26th Annual Glaad Media Awards In Los Angeles - Recipients
LIST OF AWARD RECIPIENTS:
26TH ANNUAL GLAAD
MEDIA AWARDS IN LOS ANGELES
THE BEVERLY HILTON,
MARCH 21, 2015
Los Angeles,
Saturday, March 21, 2015 - GLAAD Media Award
recipients were announced in 16 of this year's 31 media
categories at the 26th Annual GLAAD Media Awards, presented
by Delta Air Lines, Hilton, Ketel One Vodka, and Wells Fargo
at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles on Saturday night.
A complete press release with additional quotes from award recipients will be posted by 2 p.m. PT and photos from the event by 5 p.m. PT on Sunday, March 22, 2015 atglaad.org/mediaawards. Highlights are available now at twitter.com/glaad.
Following is a complete list of GLAAD Media Awards presented on stage, and the individuals that accepted the awards (accepters tentative):
• Vanguard Award: Kerry
Washington (presented by Ellen DeGeneres)
• Stephen F. Kolzak Award: Roland Emmerich
(presented by Channing Tatum)
•
Outstanding Film - Wide Release: The Imitation
Game (The Weinstein Company) [accepted by:
screenwriter Graham Moore and producer Ido Ostrowsky]
• Outstanding Drama Series: How to Get
Away with Murder (ABC) [accepted by: creator
Peter Nowalk with stars Viola Davis, Jack Falahee, Matt
McGorry, and Aja Naomi King]
•
Outstanding Comedy Series: Transparent
(Amazon Instant Video) [accepted by: creator
Jill Soloway with stars Amy Landecker, Jay Duplass,
Alexandra Billings, Kiersey Clemons, Michaela Watkins, and
Alison Sudol, and co-producer Rhys Ernst]
The
following is a list of other award recipients announced at
the 26th Annual GLAAD Media Awards in Los Angeles.
• Outstanding Individual Episode (in a series
without a regular LGBT character): "Identity Crisis"
Drop Dead Diva (Lifetime)
•
Outstanding TV Movie or Mini-Series: The Normal Heart
(HBO)
• Outstanding Music Artist:
Against Me!, Transgender Dysphoria Blues (Xtra
Mile Recordings)
-more-
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• Outstanding
Daily Drama: Days of Our Lives (NBC)
• Outstanding Comic Book : Rat
Queens, written by Kurtis J. Wiebe (Image
Comics)
• Outstanding Digital Journalism Article: "31 Days of PrEP" [series] (Advocate.com)
• Outstanding Blog:
Autostraddle (autostraddle.com)
GLAAD
previously announced that it was acknowledging BioWare's hit
video game Dragon Age: Inquisition and the song "Era
Diferente" by the legendary Mexican band Los Tigres del
Nortewith Special Recognition Awards. On Saturday night,
FOX's Glee also received a Special Recognition Award,
following the series finale. For six seasons, Glee
has consistently introduced groundbreaking LGBT characters
and storylines, including a recent episode that featured a
200-person transgender choir. Joe Earley, Chief Operating
Officer at Fox Television Group, accepted the award on
behalf of the show.
SPANISH-LANGUAGE NOMINEES
• Outstanding Daytime Program
Episode: "Cementerio homófobo" Caso Cerrado
(Telemundo)
• Outstanding
Television Interview: TIE: "En cuerpo ajeno" Un
Nuevo Día (Telemundo) and "Intolerancia
familiar" Realidades en Contexto (CNN en
Español)
• Outstanding
Documentary: "Identidad sin fronteras" Panorámica
(Univision/Pivot)
• Outstanding Local TV Journalism: "Cobertura de Spirit Day" [serie] Noticias 34 (KMEX-Univision 34 [Los Angeles])
Additional awards will be presented at the GLAAD Media Awards event at the Waldorf Astoria in New York on Saturday, May 9.
The GLAAD Media Awards recognize and honor media for their fair, accurate and inclusive representations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community and the issues that affect their lives. They also fund GLAAD's work to amplify stories from the LGBT community that build support for equality. GLAAD Media Award nominees were published, released or broadcast between January 1, 2014 and December 31, 2014.
To receive the latest
updates on the GLAAD Media Awards, follow @glaad on Twitter
and use the hashtag #glaadawards.
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