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GLAAD held their very first virtual edition of its GLAAD Media Awards and it was just as spirited and entertaining as if we were in person kiki’ing and honoring media for fair, accurate, and inclusive representations of LGBTQ people and issues. If you weren’t able to watch the virtual ceremony the 31st Annual GLAAD…

GLAAD is going virtual with the 31st Annual GLAAD Media Awards ceremony which will stream on GLAAD's Facebook and YouTube on July 30 at 8pm ET and will air on Logo on August 3 at 8pm ET. Comedians Fortune Feimster and Gina Yashere are set to bring the funny as this year’s hosts. Honoring film, TV and media for its…

UPDATE: Last week, GLAAD canceled the New York City ceremony for the 31st Annual GLAAD Media Awards, and now LGBTQ advocacy organization has postponed the Los Angeles ceremony that had been set for April 16. GLAAD is looking to reschedule for later this year. GLAAD's Rich Ferraro, Chief Communications Officer and an…

Emmy- and Tony-winning actress Judith Light will be honored at the 31st Annual GLAAD Media Awards in New York with the Excellence in Media Award in a ceremony hosted by Lilly Singh, executive producer and host of NBC's A Little Late with Lilly Singh. The ceremony will take place at the Hilton Midtown in New York on…

Producer, director and writer Ryan Murphy will receive GLAAD Media Award’s annual Vito Russo Award honoring an openly LGBTQ media professional who has made a significant difference in accelerating LGBTQ acceptance. The award will be presented at the 31st Annual GLAAD Media Awards in New York on Thursday, March…

The 31st Annual GLAAD Media Awards nominees were unveiled this morning and Netflix leads the pack with 15 nominations while HBO coming in second with eight. New streaming Disney+ and Apple TV+ receive their first nominations with High School Musical: The Musical: The Series and Dickinson respectively. The GLAAD Media…

Trailblazing journalist, author, director and producer Janet Mock and Grammy-winning music sensation Taylor Swift have been set as honorees for the 31st Annual GLAAD Media Awards in Los Angeles which will take place at the Beverly Hilton on April 16. Mock and Swift will be honored for their LGBTQ advocacy. Mock will…

For the first time since 2014, LGBTQ group GLAAD will include Broadway productions in its annual media awards categories, the organization said today. With such major recent Broadway productions as The Inheritance, Jagged Little Pill and Slave Play featuring prominent gay characters and themes, GLAAD said the time is…

The second wave of GLAAD Media Awards winners were announced in New York City tonight at a ceremony hosted by RuPaul’s Drag Race superstar Shangela (who made a splash at the Los Angeles ceremony with her Beyonce performance). The East Coast edition of the awards unveiled Pose as the winner of Outstanding Drama Series…

The Beverly Hilton was buzzing like a Bey hive Thursday night as the audience waited for Beyonce and Jay-Z to descend from the heavens to accept the Vanguard Award at the 30th Annual GLAAD Media Awards. When the couple took the stage, the room was immediately emotionally charged as the two praised the LGBTQ community…

The LGBTQ community was championed and celebrated Thursday night as 15 of the 27 trophies for the 30th Annual GLAAD Media Awards were handed out at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles. Greg Berlanti teen romance Love, Simon took the trophy for Outstanding Film while Tanya Saracho’s groundbreaking Latinx series Vida was…

Allison Janney presented Will & Grace star Sean Hayes with the Stephen F. Kolzak Award at the 30th GLAAD Media Awards and he was extremely grateful to receive the award — so grateful that he didn’t waste any time in throwing some shade. After saying he was grateful for accepting an award from his friend and…