They're GLAAD To Be Nominated...
Stardust Midnighter The Cliks
Over the past weekend during the Sundance Film Festival, the GLAAD Media Awards nominations were announced as well as this year's special honorees. In GLAAD's own words:
"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. "
In case you didn't know these awards are handed out in FOUR separate ceremonies over the course of three months in New York, Los Angeles, South Florida, and San Francisco. At each of the ceremonies different honorees will be recognized. Special honorees for the New York, South Florida, and San Francisco ceremonies will be announced at a later date.
On March 17 the first ceremony will take place in New York. Special honoree will be Brian Graden, the President of programming at MTV, VH1, CMT, and Logo (which he helped launch). He's #10 on Out magazine's
list of the most powerful gay people in America. A Special Recognition Award will also be presented to cable network BET J.
On April 12 in South Florida the second GLAAD ceremony will honor actor Wilson Cruz who has worked on TV, in films, and on stage and devotes much of his time to the causes of GLBT youth. In addition, The Special Recognition Award will go to magazine The Intelligence Report.
On April 26 in Los Angeles, the third GLAAD ceremony will have three honorees--singer/songwriters Janet Jackson, Rufus Wainwright, and photographer Herb Ritts.
On May 10 the final ceremony in San Francisco will honor activist David Mixner and Ilene Chaiken--the creator, writer and executive producer of the television series The L Word. A Special Recognition AWard will go to the theater group Theater Rhinoceros.
Happily these awards raise almost 4 million dollars for GLAAD's work in "promoting and ensuring fair, accurate and inclusive representation of people and events in the media as a means of eliminating homophobia and discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation". In addition there are over 100 corporate sponsors that support the awards and the group's work and you can find the listing at http://www.glaad.org/media awards.
Here are the nominees with some links to Amazon whenever possible:
Film - Wide Release
Across the Universe (Revolution Studios)
The Jane Austen Book Club (Sony Pictures Classics)
Stardust (Paramount Pictures)
Film - Limited Release
The Bubble (Strand Releasing)
Dirty Laundry (Codeblack Entertainment)
Itty Bitty Titty Committee (Pocket Releasing)
Nina's Heavenly Delights (Regent Releasing)
Whole New Thing (Picture This! Entertainment)
Drama Series
Brothers & Sisters (ABC)
Degrassi: The Next Generation (The N)
Dirty Sexy Money (ABC)
Greek (ABC Family)
The L Word (Showtime)
Comedy Series
Desperate Housewives (ABC)
Exes and Ohs (Logo)
The Sarah Silverman Program (Comedy Central)
Ugly Betty (ABC)
The War at Home (Fox)
Individual Episode (in a series w/o a regular LGBT character)
"Boy Crazy" Cold Case (CBS)
"Do Tell" Boston Legal (ABC)
"Free to Be You and Me" Kyle XY (ABC Family)
"The Gangs of Camden County" My Name is Earl (NBC)
"Sin" Law & Order: SVU (NBC)
Television Movie, Mini-Series or Anthology
Daphne (Logo)
The DL Chronicles (here!)
The State Within (BBC America)
Documentary
Camp Out (Logo)
Cruel and Unusual: Transgender Women in Prison (WE tv)
For the Bible Tells Me So (First Run Features)
Freddie Mercury: Magic Remixed (VH1/Logo)
Small Town Gay Bar (Logo)
Reality Program
"Chase/Lane" Trading Spouses (Fox)
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List (Bravo)
Project Runway (Bravo)
Who Wants to Be a Superhero? (SciFi Channel)
Work Out (Bravo)
Daily Drama
All My Children (ABC)
As The World Turns (CBS)
Talk Show Episode
"Born in the Wrong Body" The Oprah Winfrey Show (syndicated)
"Gay Around the World" The Oprah Winfrey Show (syndicated)
"Gay Athletes & Rappers: It's Not In to be Out" The Tyra Banks Show (syndicated)
"Growing Up Intersex" The Oprah Winfrey Show (syndicated)
"Transgender Kids" The Tyra Banks Show (syndicated)
TV Journalism - Newsmagazine
Born in the Wrong Body (MSNBC)
"A Church Divided" In the Life (PBS)
"Don't Ask Don't Tell" 60 Minutes (CBS)
"My Secret Self: A Story of Transgender Children" 20/20 (ABC)
"A Royal Scandal" Primetime: Family Secrets (ABC)
TV Journalism - News Segment
"The First Casualty" Anderson Cooper 360 (CNN)
"Gay Homeless Teens" Uncovering America (CNN)
"Gospel of Inclusion" Uncovering America (CNN)
"Sent Away to 'Change'" Good Morning America (ABC)
"Sex Change Controversy" Paula Zahn Now (CNN)
Newspaper Article
"Aging and Gay, and Facing Prejudice in Twilight" by Jane Gross (The New York Times)
"Girl/Boy Interrupted" by Lauren Smiley (SF Weekly)
"In a Progressive State, a City Where Gay Life Hangs by a Thread" by Andrew Jacobs (The New York Times)
"Line in Sand for Same-Sex Couples" by Teresa Watanabe (Los Angeles Times)
"What the Heart Wants" by Lane DeGregory (St. Petersburg Times)
Newspaper Columnist
Christine Daniels (Los Angeles Times)
Alfred Doblin (The Record [Bergen, NJ])
Mark Morford (San Francisco Chronicle)
Frank Rich (The New York Times)
Rebecca Walsh (The Salt Lake Tribune)
Newspaper Overall Coverage
The Boston Globe
Los Angeles Times
The New York Times
The Seattle Times
San Francisco Chronicle
Magazine Article
"Akinola’s Power Play" by Kerry Eleveld (The Advocate)
"Dying to Come Out: The War on Gays in Iraq" by David France (GQ)
"The Kingdom in the Closet" by Nadya Labi (The Atlantic Monthly)
"(Rethinking) Gender" by Debra Rosenberg (Newsweek)
"Special Report: Gays at War" by Marc Haeringer, William Henderson, Michael Rowe, Corey Scholibo, and Bernice Yeung (The Advocate)
Magazine Overall Coverage
The Advocate
CosmoGIRL!
Entertainment Weekly
Newsweek
Us Weekly
Digital Journalism Article
"Gay Newsmen - A Clearer Picture" by James Hillis (AfterElton.com)
"Gender and the Pulpit" by Lauren McCauley (Newsweek.com)
"Officially 'I Do'" by Tracy Stokes (BET.com)
"Oregon State Coach Fulfills Dream of Becoming Father" by Graham Hays (ESPN.com)
"Why the T in LGBT is Here to Stay" by Susan Stryker (Salon.com)
Digital Journalism – Multimedia
"The Advocate 40th Anniversary'" (Advocate.com)
"Fuera del Closet: Gay Hispanic Immigrants in Dallas" by Sergio Chapa (NewAmericaMedia.org)
"Landmark Moments in Gay Hollywood" by Mark S. Luckle (EW.com)
"Uncovering America: Fighting for Acceptance" (CNN.com)
Music Artist
Bloc Party, A Weekend in the City
The Cliks, Snakehouse
Melissa Etheridge, The Awakening
Rufus Wainwright, Release the Stars
Patrick Wolf, The Magic Position
Comic Book
American Virgin by Steven T. Seagle (Vertigo/DC Comics)
The Boys by Garth Ennis (Dynamite Entertainment)
Midnighter by Garth Ennis, Brian K. Vaughan, Christos Gage, Justin Gray & Jimmy Palmiotti, and Keith Giffin (Wildstorm/DC Comics)
The Outsiders by Judd Winick, Greg Rucka, and Tony Bedard (DC Comics)
Strangers in Paradise by Terry Moore (Abstract Studio)
Advertising – Electronic
"Change" Levis
"Goodbye" Orbitz
"Jewels" & "Time" Dolce & Gabbana
"Rejected" Chemistry.com
"Tu Pride - Jaime" MTV Tr3s
"Change" by Levi's
New York Theater – Broadway & Off–Broadway
100 Saints You Should Know by Kate Fodor
All That I Will Ever Be by Alan Ball
The Beebo Brinker Chronicles by Kate Moira Ryan and Linda S. Chapman
Some Men by Terrence McNally
Speech & Debate by Stephen Karam
New York Theater – Off–Off Broadway
1001 Beds by Tim Miller
BASH'd: A Gay Rap Opera by Chris Craddock and Nathan Cuckow, music by Aaron Macri
I Google Myself by Jason Schafer
Yank! book and lyrics by David Zellnik, music by Joseph Zellnik
The Young Ladies Of by Taylor Mac
Special Recognition
BET J
The Intelligence Report
Theater Rhinoceros
Wow. Those GLAAD Awards are a lot to take in. I'm so happy to see Wilson Cruz nominated. This is a guy who never really had to have a coming out because he was never "in." I'm also glad they have a comic book category. I haven't read any of those books except for Midnighter. Now I'm motivated to check out the others.
And a big Whoo Hoo for Ugly Betty. I love that show and they kept us going for weeks into the strike. I'm also happy for Oprah. She's done some great gay shows after ignoring us for a few years. She's back on top this year, even doing an amazing episode with Michael Moore on health care.
Looking at these GLAAD Awards makes me realize how much we have to be happy for.
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We are a couple of theatre artists from Edmonton, Canada. Our minds were blown to be nominated for a GLAAD award, and now we our popping up in the blogosphere in a list that includes Rufus Wainwright, Bloc Party, Avenue Q, Alan Ball, Terrence McNally, Wilson Cruz, and Midnighter!
Minds blown.
It was -38 Celsius in Edmonton today. And yet despite the ass freezing weather, we are walking on air.
Thanks for sharing the list, and inadvertently bringing us joy and spreading the love.
xo
www.homohiphop.blogspot.com
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