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‘Schitt’s Creek,’ ‘Veneno,’ ‘I May Destroy You’ are GLAAD Media Award winners

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GLAAD, the world’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization, held its 32nd Annual GLAAD Media Awards on Thursday in a virtual ceremony where television shows Schitt’s Creek and Veneno were announced as winners alongside journalism, music and film accolades.

The Kristen Stewart/Mackenzie Davis lesbian Christmas romcom Happiest Season from Hulu was named Outstanding Film – Wide Release, while the Ryan Murphy remake of The Boys in the Band, starring out actors Jim Parsons, Matt Bomer and more, was Outstanding Film – Limited Release.

Schitt’s Creek continued its Emmy, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild awards run with an Outstanding Comedy Series win here and the HBO Max series Veneno was named Outstanding Spanish-Language Scripted Television Series.

Actress, producer and Emmy winner Niecy Nash, who came out last year, hosted the show, which featured performances from GLAAD winner CHIKA, Rebecca Black, and Nash’s wife, Jessica Betts.

Here is the complete list of winners of the 32nd GLAAD Media Awards.

Outstanding Film – Wide Release
Happiest Season (Hulu/TriStar Pictures)

Outstanding Film – Limited Release
The Boys in the Band (Netflix)

Outstanding Documentary
Disclosure (Netflix)

Outstanding Comedy Series
Schitt’s Creek (Pop)

Outstanding Drama Series
Star Trek: Discovery (CBS All Access)

Outstanding TV Movie
Uncle Frank (Amazon Studios)

Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series
I May Destroy You (HBO)

Outstanding Reality Program
We’re Here (HBO)

Outstanding Children’s Programming
The Not-Too-Late Show with Elmo (HBO Max)

Outstanding Kids & Family Programming
[TIE]: First Day (Hulu) and She-Ra & The Princesses of Power (DreamWorks Animation/Netflix)

Outstanding Music Artist
Sam Smith, “Love Goes” (Capitol)

Outstanding Breakthrough Music Artist
CHIKA, “Industry Games” (Warner Records)

Outstanding Video Game
[Tie]: Tell Me Why (DONTNOD Entertainment & Xbox Game Studios) and The Last of Us Part II (Naughty Dog & Sony Interactive Entertainment)

Outstanding Comic Book
“Empyre, Lords of Empyre: Emperor Hulkling, Empyre: Aftermath Avengers,” by Al Ewing, Dan Slott, Chip Zdarsky, Anthony Oliveira, Valerio Schiti, Manuel Garcia, Cam Smith, Marte Gracia, Triona Farrell, Joe Caramagna, Ariana Maher, Travis Lanham (Marvel Comics)

Outstanding Variety or Talk Show Episode
“Lilly Responds to Comments About Her Sexuality” A Little Late With Lilly Singh (NBC)

Outstanding TV Journalism Segment
“Dwyane Wade One-On-One: Basketball Legend Opens Up About Supporting Transgender Daughter” Good Morning America (ABC)

Outstanding TV Journalism — Long-Form
“ABC News Joe Biden Town Hall” (ABC)

Outstanding Print Article
“20 LGBTQ+ People Working to Save Lives on the Frontline” by Diane Anderson-Minshall, David Artavia, Tracy Gilchrist, Desiree Guerrero, Jeffrey Masters, Donald Padgett, and Daniel Reynolds (The Advocate)

Outstanding Magazine Overall Coverage
People

Outstanding Online Journalism Article
“Gay Men Speak Out After Being Turned Away from Donating Blood During Coronavirus Pandemic: ‘We are Turning Away Perfectly Healthy Donors'” by Tony Morrison and Joel Lyons (GoodMorningAmerica.com)

Outstanding Online Journalism — Video or Multimedia
“Stop Killing Us: Black Transgender Women’s Lived Experiences” by Complex World (Complex News)

Outstanding Blog
TransGriot
Barbara Gittings Award for Excellence in LGBTQ Media
Windy City Times

Special Recognition
After Forever (Amazon)
Deadline’s New Hollywood Podcast
Happiest Season soundtrack (Facet/Warner Records)
Noah’s Arc: The ‘Rona Chronicles (Patrik Ian-Polk Entertainment)
Out (Pixar/Disney+)
Razor Tongue (YouTube)
“The Son” episode, Little America (Apple TV+)

Outstanding Spanish-Language Scripted Television Series
Veneno (HBO Max)

Outstanding Spanish-Language TV Journalism
“La Hermana de Aleyda Ortiz Narra Cómo Salió del Clóset y Cómo se lo Comunicó a su Familia” Despierta América (Univision)

Outstanding Spanish-Language Online Journalism Article
“Desapareció en México, Solo se Hallaron sus Restos: La Historia de la Doctora María Elizabeth Montaño y su Importancia para la Comunidad Trans” por Albinson Linares y Marina E. Franco (Telemundo.com)

Outstanding Spanish-Language Online Journalism – Video or Multimedia
“Soy Trans: El Camino a un Nuevo Despertar” por Sarah Moreno, Esther Piccolino, y José Sepúlveda (El Nuevo Herald)

Special Recognition (Spanish-Language)
Jesse & Joy, “Love (Es Nuestro Idioma)”

Veneno image credit: Atresmedia/HBO Max

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), Critics Choice Association (CCA), San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle (SFBAFCC) 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.

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