The nominees and honorees for the 19th Annual GLAAD (The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) Media Awards were announced on Sunday, January 20, 2008 in Park City, Utah. 
The ceremonies will be held coast-to-coast; at the Marriott Marquis in New York on March 17, 2008; at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in South Florida on April 12, 2008; at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles on April 26, 2008; and at the San Francisco Marriott in San Francisco on May 10, 2008. Broadcast dates have yet to be announced.
Special Honorees who have used their words, art and music to advocate on behalf of the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community will be announced at each ceremony.
Special Honorees include:
In New York:
Brian Graden (Vito Russo Award)
In Los Angeles:
Janet Jackson (Vanguard Award)
Rufus Wainwright (Stephen F. Kolzak Award )
Herb Ritts (Pioneer Award)
In South Florida:
Wilson Cruz (Visibilidad Award)
In San Francisco:
Ilene Chaiken (Davidson/Valentini Award)
David Mixner (Pioneer Award)
GLAAD President Neil G. Giuliano spoke highly of the nominees, admitting, “This year’s extraordinary nominees exemplify the important strides we have made as a community toward creating a truly inclusive society. GLAAD’s persistent, effective efforts to educate media professionals continue to yield a growing body of stories about lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people that are more compelling, more honest, and more real than ever before. We are proud to recognize all of this year’s GLAAD Media Awards nominees.”
GLAAD works hard to eliminate forms of discrimination that are based on sexual orientation and gender identity and to eliminate homophobia, all by promoting and ensuring accurate, fair and inclusive representation of people and events through the media.
The nominees for the 19th Annual GLAAD Media Awards are:
OUTSTANDING FILM – WIDE RELEASE
Across the Universe (Revolution Studios)
The Jane Austen Book Club (Sony Pictures Classics)
Stardust (Paramount Pictures)
OUTSTANDING FILM – LIMITED RELEASE
The Bubble (Strand Releasing)
Dirty Laundry (Codeblack Entertainment)
Itty Bitty Titty Committee (Pocket Releasing)
Nina’s Heavenly Delights (Regent Releasing)
Whole New Thing (Picture This! Entertainment)
OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES
Brothers & Sisters (ABC)
Degrassi: The Next Generation (The N)
Dirty Sexy Money (ABC)
Greek (ABC Family)
The L Word (Showtime)
OUTSTANDING COMEDY SERIES
Desperate Housewives (ABC)
Exes and Ohs (Logo)
The Sarah Silverman Program (Comedy Central)
Ugly Betty (ABC)
The War at Home (Fox)
OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL EPISODE
(in a series without a regular LGBT character)
“Boy Crazy” Cold Case (CBS)
“Do Tell” Boston Legal (ABC)
“Free to Be You and Me” Kyle XY (ABC Family)
“The Gangs of Camden County” My Name is Earl (NBC)
“Sin” Law & Order: SVU (NBC)
OUTSTANDING TELEVISION MOVIE OR
MINI-SERIES
Daphne (Logo)
The DL Chronicles (here!)
The State Within (BBC America)
OUTSTANDING DOCUMENTARY
Camp Out (Logo)
Cruel and Unusual: Transgender Women in Prison (WE tv)
For the Bible Tells Me So (First Run Features)
Freddie Mercury: Magic Remixed (VH1/Logo)
Small Town Gay Bar (Logo)
OUTSTANDING REALITY PROGRAM
“Chase/Lane” Trading Spouses (Fox)
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List (Bravo)
Project Runway (Bravo)
Who Wants to Be a Superhero? (SciFi Channel)
Work Out (Bravo)
OUTSTANDING DAILY DRAMA
All My Children (ABC)
As The World Turns (CBS)
OUTSTANDING TALK SHOW EPISODE
“Born in the Wrong Body” The Oprah Winfrey Show (syndicated)
“Gay Around the World” The Oprah Winfrey Show (syndicated)
“Gay Athletes & Rappers: It’s Not In to be Out” The Tyra Banks Show (syndicated)
“Growing Up Intersex” The Oprah Winfrey Show (syndicated)
“Transgender Kids” The Tyra Banks Show (syndicated)
OUTSTANDING TV JOURNALISM – NEWSMAGAZINE
Born in the Wrong Body (MSNBC)
“A Church Divided” In the Life (PBS)
“Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” 60 Minutes (CBS)
“My Secret Self: A Story of Transgender Children” 20/20 (ABC)
“A Royal Scandal” Primetime: Family Secrets (ABC)
OUTSTANDING TV JOURNALISM – NEWS SEGMENT
“The First Casualty” Anderson Cooper 360 (CNN)
“Gay Homeless Teens” Uncovering America (CNN)
“Gospel of Inclusion” Uncovering America (CNN)
“Sent Away to ‘Change'” Good Morning America (ABC)
“Sex Change Controversy” Paula Zahn Now (CNN)
OUTSTANDING NEWSPAPER ARTICLE
“Aging and Gay, and Facing Prejudice in Twilight” by Jane Gross (The New York Times)
“Girl/Boy Interrupted” by Lauren Smiley (SF Weekly)
“In a Progressive State, a City Where Gay Life Hangs by a Thread” by Andrew Jacobs (The New York Times)
“Line in Sand for Same-Sex Couples” by Teresa Watanabe (Los Angeles Times)
“What the Heart Wants” by Lane DeGregory (St. Petersburg Times)
OUTSTANDING NEWSPAPER COLUMNIST
Christine Daniels (Los Angeles Times)
Alfred Doblin (The Record [Bergen, NJ])
Mark Morford (San Francisco Chronicle)
Frank Rich (The New York Times)
Rebecca Walsh (The Salt Lake Tribune)
OUTSTANDING NEWSPAPER OVERALL COVERAGE
The Boston Globe
Los Angeles Times
The New York Times
The Seattle Times
San Francisco Chronicle
OUTSTANDING MAGAZINE ARTICLE
“Akinola’s Power Play” by Kerry Eleveld (The Advocate)
“Dying to Come Out: The War on Gays in Iraq” by David France (GQ)
“The Kingdom in the Closet” by Nadya Labi (The Atlantic Monthly)
“(Rethinking) Gender” by Debra Rosenberg (Newsweek)
“Special Report: Gays at War” by Marc Haeringer, William Henderson, Michael Rowe, Corey Scholibo, and Bernice Yeung (The Advocate)
OUTSTANDING MAGAZINE OVERALL COVERAGE
The Advocate
CosmoGIRL!
Entertainment Weekly
Newsweek
Us Weekly
OUTSTANDING DIGITAL JOURNALISM ARTICLE
“Gay Newsmen – A Clearer Picture” by James Hillis (AfterElton.com)
“Gender and the Pulpit” by Lauren McCauley (Newsweek.com)
“Officially ‘I Do'” by Tracy Stokes (BET.com)
“Oregon State Coach Fulfills Dream of Becoming Father” by Graham Hays (ESPN.com)
“Why the T in LGBT is Here to Stay” by Susan Stryker (Salon.com)
OUTSTANDING DIGITAL JOURNALISM –
MULTIMEDIA
“The Advocate 40th Anniversary'” (Advocate.com)
“Fuera del Closet: Gay Hispanic Immigrants in Dallas” by Sergio Chapa (NewAmericaMedia.org)
“Landmark Moments in Gay Hollywood” by Mark S. Luckle (EW.com)
“Uncovering America: Fighting for Acceptance” (CNN.com)
OUTSTANDING MUSIC ARTIST
Bloc Party, A Weekend in the City
The Cliks, Snakehouse
Melissa Etheridge, The Awakening
Rufus Wainwright, Release the Stars
Patrick Wolf, The Magic Position
OUTSTANDING COMIC BOOK
American Virgin by Steven T. Seagle (Vertigo/DC Comics)
The Boys by Garth Ennis (Dynamite Entertainment)
Midnighter by Garth Ennis, Brian K. Vaughn, Christos Gage, Justin Gray & Jimmy Palmiotti, and Keith Giffin (Wildstorm/DC Comics)
The Outsiders by Judd Winick, Greg Rucka, and Tony Bedard (DC Comics)
Strangers in Paradise by Terry Moore (Abstract Studio)
OUTSTANDING ADVERTISING – ELECTRONIC
“Change” Levis
“Goodbye” Orbitz
“Jewels” & “Time” Dolce & Gabbana
“Rejected” Chemistry.com
“Tu Pride – Jaime” MTV Tr3s
OUTSTANDING LOS ANGELES THEATER
Act A Lady, by Jordan Harrison
Anything, by Tim McNeil
Avenue Q, book by Jeff Whitty, music and lyrics by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx
Havana Bourgeois, by Carlos Lacamara
The Long Christmas Ride Home, by Paula Vogel
OUTSTANDING NEW YORK THEATER:
BROADWAY & OFF – BROADWAY
100 Saints You Should Know by Kate Fodor
All That I Will Ever Be by Alan Ball
The Beebo Brinker Chronicles by Kate Moira Ryan and Linda S. Chapman
Some Men by Terrence McNally
Speech & Debate by Stephen Karam
OUTSTANDING NEW YORK THEATER: OFF – OFF BROADWAY
1001 Beds by Tim Miller
BASH’d: A Gay Rap Opera by Chris Craddock and Nathan Cuckow, music by Aaron Macri
I Google Myself by Jason Schafer
Yank! book and lyrics by David Zellnik, music by Joseph Zellnik
The Young Ladies Of by Taylor Mac
SPECIAL RECOGNITION
BET J
The Intelligence Report
Theater Rhinoceros
19th ANNUAL GLAAD MEDIA AWARDS SPANISH-LANGUAGE NOMINEES
OUTSTANDING NOVELA
Amar Sin Limites (Univision)
Mirada de Mujer: El Regreso (Azteca América)
Pecados Ajenos (Telemundo)
OUTSTANDING VARIETY PROGRAM SEGMENT
“Cero” ¡Despierta América! (Univision)
“Entrevista con Victor Manuelle” Don Francisco Presenta (Univision)
“Primer matrimonio gay en ciudad de México” Don Francisco Presenta (Univision)
“Tema controversia: Adopciones entre parejas del mismo sexo” ¡Despierta América! (Univision)
OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL EPISODE
(in a series without a regular LGBT character)
“El amor de mi hijo” Lo Que Callamos las Mujeres (Azteca América)
“La loteria” Mujer, Casos de la Vida Real (Univision)
OUTSTANDING TALK SHOW EPISODE
“Bisexualidad” Sin Tapujos (Azteca América)
“Historia de amor: Saliendo del closet” Caso Cerrado (Telemundo)
OUTSTANDING CELEBRITY NEWS SEGMENT
“Christian dice por que decidio declarar que era gay” Escándalo TV (Telefutura)
“Comunicado de Christian Chávez, de RBD” Ventaneando América (Azteca América)
“Está feliz” El Gordo y La Flaca (Univision)
“Fabian Lavalle victima de un violento ataque” Ventaneando América (Azteca América)
“Regina Orozco” Historias Engarzadas (Azteca América)
OUTSTANDING TV JOURNALISM –
NEWS SEGMENT
“Diversidad sexual” Primero Noticias (Galavision)
“Iglesia que convierte a los gays” Noticiero Azteca América (Azteca América)
“Travesti mama” Al Rojo Vivo (Telemundo)
“Union histórica” Noticiero Univision (Univision)
“Y el amor que?” En Contexto (Telemundo)
OUTSTANDING TV JOURNALISM – NEWSMAGAZINE
“Angel del Odio” Noticentro 4 (WAPA America)
“De hombre a mujer” Primer Impacto (Univision)
“Ley controversial” Al Rojo Vivo (Telemundo)
“Secreto en las filas” Aqui y Ahora (Univision)
“Ser o no ser” Punto Fronterizo (Síntesis TV)
OUTSTANDING NEWSPAPER ARTICLE
“Cuando el amor se jura con palabra de hombre” by Daniel Shoer Roth (El Nuevo Herald [Miami])
“Latinos en el ‘downlow'” by Roxana García (La Raza [Chicago])
“Los olvidados de la reforma migratoria” by Judith Torrea (El Diario/La Prensa [New York])
“Me golpeaba y amenazaba con inmigración” by Jose Acosta (El Diario/La Prensa [New York])
“Tacos y tacones: Diversión con sazón Diferente” by Sergio Chapa (Al Dia Texas [Dallas])
OUTSTANDING NEWSPAPER COLUMNIST
Luis Barrios (El Diario/La Prensa [New York])
Adria Cruz (Primera Hora [San Juan, Puerto Rico])
Araceli Martinez-Ortega (La Opinión [Los Angeles])
Mayra Montero (El Nuevo Día [San Juan, Puerto Rico])
Daniel Shoer Roth (El Nuevo Herald [Miami])
OUTSTANDING NEWSPAPER OVERALL COVERAGE
Al Día Texas [Dallas] El Diario/La Prensa [New York] El Nuevo Día [San Juan, Puerto Rico] La Opinión [Los Angeles] Primera Hora [San Juan, Puerto Rico] OUTSTANDING MAGAZINE ARTICLE
“Christian de RBD, aceptó que es gay!” (TV y Novelas USA)
“Entrevista con Luisa Fernanda,” TV Notas USA
“Por primera vez en latinoamerica se realizó un mundial de futbol gay…” (TV Notas USA)
“RBD enfrenta la verdad” by Maria Morales (People en Español)”
“Shakira logró reconciliar a Jaime Bayly con su padre” (¡Mira!)
OUTSTANDING MAGAZINE OVERALL COVERAGE
TV Notas USA
TV y Novelas USA
OUTSTANDING DIGITAL JOURNALISM ARTICLE
“Cierra tus ojos” by Andres Fortuño (Terra.com)
“Mexico: debate gay y unión civil” (BBCMundo.com)
OUTSTANDING DIGITAL JOURNALISM – MULTIMEDIA
“Miles marchan por orgullo gay” by Gerardo Romo (ElDiarioNY.com)
“Tacos y tacones” by Sergio Chapa and Ben Torres (AlDíaTX.com)
OUTSTANDING MUSIC ARTIST
Yolandita Monge, Demasiado Fuerte
Don Omar, King of Kings: Live
RBD, Empezar desde Cero
SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Homofrecuencia (WRTE 90.5 FM [Chicago])
For more information about GLAAD, visit www.glaad.org. For more information about this year’s nominees, honorees or awards, visit www.glaad.org/mediawards.
