Adam Lambert, Frank Ocean and Chely
Wright are among the nominees for awards from the 24th
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.
“Images and stories from the LGBT
community continue to push support for equality to historic levels,”
GLAAD President Herndon Graddick said in a statement. “This year's
nominees enlighten and entertain, but also reflect a new American
landscape where a growing majority accept and value their LGBT
family, colleagues and friends. Now more than ever, viewers not only
accept gay and transgender characters and plot lines, they expect
them – just as they both accept and expect LGBT people to be a
valuable part of their everyday lives.”
Five films are vying in the Outstanding
Film – Limited Release category, including Any Day Now, Keep the
Lights On, Mosquita y Mari, Musical Chairs and North Sea
Texas.
Cloud Atlas, ParaNorman, The Best
Exotic Marigold Hotel, The Perks of Being a Wallflower and Your
Sister's Sister are the films nominated in the wide release
category.
Chely Wright: Wish Me Away (the
singer's coming out story) is among the five films nominated in the
Outstanding Documentary category. Also nominated are Codebreaker,
Hit So Hard, How to Survive a Plague and Vito.
Nominated in the Outstanding Music
Artist category are Adam Lambert (Trespassing) Frank Ocean
(Channel Orange), Gossip (A Joyful Noise), Rufus
Wainwright (Out of the Game) and Scissor Sisters (Magic
Hour).
The GLAAD Media Awards – which
recognize excellence in 25 categories including newspaper content,
syndicated columnists and comic books – will be presented in a
series of dinners: March 16 in New York, April 20 in Los Angeles and
May 11 in San Franscico.
View all the nominees at the GLAAD
website.