2014 GLAAD Media Awards: Elton John, ‘Big Freedia: Queen of Bounce’ Among Nominees

Ah awards season. While they’re many different awards that focus on different types of audiences, with some like The Grammys, VMAs, AMAs and Billboard Music Awards catering to a little bit of everyone, there’s one major organization that caters to myself and my fellow people.

For those of you who are reading this asking yourself “What the hell are you talking about Teonny?,” I’m talking about the 25th annual GLAAD Media Awards of course.

Elton John, Lady Gaga and Tegan & Sara are among the music nominees for awards in various music categories. And shows such as Glee, Cyndi Lauper: Still So Unusual , and Big Freedia: Queen of Bounce , which chronicles the career of the New Orleans bounce music leader, are among nominees in the TV category.

Altogether, 93 nominees in the English-language categories , with cable channels earning 28 bids and broadcast networks receiving 11.

Take a look at the nominees for the event below, which will be presented on April 12 a the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles, and in New York City on May 3 at the Waldorf Astoria.

OUTSTANDING FILM – WIDE RELEASE

Blue Is the Warmest Color (Sundance Selects)
Dallas Buyers Club (Focus Features)
Kill Your Darlings (Sony Pictures Classics)
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (Sony Pictures Releasing)
Philomena (The Weinstein Company)

OUTSTANDING FILM – LIMITED RELEASE

Concussion (RADiUS-The Weinstein Company)
Geography Club (Breaking Glass Pictures)
Out in the Dark (Breaking Glass Pictures)
Reaching for the Moon (Wolfe Releasing)
Yossi (Strand Releasing)

OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES

The Fosters (ABC Family)
Grey’s Anatomy (ABC)
Orphan Black (BBC America)
Pretty Little Liars (ABC Family)
Shameless (Showtime)

OUTSTANDING COMEDY SERIES

Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Fox)
Glee (Fox)
Modern Family (ABC)
Orange is the New Black (Netflix)
Please Like Me (Pivot)

OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL EPISODE

(in a series without a regular LGBT character)

“Bride and Prejudice” The Soul Man (TV Land)
“LARP and the Real Girl” Supernatural (The CW)
“Secret Lives” Drop Dead Diva (Lifetime)
“Snow Angels” Elementary (CBS)
“There’s the Door” Necessary Roughness (USA Network)

OUTSTANDING TV MOVIE OR MINI-SERIES

Behind the Candelabra (HBO)
In the Flesh (BBC America)

OUTSTANDING DOCUMENTARY

Bridegroom (Virgil Films / OWN)
Call Me Kuchu (Cinedigm)
God Loves Uganda (Variance Films)
The New Black (Promised Land Films)
Valentine Road (HBO)

OUTSTANDING REALITY PROGRAM

Big Freedia: Queen of Bounce (Fuse)
Cyndi Lauper: Still So Unusual (WE tv)
Dream School (Sundance Channel)
Project Runway (Lifetime)
Small Town Security (AMC)

OUTSTANDING TALK SHOW EPISODE

“Are Gay Parents Different?” The Ricki Lake Show
(syndicated)
“First Openly Gay NBA Player Jason Collins and his Family”
Oprah’s Next Chapter (OWN)
“Fred Rosser” The Ellen DeGeneres Show (syndicated)
“Laverne Cox” Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell (FX)
“Modern Family Values” Raising McCain (Pivot)

OUTSTANDING DAILY DRAMA

Days of Our Lives (NBC)

OUTSTANDING TV JOURNALISM – NEWSMAGAZINE

“Chris to Kristin: A Navy Seal’s Secret”
Anderson Cooper 360 (CNN)
“India’s Third Gender” The Stream (Al Jazeera America)
“The Rebounder: The Kenneth Faried Story” E:60 (ESPN)
“Transgender at 11: Listening to Jazz” 20/20 (ABC)
“The Welcoming Movement” To the Contrary (PBS)

OUTSTANDING TV JOURNALISM SEGMENT

“Gay Rights at Work” MSNBC Live (MSNBC)
“Portman Reverses Position on Gay Marriage”
Starting Point (CNN)
“Pride & Prejudice” Melissa Harris-Perry (MSNBC)
“Scouts Dishonor” The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell
(MSNBC)
“Wild Blue Yonder: Scott Hines” The Rachel Maddow Show
(MSNBC)

OUTSTANDING NEWSPAPER ARTICLE

“Boy or Girl? Gender a New Challenge for Schools”
by Martha Irvine (Associated Press)
“Gay Ex-mayor Who Fled U.S. Awaits Immigration
Change” by Jeremy Roebuck (San Antonio Express-News
[San Antonio, Texas])
“LGBTQ in the Capital” (series) by Melissa Griffiths
(Juneau Empire [Juneau, Alaska])
“Poor Black and Hispanic Men Are the Face of H.I.V.”
by Donald G. McNeil, Jr. (The New York Times)
“Why Bisexuals Stay in the Closet” by Emily Alpert
(Los Angeles Times)

OUTSTANDING MAGAZINE ARTICLE

“The Hidden War Against Gay Teens” by Alex Morris
(Rolling Stone)
“Owning the Middle by Kate Fagan (ESPN The Magazine)
“The Perfect Wife” by Ariel Levy (The New Yorker)
“What’s Wrong With Exxon?” by Antonia Juhasz
(The Advocate)
“Why Gay and Lesbian Couples Pay More”
by Carolyn M. Brown (Black Enterprise)

OUTSTANDING MAGAZINE OVERALL COVERAGE

The Advocate
ESPN The Magazine
The New Yorker
People
Time

OUTSTANDING DIGITAL JOURNALISM ARTICLE

“How Fallon Fox Became the First Known Transgender
Athlete in MMA” by Loretta Hunt
(SportsIllustrated.CNN.com)
“How One Lawyer Turned the Idea of Marriage Equality into
Reality” by Chris Geidner (Buzzfeed.com)
“Prime Timers: Spotlight on LGBT Seniors” (series)
(Advocate.com)
“Repression and Gay Rights in Russia” by Sean Guillory
(TheNation.com)
“Sex, Lies and HIV: When What You Don’t Tell Your Partner
is a Crime” by Sergio Hernandez (Buzzfeed.com /
ProPublica.org)

OUTSTANDING DIGITAL JOURNALISM – MULTIMEDIA

“Bisexuals Get Their Turn in the White House”
by Alyona Minkovski (Live.HuffingtonPost.com)
“Coming Out Kicking” by Cyd Zeigler (Outsports.com)
“Remixing the Trans and Hip Hop Conversation”
by Marc Lamont Hill (Live.HuffingtonPost.com)
“To Get Married, They Left Ohio” by Julie Zimmerman
on behalf of the Cincinnati Enquirer Editorial Board
(Cincinnati.Com)
“We Are Here: LGBTI in Uganda” by Sunnivie Brydum,
D. David Robinson (Advocate.com)

OUTSTANDING BLOG

Autostraddle (http://www.autostraddle.com)
Elixher (http://elixher.com/)
Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters
(http://www.holybulliesandheadlessmonsters.blogspot.com/)
The New Civil Rights Movement
(http://thenewcivilrightsmovement.com)
TransGriot (http://transgriot.blogspot.com/)

OUTSTANDING MUSIC ARTIST

Elton John, The Diving Board (Capitol Records)
Goldfrapp, Tales of Us (Mute)
Lady Gaga, ARTPOP (Interscope Records)
Tegan and Sara, Heartthrob (Warner Bros. Records)
Vampire Weekend, Modern Vampires of the City
(XL Recordings)

OUTSTANDING COMIC BOOK

Batwoman, written by W. Haden Blackman, J.H. Williams III,
Marc Andreyko (DC Comics)
Fearless Defenders, written by Cullen Bunn (Marvel Comics)
Husbands, written by Jane Espenson, Brad Bell
(Dark Horse Comics)
Life with Archie, written by Paul Kupperberg (Archie Comics)
Young Avengers, written by Kieron Gillen (Marvel Comics)

OUTSTANDING NOVELA

Amores Verdaderos (Univision)

OUTSTANDING DAYTIME TALK SHOW EPISODE

“Entregando a mi nieta” Caso Cerrado (Telemundo)
“Exclusivas Declaraciones” Al Rojo Vivo (Telemundo)
“Matrimonios del mismo sexo: Entrevista con Daniel Zavala
y Yohandel Ruiz” Un Nuevo Día (Telemundo)
“Rachel” Casos de Familia (Univision)
“Una pareja gay celebrara el Día del Padre luego de luchar
por sus derechos” Despierta América (Univision)

OUTSTANDING TALK SHOW INTERVIEW

“Debate por la igualdad” Al Punto (Univision)
“Decisión Histórica” Sin Límites con Elizabeth Espinosa
(CNN en Español)
“Homosexuales en la delegación de los EE.UU.”
Realidades en Contexto (CNN en Español)
“Karina Hermosillo habló de sus motivos en Nuestra Belleza
Latina” Sábado Gigante (Univision)
“El Matrimonio, Asunto de Dos” Cala (CNN en Español)

OUTSTANDING TV JOURNALISM – NEWSMAGAZINE

“Locutor Policía” Aquí y Ahora (Univision)
“Lucha por la Igualdad” Panorama Mundial
(CNN en Español)
“El Pastor Homofóbico” Primer Impacto (Univision)
“Rompiendo Estereotipos” Aquí y Ahora (Univision)

OUTSTANDING TV JOURNALISM SEGMENT

“El Caso Zamudio” Nuestro Mundo (CNN en Español)
“La comunidad gay hispana se siente perseguida en los EEUU”
Noticias Univision (Univision)
“Decisión Histórica” Noticiero Telemundo (Telemundo)
“Mayoría de hispanos aceptan uniones homosexuales”
Noticiero NTN (NTN)
“Si nos dejan: adopciones entre parejas gays” Noticias
MundoFox (MundoFox)

OUTSTANDING LOCAL TV JOURNALISM

“Hasta que la corte nos una” Noticias Telemundo 51
(WSCV-51 [Miami, Fla.])
“Mi niño es niña: familia en Florida cuenta su experiencia
criando a una hija transgénero” Noticias 23 Univision
(WLTV-23 [Miami, Fla.])
“Natalia: rompiendo barreras” Noticiero Telemundo Arizona
(KTAZ-39 [Phoenix, Ariz.])
“Reportaje Especial: Derechos Homosexuales” Noticiero
Telemundo Washington (WZDC-25 [Washington, D.C.])
“Undocuqueers” Noticias Univision 34
(KMEX-34 [Los Angeles, Calif.])

OUTSTANDING NEWSPAPER ARTICLE

“Critican homophobia de prelate” by Juan Matossian
(El Diario La Prensa)
“Desiguales por imperativo legal” by Jose Ángel Gonzalo
García de León (Diario Las Américas)
“Un nuevo panorama migratorio para miles de parejas gay”
by Eloy Bleifuss Prados (Diario Hoy)
“Su esposa la hizo residente” by Virginia Gaglianone
(La Opinión)
“Transgéneros: discriminados tres veces” by Belhú Sanabria
(La Raza)

OUTSTANDING DIGITAL JOURNALISM ARTICLE

“Joven birracial y lesbiana es pionera en concurso de belleza
de EE.UU.” (CNNenEspañol.cnn.com)
“Richard Blanco: el poeta latino y gay que conquisto a
Barack Obama” by Daniel Basteiro
(voces.huffingtonpost.com)
“Vive en California y ya se prepara para casarse”
by Maritza Díaz Alcaide (PrimeraHora.com)

OUTSTANDING DIGITAL JOURNALISM – MULTIMEDIA

“Eric y Juan, un matrimonio feliz a pesar de todo”
by Fernando Mexia (EFE.com)
“Karina Hermosillo, de ‘Nuestra Belleza Latina’, es lesbiana y
no tolera la discriminación” (PeopleenEspañol.com)
“Karina Hermosillo de ‘Nuestra Belleza Latina’ quiere ser la
primera reina gay (voces.huffingtonpost.com)
“Primera pareja gay hispana gana residencia permanente”
(HolaCiudad.com)

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