After announcing half of its winners at a Los Angeles ceremony in March, the GLAAD Media Awards handed out the rest of its trophies at a New York event on Saturday.
Red, White & Royal Blue, The Last of Us, Rustin, Heartstopper and Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers’ Las Culturistas podcast were among the projects recognized at the 35th annual awards show, which honors media for fair, accurate and inclusive representations of LGBTQ people and issues.
Hosted by Ross Mathews, the New York ceremony also presented special honors to Jennifer Hudson (who received the Excellence in Media Award) and Orville Peck (who received the Vito Russo Award, presented by Jennifer Lawrence). The night featured special performances from Loren Allred and Scott Hoying and presenters including Uma Thurman, Beanie Feldstein, Don Lemon and the cast of We’re Here.
A full list of winners announced at the New York ceremony follows.
Outstanding TV Journalism – Long-Form: Our America: Who I’m Meant to Be – Episode 3
Outstanding Variety or Talk Show Episode: The Jennifer Hudson Show, “Jennifer Hudson Surprises HIV Activist with $10,000”
Outstanding Broadway Production: Melissa Etheridge: My Window
Outstanding Reality Program: Family Karma
Queer Fan Favorite: Red, White & Royal Blue
Outstanding Podcast: Las Culturistas (iHeart)
Outstanding Film – Streaming Or TV: Rustin (Netflix)
Outstanding Documentary: Beyond the Aggressives: 25 Years Later (MTV Documentary Films), Kokomo City (Magnolia Pictures) and The Stroll (HBO | Max Documentary Films)
Outstanding New Series: The Last of Us (HBO)
Outstanding Kids & Family Programming or Film – Live Action: Heartstopper (Netflix)
Outstanding TV Journalism Segment: “New York City Gay Bar Deaths Classified as Homicides” (NBC News Now)
Outstanding Live TV Journalism – Segment or Special: “Indiana Students Put on LGBTQ-Themed Play Themselves After it’s Canceled By the School” Yasmin Vossoughian Reports (MSNBC)
Outstanding Print Article: “As Drag Bans Proliferate, Maren Morris Goes Deep With Drag’s Biggest Stars on Why the Show Must Go On” by Stephen Daw (Billboard)
Outstanding Online Journalism Article: “The AP Interview: Pope Francis Says Homosexuality Not a Crime” by Nicole Winfield (AP.com)
Outstanding Online Journalism – Video or Multimedia: “7 Remarkable Trans Elders Share Lessons for the Next Generation” (them.us)
Outstanding Blog: Erin Reed – Erin in the Morning
Spanish Language – Outstanding Online Journalism Article: “Personas mayores LGBTQIA+ ‘tienen que regresar a un clóset para poder buscar vivienda‘” por David Cordero Mercado y Joaquín A. Rosado Lebrón (PeriodismoInvestigativo.com and ElNuevoDia.com)
Spanish Language – Outstanding Online Journalism – Video or Multimedia: “Conoce a la primera diputada negra y trans de Brasil” por Natalia Barrera Francis, Joyce García, David von Blohn, Paula Daibert y Claudia Escobar (Descoloniza – AJ+ Español)
GLAAD previously announced Special Recognition awards for The Dads (Netflix), Love in Gravity, Relighting Candles (Hulu), Renaissance: A Film by Beyonce (AMC Theatres), The Tennessee Holler, Yes I Am: The Ric Weiland Story, Drag Latina (Revry / LATV), Enamorándonos (UniMás), El sabor de la navidad (ViX) and Wendy, perdida pero famosa (ViX). GLAAD also previously announced that +Life Media received the Barbara Gittings Award for Excellence in LGBTQ Media.
