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The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation has named nominees for the 2011 GLAAD Media Awards.
Awards go to filmmakers, skein producers, legit producers, musicians, comic writers and journos who present positive images of the LGBT community. Nominees for the kudos’ 22nd edition include “The Kids Are All Right,” “I Love You Phillip Morris,” “True Blood,” “Modern Family,” “Anderson Cooper 360″ and Scissor Sisters, among others. Winners will be feted at three ceremonies: a March 19 event at Gotham’s Marriott Marquis, an April 16 event at L.A.’s Westin Bonaventure and a May 14 event at the San Francisco Marriott Marquis. This year also marks GLAAD’s 25th anniversary. The 2011 kudos will also feature a new category honoring indie blogs. The complete list of nominees: OUTSTANDING FILM – WIDE RELEASE Burlesque (Screen Gems) Easy A (Screen Gems) The Girl Who Played with Fire (Music Box Films) The Kids Are All Right (Focus Features) Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (Universal Pictures) OUTSTANDING FILM – LIMITED RELEASE Howl (Oscilloscope Pictures) I Love You Phillip Morris (Roadside Attractions) La Mission (Screen Media Ventures) Patrik, Age 1.5 (Regent Releasing) Undertow (Wolfe Releasing) OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES Brothers & Sisters (ABC) Degrassi (TeenNick) Grey’s Anatomy (ABC) Pretty Little Liars (ABC Family) True Blood (HBO) OUTSTANDING COMEDY SERIES Glee (Fox) GREEK (ABC Family) Modern Family (ABC) Nurse Jackie (Showtime) United States of Tara (Showtime) OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL EPISODE (in a series without a regular LGBT character) “Escape the Castle” Bored to Death (HBO) “Innocence” Law & Order (NBC) “Klaus & Greta” 30 Rock (NBC) “Queen of Mean” Drop Dead Diva (Lifetime) “Samaritan” Law & Order: UK (BBC America) OUTSTANDING DOCUMENTARY 8: The Mormon Proposition (Red Flag Releasing) Edie & Thea: A Very Long Engagement (Sundance Channel) Prodigal Sons (First Run Features) “Sylvester” UnSung (TV One) Out. The Glenn Burke Story (Comcast SportsNet Bay Area) OUTSTANDING REALITY PROGRAM The Fabulous Beekman Boys (Planet Green) Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys (Sundance Channel) Project Runway (Lifetime) Top Chef: Just Desserts (Bravo) TRANSform Me (VH1) OUTSTANDING TALK SHOW EPISODE “Constance McMillen” The Ellen DeGeneres Show (syndicated) “Neil Patrick Harris” The Talk (CBS) “Rebuilding Home After Tragedy: The Seth Walsh Story” The Nate Berkus Show (syndicated) “Ricky Martin Coming Out as a Gay Man and a New Dad” The Oprah Winfrey Show (syndicated) “Transgender Kids: Too Young to Decide?” The Dr. Oz Show (syndicated) OUTSTANDING TV JOURNALISM – NEWSMAGAZINE “”Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (series) The Rachel Maddow Show (MSNBC) “Gay Teen Suicides” (series) Anderson Cooper 360 (CNN) “Katie Miller: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” Outside the Lines (ESPN) “Olson and Boies on Same-Sex Marriage” Bill Moyers Journal (PBS) “Transitions” Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel (HBO) OUTSTANDING TV JOURNALISM SEGMENT “Don’t Ask…” CBS Sunday Morning (CBS) “Fort Worth Speech” The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell (MSNBC) “Gay Teens Talk Their Truth” CNN Newsroom (CNN) “Images of Protest” ABC World News with Diane Sawyer (ABC) “Mom, Dad… I’m Coming Out” Today (NBC) OUTSTANDING NEWSPAPER ARTICLE “Coming Out, Fitting In” by Rosemary Winters (The Salt Lake Tribune) “D.C. Gay Couple Caps a Momentous First by Tying the Knot” by Monica Hesse (The Washington Post) “Rutgers Student Tyler Clementi’s Suicide Spurs Action Across U.S.” by Judy Peet (The Star-Ledger [Newark, N.J.) "A Tragic Love Story" by Steve Friess (LA Weekly) "Worlds Apart" by Lauren Smiley (SF Weekly) OUTSTANDING NEWSPAPER COLUMNIST Peg Mcentee (The Salt Lake Tribune) Leonard Pitts, Jr. (The Miami Herald) Frank Rich (The New York Times) Eugene Robinson (The Washington Post) Rev. Byron Williams (The Oakland Tribune) OUTSTANDING NEWSPAPER OVERALL COVERAGE Atlanta Journal Constitution Denver Post Los Angeles Times The New York Times The Salt Lake Tribune OUTSTANDING MAGAZINE ARTICLE "All That's Left is God" by Michelle Theall (5280 Magazine) "'I Was Scared to Sleep': LGBT Youth Face Violence Behind Bars" by Daniel Redman (The Nation) "It's a Shocking Trend: Gay Teens Being Bullied to the Point of Suicide" by Kenneth Miller (Ladies' Home Journal) "Just Another Girl (Who Used to be a Boy)" by Genevieve Field (Glamour) "What Happens When You Find the One...And He's Nothing - Nothing - Like You Expected?" by Allison Cooper (O, The Oprah Magazine) OUTSTANDING MAGAZINE OVERALL COVERAGE The Advocate/Out The Chronicle of Higher Education Entertainment Weekly People US Weekly OUTSTANDING DIGITAL JOURNALISM ARTICLE "The Camera in the Closet: Gay Service Members Speak Out to ABC News About Don't Ask, Don't Tell" by Mary Kathryn Burke (ABCNews.com) "'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Hurts African-American Women the Most" by Lynette Holloway (TheRoot.com) "Ice Cracks Beneath Weir's Critics" by LZ Granderson (ESPN.com) "View From Washington" (series) by Kerry Eleveld (Advocate.com) "Wrestler Hudson Taylor a Champion for Gay Rights" by Jim Buzinski (Outsports.com) OUTSTANDING DIGITAL JOURNALISM - MULTIMEDIA "Bridal Bliss: Aisha and Danielle" by Bobbi Misick (Essence.com) "Censoring Wojnarowicz" (IntheLifetv.org) "A Gay Family Album" (Newsweek.com) "Kicked Out But Ready to Go Back" by Jon Groat (Newsweek.com) OUTSTANDING BLOG The Bilerico Project (http://www.bilerico.com/) Blabbeando (http://blabbeando.blogspot.com/) Joe. My. God. (http://joemygod.blogspot.com/) Pam's House Blend (http://www.pamshouseblend.com) Rod 2.0 (http://rodonline.typepad.com/) OUTSTANDING MUSIC ARTIST Antony and the Johnsons, Swanlights (Secretly Canadian) Big Freedia, Big Freedia Hitz Vol. 1 (Big Freedia Records) Chely Wright, Lifted Off the Ground (Vanguard Records) Kele Okereke, The Boxer (Glassnote Records) Scissor Sisters, Night Work (Downtown Records) OUTSTANDING COMIC BOOK Buffy the Vampire Slayer by Scott Allie, Brad Meltzer, Joss Whedon (Dark Horse Comics) Fogtown by Andersen Gabrych (Vertigo/DC Comics) Veronica by Dan Parent (Archie Comics) X-Factor by Peter David (Marvel Comics) Young Avengers: Children's Crusade by Allan Heinberg (Marvel) OUTSTANDING LOS ANGELES THEATER Dr. Cerberus by Robert Aguirre-Sacasa Haram Iran by Jay Paul Deratany Revolver by Chris Phillips Something Happened by L. Trey Wilson The Twentieth-Century Way by Tom Jacobson OUTSTANDING NEW YORK THEATER: BROADWAY & OFF-BROADWAY In the Wake by Lisa Kron The Kid, book by Michael Zam, lyrics by Jack Lechner, music by Andy Monroe Passion Play by Sarah Ruhl The Pride by Alexi Kaye Campbell Secrets of the Trade by Jonathan Tolins OUTSTANDING NEW YORK THEATER: OFF-OFF BROADWAY Lay of the Land by Tim Miller Let Them Eat Cake by Holly Hughes, Megan Carney and Moe Angelos This One Girl's Story, book by Bil Wright, music and lyrics by Dionne McClain-Freeney Vaginal Davis Is Speaking from the Diaphragm by Vaginal Davis When Last We Flew by Harrison David Rivers OUTSTANDING NOVELA ¿Dónde está Elisa? (Telemundo) OUTSTANDING DAYTIME TALK SHOW EPISODE "Mamá vístete de hombre" Casos de Familia (Univision) "No quiero padre, ni hermano" Casos de Familia (Univision) "La Proposición 8" Caso Cerrado (Telemundo) "El sida no mata amor" Caso Cerrado (Telemundo) "Yo no soy un pervertido" ¿Quién Tiene la Razón? (Univision) OUTSTANDING TALK SHOW INTERVIEW "Entrevista con hombres transgénero" Don Francisco Presenta (Univision) "Entrevista con Manolo Cardona de Contracorriente" Escenario (CNN en Español) "Matrimonios del mismo sexo" Al Punto (Univision) "Saliendo del closet después de los 30" El Show de Cristina (Univision) OUTSTANDING TV JOURNALISM - NEWSMAGAZINE "En busca de Emma" Levántate (Telemundo) "En el cuerpo equivocado" Al Rojo Vivo (Telemundo) "En nombre del amor" Primer Impacto (Univision) "Indignante Abuso" Primer Impacto (Univision) "Ricky Martin…Sin secretos" Aquí y Ahora (Univision) OUTSTANDING TV JOURNALISM SEGMENT "Aumenta el hostigamiento" Despierta América (Univision) "El matrimonio de homosexuales" Encuentro (CNN en Español) "Matrimonios del mismo sexo; Sí vs No" Mega News Nocturno (Mega TV) "Pueblo Chico, Orgullo Grande" Noticias Univision 33 (KTVW-TV 33 [Phoenix, Ariz.]) “Reconocimiento Nacional” Noticiero Telemundo (Telemundo) OUTSTANDING NEWSPAPER ARTICLE “Acosados hasta el punto del suicidio” by Rubén Moreno (La Opinión) “Homofobia en el deporte: el último closet” by Alberto C. Medina Gil (Primera Hora) “El regalo de Ricky Martin: La revelación de homosexualidad del cantante es un gran avance para la sociedad gay, dicen expertos” by Sigal Ratner-Arias (Associated Press) “Terror en la comunidad gay” by Osman Pérez Méndez (El Nuevo Día) “El viaje largo para encontrarse a sí misma” by Santos Juárez (El Diario NY) OUTSTANDING MAGAZINE ARTICLE “Estoy feliz de ser quien soy” by María Morales (People en Español) “Fedro, de ¡Viva el Sueno!, piensa casarse y adoptar a un niño” by Abel Jimenez (TvNotas USA) “Reaccionaron líderes, políticos, sicólogos, y artistas de esta sociedad” by Ana Lilia Cortés (TvNotas USA) “Ricky Martin, un papá en paz” by Lena Hansen (People en Español) OUTSTANDING DIGITAL JOURNALISM ARTICLE “Christian Chávez reacciona contra Paquita la del Barrio” by Yoselín Acevedo (PeoplenEspanol.com) “Fedro llegó para quedarse” by Amy Linares (PadrisimoMagazine.com) OUTSTANDING MUSIC ARTIST Christian Chávez, Almas transparentes (EMI) Fedro, Besos excesos (Warner Music)
