‘Call Me By Your Name,’ JAY-Z, ‘One Day at a Time’ Among GLAAD Media Awards Nominees
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
FX
“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
FX
Feud: Bette and Joan
FX
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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