‘Call Me By Your Name,’ JAY-Z, ‘One Day at a Time’ Among GLAAD Media Awards Nominees

Erik Anderson January 19, 2018

The 2018 GLAAD Media Awards, which cover film, television, journalism and digital media, has revealed its nominations.

The GLAAD Media Awards recognize and honor media for their fair, accurate and inclusive representations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer community and the issues that affect their lives.

Call Me By Your Name and Professor Marston and the Wonder Women were among the Outstanding Film – Wide Release nominees and in the television section, along with Outstanding Comedy and Drama Series nominees for shows that contain regular LGBTQ characters, GLAAD also recognizes shows without a recurring LGBTQ character but had an LGBTQ-inclusive episode such as Room 104 and Legion. They also nominated the Emmy-winning “Thanksgiving” episode from Master of None but Lena Waithe’s Denise is a regular/recurring character so that’s a bit of an odd choice/distinction.

In journalism, Teen Vogue, NBC Nightly News and The Washington Post were nominated for their stories on LGBTQ issues and GLAAD also focuses a portion of their journalism categories on Spanish-language coverage.

In Music, nominees include Sam Smith, Halsey and St. Vincent and there are two Special Recognition awards for JAY-Z’s “Smile,” from his album 4:44 about his mother’s coming out and In a Heartbeat, the animated short film in contention for an Oscar nomination this coming Tuesday.

The awards will be given out in dual ceremonies in Los Angeles on April 12 at The Beverly Hilton and on May 5 in New York City at the New York Hilton Midtown.

Here is the full list of nominees for the 29th GLAAD Media Awards.

Outstanding Film – Wide Release

Battle of the Sexes

Fox Searchlight

Call Me by Your Name

Sony Pictures Classics

Lady Bird

A24

Professor Marston and the Wonder Women

Annapurna Pictures

The Shape of Water

Fox Searchlight

Outstanding Film – Limited Release

BPM

The Orchard

A Fantastic Woman

Sony Pictures Classics

God’s Own Country

Samuel Goldwyn Films/Orion Pictures

Thelma

The Orchard

The Wound

Kino Lorber

Outstanding Comedy Series

The Bold Type

Freeform

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

FOX

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

The CW

Modern Family

ABC

One Day at a Time

Netflix

One Mississippi

Amazon

Superstore

NBC

Survivor’s Remorse

Starz

Transparent

Amazon

Will & Grace

NBC

Outstanding Drama Series

Billions

Showtime

Doubt

CBS

The Handmaid’s Tale

Hulu

Nashville

CMT

Sense8

Netflix

Shadowhunters

Freeform

Star

FOX

Star Trek: Discovery

CBS All Access

This Is Us

NBC

Wynonna Earp

Syfy

Outstanding Individual Episode (in a series without a regular LGBTQ character)

“Chapter 8” Legion

“Grace” Pure Genius

CBS

“Lady Cha Cha” Easy

Netflix

“The Missionaries” Room 104

HBO

“Thanksgiving” Master of None

Netflix

Outstanding TV Movie or Limited Series

American Horror Story: Cult

Feud: Bette and Joan

Godless

Netflix

Queers

BBC America

When We Rise

ABC

Outstanding Kids & Family Programming

Andi Mack

Disney Channel

“Chosen Family” Danger & Eggs

Amazon

“The Emergency Plan” Doc McStuffins

Disney Channel

Steven Universe

Cartoon Network

The Loud House

Nickelodeon

Outstanding Scripted Television Series (Spanish Language)

Las chicas del cable

Netflix

La doble vida de Estela Carrillo

Univision

Ingobernable

Netflix

Outstanding Documentary

Chavela

Music Box Films

Gender Revolution: A Journey with Katie Couric

National Geographic

Kiki

Sundance Selects

“Real Boy” Independent Lens

PBS

This is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous

YouTube Red

Outstanding Reality Program

Gaycation with Ellen Page

Viceland

I Am Jazz

TLC

RuPaul’s Drag Race

VH1

Survivor: Game Changers

CBS

The Voice

NBC

Outstanding Music Artist

Miley Cyrus, Younger Now

RCA Records

Halsey, Hopeless Fountain Kingdom

Astralwerks Records

Honey Dijon, The Best of Both Worlds

Classic Music Company

Kehlani, SweetSexySavage

TSNMI/Atlantic Records

Kelela, Take Me Apart

Warp Records

Perfume Genius, No Shape

Matador Records

Sam Smith, The Thrill of It All

Capitol Records

St. Vincent, MASSEDUCTION

Loma Vista Recordings

Wrabel, We Could Be Beautiful

Epic/Sony Records

Outstanding Comic Book

America, by Gabby Rivera, Joe Quinones, Ming Doyle, Stacey Lee, Ramon Villalobos,

Walden Wong, Jen Bartel, Annie Wu, Aud Koch, Flaviano, Joe Rivera, Paolo Rivera, José Villarrubia, Jordan Gibson, Tamra Bonvillain, Brittany Peer, Rachelle Rosenberg, Travis Lanham
(Marvel Comics)

The Backstagers, by James Tynion IV, Rian Sygh, Walter Baiamonte, Jim Campbell

(BOOM! Studios)

Batwoman, by Marguerite Bennett, James Tynion IV, Steve Epting, Jeromy N. Cox, Stephanie Hans, Renato Arlem, Adriano Honorato Lucas, Fernando Blanco, John Rauch, Deron Bennett

(DC Comics)

Black Panther: World of Wakanda, by Roxane Gay, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Yona Harvey, Rembert Browne, Alitha E. Martinez, Manny Mederos, Joe Bennett, Afua Richardson, Roberto Poggi, Tamra Bonvillain, Rachelle Rosenberg, Virtual Calligraphy, Joe Sabino

(Marvel Comics)

Deadman: Dark Mansion of Forbidden Love, by Sarah Vaughn, Lan Medina, Phillip Hester, José Villarrubia, Janice Chiang

(DC Comics)

Goldie Vance, by Hope Larson, Jackie Ball, Brittney Williams, Noah Hayes, Sarah Stern, Jim Campbell

(BOOM! Studios)

Iceman, by Sina Grace, Alessandro Vitti, Ibraim Roberson, Edgar Salazar, Edgar E. Tadeo, Robert Gill, Rachelle Rosenberg, Joe Sabino

(Marvel Comics)

Lumberjanes, by Kat Leyh, Shannon Watters, Carolyn Nowak, Ayme Sotuyo, Maarta Laiho, Aubrey Aiese

(BOOM! Studios)

Quantum Teens are Go, by Magdalene Visaggio, Eryk Donovan, Claudia Aguirre, Zakk Saam

(Black Mask Comics)

The Woods, by James Tynion IV, Michael Dialynas, Ed Dukeshire

(BOOM! Studios)

Outstanding Daily Drama

The Bold and The Beautiful

CBS

Days of Our Lives

NBC

The Young & the Restless

CBS

Outstanding Talk Show Episode

“Australia Marriage Equality” Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

HBO

“Danica Roem” The Opposition with Jordan Klepper

Comedy Central

“Laila and Logan Ireland, Transgender Military Couple” The Ellen DeGeneres Show

syndicated

“Laverne Cox and Gavin Grimm” The View

ABC

“Trans Veterans React to Ban” The Daily Show with Trevor Noah

Comedy Central

Outstanding TV Journalism – Newsmagazine

“A Boy Named Lucas” 20/20

ABC

“China Queer” The Naked Truth

Fusion

“Gay Purge?” Nightline

ABC

“The Pulse of Orlando: Terror at the Nightclub” Anderson Cooper 360

CNN

“Trans Youth” VICE on HBO

HBO

Outstanding TV Journalism Segment

“The Abolitionists Face the Love Army” KAPP-KVEW Local News

KAPP-35/KVEW-42 [Tri Cities/Yakima, Wash.]

“DJ Zeke Thomas Goes Public” Good Morning America

ABC

“Murders Raise Alarm for Transgender Community” NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt

NBC

“Transgender Murders in Louisiana Part of Disturbing Trend” CBS Evening News

CBS

“Transgender Rights under Fire in Trump Era” AM Joy

MSNBC

Outstanding Newspaper Article

“Fearfully and Wonderfully Made: The Journey of a Transgender Man” by Lauren McGaughy

The Dallas Morning News

“Lesbian College Coaches Still Face Difficult Atmosphere to Come Out” by Shannon Ryan

Chicago Tribune

“Pulse Victims’ Families in Puerto Rico: ‘We Have to Cry Alone'” by Jennifer A. Marcial Ocasio

Orlando Sentinel

“Revised Guidance on HIV Proves Life-Transforming” by Lenny Bernstein

The Washington Post

“The Silent Epidemic: Black Gay Men and HIV” [series]

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Outstanding Magazine Article

“America’s Hidden H.I.V. Epidemic” by Linda Villarosa

The New York Times Magazine

“Beyond ‘He’ or ‘She’: The Changing Meaning of Gender and Sexuality” by Katy Steinmetz

Time

“Forbidden Lives: The Gay Men Who Fled Chechnya’s Purge” by Masha Gessen

The New Yorker

“Free Radical” by Nathan Heller

Vogue

“Trans, Teen, and Homeless” by Laura Rena Murray

Rolling Stone

Outstanding Magazine Overall Coverage

The Advocate

Billboard

People

Teen Vogue

Time

Outstanding Digital Journalism Article

“The Ballad of Bobby Brooks, the First Gay Student-Body President of Texas A&M” by Lauren Larson

GQ.com

“For Those We Lost and Those Who Survived: The Pulse Massacre One Year Later” by James Michael Nichols

HuffPost Queer Voices

“‘I Am a Girl Now,’ Sage Smith Wrote. Then She Went Missing.” by Emma Eisenberg

Splinter

“Meet the Transgender Student Who Fought Discrimination at His Maryland High School (and Won)” by Nico Lang

INTO

“Why Bisexual Men Are Still Fighting to Convince Us They Exist” by Samantha Allen

Splinter

Outstanding Digital Journalism – Multimedia

“Former Patriots and Chiefs Tackle Ryan O’Callaghan Comes Out as Gay” by Cyd Zeigler

Outsports/SB Nation

“Made to Model: Trans Beauty in Fashion”

LogoTV.com

“‘This Is How We Win’: Inside Danica Roem’s Historic Victory” by Diana Tourjée

Broadly.Vice.com

“Transgender Day of Remembrance” by Saeed Jones

AM to DM, BuzzFeed News

“US Travel Ban Leaves LGBT Refugees in Limbo” by Nina dos Santos

CNN.com

Outstanding Blog

Autostraddle

Gays With Kids

My Fabulous Disease

Pittsburgh Lesbian Correspondents

Transgriot

Special Recognition

In a Heartbeat

written & directed by Esteban Bravo and Beth David

“Smile” by Jay-Z featuring Gloria Carter, 4:44

Roc Nation/Universal Music Group

Outstanding TV Journalism – Newsmagazine (Spanish Language)

“Así viven los estudiantes transgénero después de que Trump anulara la ley de baños de Obama para escuela públicas” Primer Impacto

Univision

“Pulse, huellas de la masacre” Docufilms

CNN en Español

“Ser transgénero en Latinoamérica: sus experiencias y crecimiento” Vive la Salud

CNN en Español

Outstanding TV Journalism Segment (Spanish Language)

“Comunidad LGBTQ vulnerable bajo nuevo gobierno” Perspectiva Nacional

Entravision

“Entrevista con Daniela Vega” Showbiz

CNN en Español

“Joven transgénero tiene un mensaje para las familias: ‘Acepten a sus hijos'” Al Punto

Univision

“El triunfo de una diseñadora mexicana transgénero en Nueva York” Noticias Telemundo

Telemundo

“Unidos contra la discriminación y el acoso contra la comunidad LGBT” Despierta América

Univision

Outstanding Digital Journalism (Spanish Language)

“La compleja realidad de ser gay en América Latina”

cnnespanol.cnn.com

“‘No aprobar el Dream Act significaría una sentencia de muerte’, jóvenes LGBT y DACA”

laopinion.com

“Padres de familia de Dallas luchan por los derechos de su hija transgénero”

aldiadallas.com

“Primera senadora trans aspira a impulsar medidas para sectores discriminados”

efe.com

“Tres hermanitos para dos papás”

laopinion.com

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Erik Anderson

Erik Anderson is the founder/owner and Editor-in-Chief of AwardsWatch and has always loved all things Oscar, having watched the Academy Awards since he was in single digits; making lists, rankings and predictions throughout the show. This led him down the path to obsessing about awards. Much later, he found himself in film school and the film forums of GoldDerby, and then migrated over to the former Oscarwatch (now AwardsDaily), before breaking off to create AwardsWatch in 2013.

He is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, accredited by the Cannes Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and more, is a member of the International Cinephile Society (ICS), The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (GALECA), Hollywood Critics Association (HCA) and the International Press Academy. Among his many achieved goals with AwardsWatch, he has given a platform to underrepresented writers and critics and supplied them with access to film festivals and the industry and calls the Bay Area his home where he lives with his husband and son.