24th GLAAD Media Awards explained

The 24th GLAAD Media Awards was the 2013 annual presentation of the GLAAD Media Awards, presented by GLAAD[1] honoring the 2012 season. The awards honored films, television shows, musicians and works of journalism that fairly and accurately represent the LGBT community and issues relevant to the community. The 24th Annual GLAAD Media Awards honored 153 nominees in 25 English-language categories and eight Spanish-language categories.

Awards were presented in three separate ceremonies: in New York City on March 16, 2013,[2] in Los Angeles on April 20, 2013[3] and in San Francisco on May 11, 2013.[4] [5]

Winners and nominees

Winners are presented in bold.

English-language categories

AwardWinners and nominees
Outstanding Film - Wide ReleaseThe Perks of Being a Wallflower
Outstanding Film - Limited ReleaseAny Day Now
Outstanding Drama SeriesSmash
Outstanding Comedy SeriesThe New Normal
Outstanding Individual Episode (in a series without a regular LGBT character)"Don't Ask, Don't Tell Me What to Do" of Raising Hope
Outstanding TV Movie or Mini-Series
Outstanding DocumentaryHow to Survive a Plague
Outstanding Reality ProgramThe Amazing Race
Outstanding Talk Show Episode"At Home with Neil Patrick Harris, His Fiancé David Burtka, & Their Twins" of Oprah's Next Chapter
  • "Autoshop Restores Bullied Gay Student's Car for Free" of The Ellen DeGeneres Show
  • "Bishop Gene Robinson" of The Daily Show
  • "Marriage Equality" of The Suze Orman Show
  • "The Husband Who is Now a Woman and the Daughter Who is Now a Son" of The Jeff Probst Show
Outstanding Daily DramaDays of Our Lives
Outstanding TV Journalism - News Magazine"Being Transgender in America" of Melissa Harris-Perry
Outstanding TV Journalism Segment"Obama Endorses Marriage Equality" of Good Morning America
Outstanding Newspaper Article"Game Changer" by Andy Mannix, City Pages
  • "Black Church Reaches Out to Gay, Transgender Teens" by Meghan E. Irons, The Boston Globe
  • "Generation Halsted" (series), Windy City Times
  • "Most Local School Districts Ignore State's Anti-Gay Bullying Law" by Phillip Zonkel, Press-Telegram
  • "Turned Away, He Turned to the Bible" by Douglas Quenqua, The New York Times
Outstanding Newspaper ColumnistFrank Bruni, The New York Times
Outstanding Newspaper Overall CoverageThe Boston Globe
Outstanding Magazine Article"School of Hate" by Sabrina Rubin Erdely, Rolling Stone
  • "The First Gay President" by Andrew Sullivan, Newsweek
  • "The Marriage Plot: Inside This Year's Epic Campaign for Gay Equality" by Molly Ball, The Atlantic
  • "Netherland" by Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker
  • "The Transgender Athlete" by Pablo S. Torre and David Epstein, Sports Illustrated
Outstanding Magazine Overall CoverageThe Advocate/Out
Outstanding Digital Journalism Article"Why Aren't We Fighting for CeCe McDonald?" by Marc Lamont Hill, Ebony.com
  • "The Beautiful Daughter: How My Korean Mother Gave Me the Courage to Transition" by Andy Marra, HuffingtonPost.com
  • "Boardroom Battle: Directors Clash Over Gay Rights" by Ryan Ruggiero, CNBC.com
  • "Eight Months in Solitary" by Andrew Harmon, Advocate.com
  • "Workplace Protections for LGBT Workers Remain Stalled" by Chris Geidner, BuzzFeed.com
Outstanding Digital Journalism - Multimedia"Edie Takes on DOMA" In the Life, ITLMedia.org
  • "The Advocate 45" (series), Advocate.com
  • "Athletes at Core of 'Fearless' Photo Project" by Patrick Dorsey and Jeff Sheng, ESPN.com
  • "'Don't Ask, Don't Tell': Transgender Officers on Secretly Serving in the U.S. Military" by Marc Lamont Hill, Live.HuffingtonPost.com
  • "Gay Rights in the US, State by State", GuardianNews.com
Outstanding BlogRod 2.0
  • Autostraddle
  • blac(k)ademic
  • The New Civil Rights Movement
  • Towleroad
Outstanding Music ArtistAdam Lambert, Trespassing (tie)
Frank Ocean, Channel Orange (tie)
Outstanding Comic BookKevin Keller by Dan Parent, Archie Comics
Outstanding Los Angeles TheatreThe Children by Michael Elyanow
  • Edith Can Shoot Things and Hit Them by A. Rey Pamatmat
  • The Irish Curse by Martin Casella
  • Pieces by Chris Phillips
  • Silent by Pat Kinevane
Outstanding New York Theatre: Broadway and Off-BroadwayThe Whale by Samuel D. Hunter
  • Bring It On: The Musical Book by Jeff Whitty, music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Tom Kitt and Amanda Green
  • Cock by Mike Bartlett
  • The Columnist by David Auburn
  • Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike by Christopher Durang
Outstanding New York Theatre: Off-Off BroadwayFrom White Plains written by Michael Perlman in collaboration with Fault Line Theatre
  • Baby Daddy by Alec Mapa
  • A Map of Virtue by Erin Courtney
  • Sontag: Reborn adapted by Moe Angelos, based on the book by Susan Sontag
  • Tail! Spin
created by Mario Correa

Spanish-language categories

AwardWinners and nominees
Outstanding Daytime Talk Show Episode"Confirma su identidad como mujer" Showbiz, CNN en Español
  • "Fama y arte, ¿relacionados con la homosexualidad?" Paparazzi Magazine, Mega TV
  • "Lesbiana deportada" Caso Cerrado, Telemundo
Outstanding Talk Show Interview"Entrevista con Orlando Cruz" Titulares Telemundo, Telemundo
  • "Entrevista con Christian Chávez" Cala, CNN en Español
  • "La familia de hoy" Notimujer, CNN en Español
  • "Muerte Zamudio: ¿Nacerá una ley?" Conclusiones, CNN en Español
  • "Violencia en contra de las personas LGBT" Al Punto, Univision
Outstanding TV Journalism - News Magazine"La vida en rosa" Aquí y Ahora, Univision (tie)
"Los transexuales buscan su identidad en medio de ignorancia y prejuicios" Encuentro, CNN en Español (tie)
  • "Respeto a la diversidad" Primer Impacto, Univision
  • "Terapia de reorientación sexual" Encuentro, CNN en Español
  • "Víctima del acoso: la historia de Amanda" Despierta América, Univision
Outstanding TV Journalism Segment"En el cuerpo equivocado" Noticias 19, KUVS-DT
  • "Apoyo histórico" Noticiero Telemundo, Telemundo
  • "Comunidad LGBT en NY denuncia persecución policíaca" Noticias MundoFox, MundoFox
  • "Demócratas hacen esfuerzo para buscar apoyo" Informativo NTN, NTN24
  • "Reciben amenazas" Al Rojo Vivo, Telemundo
Outstanding Newspaper Article"Gays y padres excelentes" by Pilar Marrero, La Opinión
  • "Matrimonio gay, un sueño cumplido para muchos" by Juan Matossian, El Diario la Prensa
  • "Promueven tolerancia y respeto a estudiantes gay" by Anna Macías, Al Día
  • "Sigue el acoso contra estudiantes LGBT" by Araceli Martínez Ortega, La Opinión
  • "Transgénero es elegida como concejal en Cuba" by Andrea Rodríguez, Associated Press
Outstanding Magazine Article"Amor genuino" by Cristina Saralegui, People en Español
  • "La lucha de Bamby" by Isis Sauceda, People en Español
  • "Samy ¡Sufrió por el machismo de su papá!" TV y Novelas
Outstanding Digital Journalism Article"Operación tolerancia: la lucha contra la homofobia en los medios hispanos" by Lilia Luciano, voces.huffingtonpost.com
  • "Arianna, una transexual que lucha por su comunidad" by Alejandra Chaparro, Terra.com
  • "Así queda el poder gay tras las elecciones" by Elizabeth Cotte, Univision.com
  • "Hostigan a estudiantes por ser gay" by Wilma Maldonado Arrigoitía, PrimeraHora.com
  • "¿Es posible ser homosexual y ser persona de fe? " by Cary Tabares, HolaCiudad.com
Outstanding Digital Journalism - Multimedia"2013: Año clave para la comunidad gay" by Ramón Frisneda, ElDiarioNY.com
  • "Manifestaciones del orgullo gay alrededor del mundo", EFE

Honorees

Anderson Cooper[2]

Steve Warren (attorney)[3]

Adam Lambert[4]

Notes and References

  1. The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation was formally renamed GLAAD on March 24, 2013, in between the first and second award ceremonies.
  2. Web site: SMASH, HOW TO SURVIVE A PLAGUE AMONG GLAAD MEDIA AWARD RECIPIENTS IN NEW YORK . Townsend, Megan . March 16, 2013 . . April 23, 2013 . April 22, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130422205313/http://www.glaad.org/blog/smash-how-survive-plague-among-glaad-media-award-recipients-new-york . dead .
  3. Web site: THE NEW NORMAL, THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER AMONG GLAAD MEDIA AWARD RECIPIENTS IN LOS ANGELES . Townsend . April 20, 2013 . . April 23, 2013.
  4. Web site: FRANK OCEAN, ANY DAY NOW, KEVIN KELLER AMONG GLAAD MEDIA AWARD RECIPIENTS IN SAN FRANCISCO . . Townsend . May 11, 2013 . May 27, 2013 . September 19, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200919214951/https://www.glaad.org/blog/frank-ocean-any-day-now-kevin-keller-among-glaad-media-award-recipients-san-francisco . dead .
  5. Web site: 24th Annual GLAAD Media Award Nominees . . January 16, 2013.