiero cnBc.com
“eight Months in solitary”
By andrew harMon advocatE.com
“why aren’t we Fighting for cece
McDonald?”
By Marc laMont hill EBony.com
“workplace Protections for LgBt workers remain stalled”
By chris Geidner BUzzFEEd.com
NOMINEEs
outstandinG diGital JournalisM–MultiMedia
“the advocate 45” (series)
advocatE.com
“athletes at core of ‘Fearless’ Photo Project”
By patrick dorsey and Jeff shenG ESPn.com
“’Don’t ask, Don’t tell’: transgender
officers on secretly serving in the
u.s. Military”
By Marc laMont hill livE.hUFFingtonPoSt.com
“edie takes on DoMa”
in the life itlmEdia.oRg
“gay rights in the us, state by state”
gUaRdiannEWS.com
outstandinG BloG
autostraddle
httP://WWW.aUtoStRaddlE.com
blac(k)ademic
httP://BlackadEmic.com
the New civil rights Movement
httP://thEnEWcivilRightSmovEmEnt.com
rod 2.0
httP://RodonlinE.tyPEPad.com
towleroad
httP://WWW.toWlERoad.com
NOMINEEs
outstandinG Music artist
gossip, a Joyful Noise
colUmBia REcoRdS
adam Lambert, trespassing
19 REcoRdingS, Rca REcoRdS
Frank ocean, channel orange
dEF Jam
scissor sisters, Magic Hour
caSaBlanca REcoRdS
rufus wainwright, out of the game
dEcca/PolydoR
outstandinG coMic Book
astonishing X-Men
By MarJorie liu maRvEl
Batwoman
By w. haden BlackMan, J.h. williaMs iii dc comicS
Buffy the Vampire slayer
By andrew chaMBliss, scott allie, Jane espenson, drew z. GreenBerG daRk hoRSE
earth 2
By JaMes roBinson dc comicS
kevin keller
By dan parent aRchiE comicS
NOMINEEs
outstandinG los anGeles theater
the children
By Michael elyanow
edith can shoot shoot things
and Hit them
the irish curse
By a. rey paMatMat
By Martin casella
Pieces silent
By chris phillips
By pat kinevane
outstandinG new york theater: Broadway
& off–Broadway
Bring it on: the Musical book
By Jeff whitty, Music and lyrics By lin-Manuel Miranda, toM kitt and aManda Green
cock
By Mike Bartlett
the columnist
By david auBurn
Vanya and sonia and Masha and spike
By christopher duranG
the whale
By saMuel d. hunter
NOMINEEs
outstandinG new york theater: off–off
Broadway
Baby Daddy
By alec Mapa
From white Plains
written By Michael perlMan
in collaBoRation With FaUlt linE thEatRE
a Map of Virtue
By erin courtney
sontag: reborn
adapted By Moe anGelos, Based on the Book By susan sontaG
tail! spin!
created By Mario correa
spanish- lanGuaGe
noMinees
outstandinG daytiMe talk show episode
“confirma su identidad como mujer”
showBiz cnn En ESPañol
“Fama y arte, ¿relacionados con la
homosexualidad?”
paparazzi MaGazine mEga tv
“Lesbiana deportada caso cerrado”
tElEmUndo
NOMINEEs
outstandinG talk show interview
“entrevista con christian chávez”
cala cnn En ESPañol
“entrevista con orlando cruz”
titulares teleMundo tElEmUndo
“La familia de hoy”
cnn En ESPañol
“Muerte Zamudio: ¿Nacerá una ley?”
conclusiones cnn En ESPañol
“Violencia en contra de las personas LgBt”
al punto UniviSion
outstandinG tv JournalisM-newsMaGazine
“respeto a la diversidad”
priMer iMpacto UniviSion
“terapia de reorientación sexual”
encuentro cnn En ESPañol
“Los transexuales buscan su identidad en medio de ignorancia y prejuicios”
encuentro cnn En ESPañol
“Víctima del acoso: la historia de amanda”
despierta aMérica UniviSion
“La vida en rosa”
aQuí y ahora UniviSion
NOMINEEs
outstandinG tv JournalisM seGMent
“apoyo histórico”
noticiero teleMundo tElEmUndo
“comunidad LgBt en NY denuncia
persecución policíaca”
noticias Mundofox mUndoFox
“Demócratas hacen esfuerzo para buscar apoyo”
inforMativo ntn ntn24
“en el cuerpo equivocado”
noticias 19 kUvS tv-19 [SacRamEnto, caliF.]
“reciben amenazas”
al roJo vivo tElEmUndo
outstandinG newspaper article
“gays y padres excelentes”
By pilar Marrero la oPinión
“Matrimonio gay, un sueño cumplido para muchos”
By Juan Matossian El diaRio la PREnSa
“Promueven tolerancia y respeto a estudiantes gay”
By anna Macías al día [dallaS, tExaS]
“sigue el acoso contra estudiantes LgBt”
By araceli Martínez orteGa la oPinión
“transgénero es elegida como
concejal en cuba”
By andrea rodríGuez AssociAted Press