The TLA Gaybies Awards
Online retailer TLA made the news the other day when they announced the nominations for their first gay porn-themed TLA Awards (see here) and of course this was widely reported on blogs, the gay porn press, etc. What wasn't reported as much was that TLA also announced the nominations for the more expansive Gaybies Awards, honoring the best gay-themed films, televsion, literature, etc of 2009.
As with the TLA Awards the nominees were selected by the knowledgeable staff at TLA, the online voting is open to everyone, and you can vote as often as you wish. It's not exactly scientific nor will it be immune from ballot-stuffing but both awards presentations do spotlight many people, movies, books, etc that might otherwise have been overloooked. You'll also notice several books, comis, etc on the list with direct ties to the porn biz so the two awards are not as segregated as you might think. Here then are the Gaybies Awards nominations:
BEST OPENLY GAY ACTOR in a Film or TV Series
Chad Allen. Hollywood je t’aime
Jonah Blechman, Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild!
Tanner Cohen, Were the World Mine
Charlie David, Mulligans
Eric Debets, Hollywood je t’aime
Jane Lynch, Glee
Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Modern Family
Neil Patrick Harris, How I Met Your Mother
Leslie Jordan, Eating Out: All You Can Eat
T.R. Knight, Grey's Anatomy
Alec Mapa, Ugly Betty
Matthew Montgomery, Redwoods
Doug Spearman, Noah’s Arc: Jumping the Broom
Darryl Stephens, Noah’s Arc: Jumping the Broom
Peter Stickles, The Lair
BEST GAY DRAMA
Dare
Little Ashes
Mulligans
Redwoods
Shank
A Single Man
Wrecked
Milk Milk
Newcastle
BEST GAY DOCUMENTARY
The Butch Factor
Every Little Step
Fatherhood Dreams
A Jihad for Love
Outrage
Pageant
Sole Journey
The Universe of Keith Haring
Valentino: The Last Emperor BEST GAY
BEST LESBIAN FILM
The Baby Formula
Butch Jamie
Drool
Ghosted
I Can’t Think Straight
Person of Interest
Training Rules BEST GAY MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild
The Big Gay Musical
Breakfast with Scot
Bruno
Eating Out: All You Can Eat
Hollywood, je t’aime
Make the Yuletide Gay
Mr. Right
Noah’s Arc: Jumping the Broom
Tru Loved
Were the World Mine
FOREIGN FILM
Broken Embraces
Chef’s Special
The Country Teacher
The End of Love
Limbo
Little Ashes
Raging Sun, Raging Sky
Born in ’68
| BEST TV SERIES Featuring Gay Characters Big Love Glee Mad Men Modern Family Project Runway RuPaul’s Drag Race Sordid Lives True Blood Ugly Betty United States of Tara BEST GAY CHARACTER in a Mainstream Movie Sacha Baron Cohen as Brüno, Brüno Colin Firth as George, A Single Man Emile Hirsch as Cleve Jones, Milk Demetri Martin as Elliot Tiber, Taking Woodstock Paula Patton as Mrs. Rain, Precious Sean Penn as Harvey Milk, Milk Liev Schreiber as Vilma, Taking Woodstock BEST GAY CHARACTER on a Mainstream TV Series Bryan Batt as Sal, Mad Men Chris Colfer as Kurt, Glee Nelsan Ellis as Lafayette, True Blood Jesse Tyler Ferguson as Mitchell, Modern Family Keir Gilchrist as Marshall, The United States of Tara Connor Paolo as Eric van der Woodsen, Gossip Girl Eric Stonestreet as Cameron, Modern Family Michael Urie as Marc St. James, Ugly Betty |
BEST OPENLY GAY FILMMAKER Tom Ford, A Single Man Pedro Almodovar, Broken Embraces Lee Daniels, Precious Gus Van Sant, Milk Todd Verow, The Boy with the Sun in His Eyes and Between Something & Nothing Thomas Gustafson, Were the World Mine Rob Williams, Make the Yuletide Gay BEST LGBT BLOG 365gay.com The Advocate AfterElton.com Bearotic.com The Bilerico Project Citizen Crain Confessions of a Black Gay Man GayAgenda.com GayNewsWatch.com Homopop.com Joe.My.God. PopWired.com The Q10 Project The Queer Online Database Queerty.com Pam’s House Blend SisterDottie.com Towleroad.com |
BEST LGBT FILM FESTIVAL
Frameline: San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival
Outfest: Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
BFI: London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival
Philly Qfest
NewFest: The New York LGBT Film Festival
Inside Out: Toronto LGBT Film & Video Festival
Reel Affirmations
Miami/Ft. Lauderdale Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
Chicago Reeling Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
Seattle Three Dollar Bill Film Festival
Portland Lesbian & Gay Film Festival
Ft. Worth Q Cinema
| BEST PHOTO BOOK Beautiful Vision Ready to Play Gods of Football, Pedro Virgil Nasty Boys Private Moments, Howard Roffman Shooting Male, Eric Schwabel Playing Hard to Get, Corbin Fisher Players, Rick Day Bites XXL, Giovanni Hairy, Robert Greene Men: Twenty-Five Years in Photographs Outback: Currawong Creek, Paul Freeman The Big Penis Book Ultimate Falcon BEST GAY FICTION Sugarless: A Novel, James Magruder Blue Boy, Rakesh Satyal Mulligans, Charlie David The Silent Hustler, Sean Meriweather Pop Salvation, Lance Reynald The Sky Below, Stacey D'Erasmo The Haunted Heart & Other Tales, Jameson Currier Object of Desire, William J. Mann Beantown Cubans, Johnny Diaz Divas Las Vegas, Rob Rosen The Riddle of the Sands, Geoffrey Knight Michael's Secret, Milton Stern Lake Overturn, Vestal McIntyre Ugly Man, Dennis Cooper The Hour Between, Sebastian Stuart Basketball Jones, E. Lynn Harris |
BEST GAY COMIC BOOK BEST GAY EROTICA |
| BEST GAY NON-FICTION | |
| Outsiders, Aaron Hicklin 50 Gay & Lesbian Books Everybody Must Read The Greeks and Greek Love, James Davidson Mapping the Territory, Christopher Bram Advocate Days & Other Stories, Mark Thompson I Shudder, Paul Rudnick Bigger than Life, Jeffrey Esoffier The Manly Art of Seduction, Perry Brass The Meaning of Matthew, Judy Shepard I Told You So, Kate Clinton |
Bears on Bears, Ron J. Suresha My Germany, Lev Raphael Mental, Eddie Sarfaty Deflowered, Jon Ginoli You Better Not Cry, Augusten Burroughs Sordid Truths, Aiden Shaw Cheever: A Life, Blake Bailey The Pure Lover, David Plante Merv Griffin: A Life in the Closet, Darwin Porter Once You Go Back, Douglas A. Martin |
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