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GLAAD Awards: Nominations

Beautiful People, Glee, United States of Tara, True Blood, Skins and Brothers & Sisters are amongst the best in gay & lesbian representation on US television.

The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, has chosen its best for its 21st Annual GLAAD Media Awards, which honours positive portrayals of GLBT characters and issues in TV, film, theatre and journalism.

The ABC network leads with 8 nominations in the Television categories despite the organisation’s displeasure with the axing of an Adam Lambert performance.

The awards will be handed out across three ceremonies in LA, San Francisco and New York City.

Cynthia Nixon will be presented with the Vito Russo Award, which honors openly gay media professionals for their efforts in promoting equal rights for the LGBT community.

Fingers crossed Australia gets to see them this time after the last one was dropped by Arena over music rights.

Outstanding Drama Series
Brothers & Sisters
Grey’s Anatomy
Mad Men
Skins
True Blood

Outstanding Comedy Series
Beautiful People
Glee
GREEK
United States of Tara

Outstanding Individual Episode in a series without a regular LGBT character
“Homeward Bound” Private Practice
“Lisa Says” The Listener
“Pawnee Zoo” Parks and Recreation
“The Real Ghostbusters” Supernatural
“Wait and See” Private Practice (ABC)

Outstanding TV Movie or Mini-Series
An Englishman in New York
Pedro
Prayers for Bobby
Torchwood: Children of Earth

Outstanding Documentary
Ask Not
Be Like Others
Derek
The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls
U People

Outstanding Reality Program
The Amazing Race 15
Kathy Griffin: MY Life on the D-List
Making His Band
The Real World: Brooklyn
RuPaul’s Drag Race

Outstanding Daily Drama
All My Children
As the World Turns
Guiding Light
One Life to Live

Outstanding Talk Show Episode
“Ellen DeGeneres and Her Wife, Portia de Rossi” The Oprah Winfrey Show
“Hell to Pay – Gay Teen Exorcism” The Tyra Banks Show
“Mormon Church & Gays” The Joy Behar Show
“The Science of Intersex” The Dr. Oz Show
“Sirdeaner Walker Interview” The Ellen DeGeneres Show

Outstanding TV Journalism Segment
“Gay Teen Mutilated” Issues with Jane Velez-Mitchell
“Lt. Col. Victor Fehrenbach ‘I Was Utterly Devastated'” CNN Newsroom
“Reverend’s Revelation: Minister Speaks Out About Being Transgender” The Early Show
“Total Transformation: Why Chaz Bono Decided to Change” Good Morning America
“Why Will Won’t Pledge Allegiance” American Morning

Source: GLAAD

12 Responses

  1. @Chris

    I assume we are still in series 1 on ABC?

    I get that he is only 14. By that age he should have realised that he is different from most of his peers and be trying to come to terms with it.

  2. I agree with Regan! ‘Beautiful People’ looks like it could put the LGBT movement back by ten years. Which makes me think if ‘Will & Grace’ ever got nominated…

  3. Beautiful People?

    Really?

    Its just an endless string of stereotypes. From what I’ve seen so far, it hasn’t dealt with the character’s homosexuality even once.

  4. What …No love for Shameless? One of the best, funniest and most realistic portraits of gay and lesbian characters. Ian, Micky and Norma will be turning in their graves.

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