For almost a quarter of a century now, the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation has hosted the annual Media Awards ceremony, honoring the pertinent projects and individuals it deems the biggest purveyors of its central message of tolerance and progressive attitudes. Saturday’s 24th Annual GLAAD Media Awards took to recognizing the likes of public figures Anderson Cooper and the more controversial Brett Ratner, who began working on the “Coming Out for Equality” program following his spotlit use of a homophobic slur in late 2011.
Among the winners was the Oscar nominated documentary How to Survive a Plague, which tackles the unity of the HIV- and AIDS-inflicted community following the outbreak of the deadly virus. Among the network series that earned recognition at the ceremony are NBC’s Smash and CBS’ reality show The Amazing Race. See the full list below.
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– Vito Russo Award: Anderson Cooper
– Ally Award: Brett Ratner
– Outstanding Drama Series: Smash (NBC)
– Outstanding Documentary: How to Survive a Plague (Sundance Selects)
– Outstanding Reality Program: The Amazing Race (CBS)
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– Outstanding Newspaper Article: “Game Changer” by Andy Mannix (City Pages [Minneapolis, Minn.])
– Outstanding Newspaper Columnist: Frank Bruni (The New York Times)
– Outstanding Newspaper Overall Coverage: The Boston Globe
– Outstanding Magazine Article: “School of Hate” by Sabrina Rubin Erdely (Rolling Stone)
– Outstanding Magazine Overall Coverage: The Advocate/Out
– Outstanding New York Theatre: Broadway & Off Broadway: The Whale by Samuel D. Hunter
– Outstanding New York Theatre: Off-Off Broadway: From White Plains written by Michael Perlman in collaboration with Fault Line Theatre
– Outstanding Talk Show Interview: “Entrevista con Orlando Cruz” Titulares Telemundo(Telemundo)
– Outstanding Magazine Article: “Amor genuino” by Cristina Saralegui (People en Español)
– Outstanding Digital Journalism Article: “Operación tolerancia: la lucha contra la homofobia en los medios hispanos” by Lilia Luciano (voces.huffingtonpost.com)
– Outstanding Digital Journalism – Multimedia: “2013: Año clave para la comunidad gay” by Ramón Frisneda (ElDiarioNY.com)
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