Lady Gaga, Ricky Martin, Anderson
Cooper and Chaz Bono are among the nominees for awards from the 22nd
annual Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) Media
Awards.
The GLAAD awards recognize positive
portrayals of the lives of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender
people in the media.
“As media continue to tell new
stories about LGBT people and families, a majority of Americans now
support full equality of LGBT Americans,” said acting President
Mike Thompson. “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.”
Unlike previous years, the nominees
vying in the Outstanding Film – Limited Release category are fairly
well known. They include Pariah, which stars Kim Wayans, and
Weekend, which stars Chris New and Tom Cullen as two men who
share a life altering 48 hours together.
Albert Nobbs, Beginners
and J. Edgar are the films nominated in the wide release
category.
(Related: Christopher
Plummer wins Golden Globe for Beginners
gay role.)
Competing in the Outstanding Comedy
Series category are Exes and Ohs (Logo), Glee (Fox),
Happy Endings (ABC), Modern Family (ABC) and The Big
C (Showtime).
Lady Gaga will compete in the
Outstanding Music Artist category. Also nominated are Beverly
McClellan, Girl in a Coma, Hunx and His Punx and MEN.
A Late Show with David Letterman
segment with Chaz Bono has been nominated in the Outstanding Talk
Show Episode category. Also nominated is an Anderson Cooper-hosted
segment on transgender children.
Ricky Martin received a nomination for
his Spanish album Musica+Alma+Sexo.
The GLAAD Media Awards – which
recognize excellence in 23 categories including newspaper content,
syndicated columnists and comic books – will be presented in a
series of dinners: March 24 in New York, April 21 in Los Angeles and
June 2 in San Franscico. (A GLAAD short video on the nominees is
embedded in the right panel of this page. Visit
our video library for more videos.)
View all the nominees at the GLAAD
website.