GLAAD Media Awards
USA
Notes
- The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) is dedicated to promoting and ensuring fair, accurate and inclusive representation of individuals and events in all media as a means of eliminating homophobia and discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation. (from the GLAAD web site, 2002)
- The GLAAD Media Awards honor gay/lesbian achievements in various fields of media work. Besides film and television also achievements in theatre, music, print media and advertising are recognized.
Awards
Advocate For Change Award
Ally Award
Barbara Gittings Award
Capital Award
Community Service Award
Davidson/Valentini Award
- The trophy is given at the San Francisco part of the awards and is named in memory of GLAAD's first executive director, Craig Davidson, and his partner, GLAAD supporter Michael Valentini.
Donahue/Thomas Award
Excellence in Media Award
Favorite OUT Image of the Year Award
GLAAD Media Award
GLAAD Media Award - Spanish Language
Golden Gate Award
- The trophy is given at the San Francisco part of the awards.
Pioneer Award
Special Award
Special Recognition
Stephen F. Kolzak Award
- The award was named for its first recipient, a highly successful Los Angeles casting director who devoted the last part of his life to fighting Aids-phobia and homophobia within the entertainment industry (from the GLAAD web site).
Vanguard Award
Visibilidad Award
Visibility Award
Vision Award
Vito Russo Award
- The award is named for one of the founding members of GLAAD, who wrote the groundbreaking and definitive source on lesbian and gay images in film, The Celluloid Closet (1995) (from the GLAAD web site).
Vito Russo Film Award
Historical Timeline
1996
- While in the past award winners were always announced prior to the ceremony, this year sees the introduction of nominees - at first just in two of the categories.
2005
- For the first time the ceremony is broadcast on television.