24th Annual GLAAD Media Awards: English nominees

Current nominees for the 24th Annual GLAAD Media Awards, for English-speaking media include the following;

Blog
Autostraddle. www.autostraddle.com
blac(k)ademic. blackademic.com
Rod 2.0. rodonline.typepad.com
The New Civil Rights Movement. thenewcivilrightsmovement.com
Towleroad. www.towleroad.com

Comedy Series
Glee
Go On
Happy Endings
Modern Family
The New Normal

Comic Book
Astonishing X-Men by Marjorie Liu. Marvel
Batwoman by W. Haden Blackman, J.H. Williams III. DC Comics
Buffy the Vampire Slayer by Andrew Chambliss, Scott Allie, Jane Espenson, Drew Z. Greenberg. Dark Horse
Earth 2 by James Robinson. DC Comics
Kevin Keller by Dan Parent. Archie Comics

Daily Drama
The Bold and the Beautiful
Days of Our Lives

Digital Journalism Article
"Boardroom Battle: Directors Clash Over Gay Rights" by Ryan Ruggiero. CNBC.com
"Eight Months in Solitary" by Andrew Harmon. Advocate.com
"The Beautiful Daughter: How My Korean Mother Gave Me the Courage to Transition" by Andy Marra. HuffingtonPost.com
"Why Aren't We Fighting for CeCe McDonald?" by Marc Lamont Hill. Ebony.com
"Workplace Protections for LGBT Workers Remain Stalled" by Chris Geidner. BuzzFeed.com

Digital Journalism - Multimedia
"'Don't Ask, Don't Tell': Transgender Officers on Secretly Serving in the U.S. Military" by Marc Lamont Hill. Live.HuffingtonPost.com
"Athletes at Core of 'Fearless' Photo Project" by Patrick Dorsey and Jeff Sheng. ESPN.com
"Edie Takes on DOMA" In the Life. ITLMedia.org
"Gay Rights in the US, State by State". GuardianNews.com
"The Advocate 45" (series). Advocate.com

Documentary
Chely Wright: Wish Me Away
Codebreaker
Hit So Hard
How to Survive a Plague
Vito

Drama Series
Degrassi
Grey's Anatomy
Smash
The L.A. Complex
True Blood

Film - Limited Release
Any Day Now
Keep the Lights On
Mosquita y Mari
Musical Chairs
North Sea Texas

Film - Wide Release
Cloud Atlas
ParaNorman
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Your Sister's Sister

Individual Episode (in a series without a regular LGBT character)
Drop Dead Diva: "Family Matters"
Franklin & Bash: L'Affaire Du Coer"
Raising Hope: "Don't Ask, Don't Tell Me What to do"
Touch: "Lost and Found"
The Mentalist: "Ruby Slippers"

Los Angeles Theater
Edith Can Shoot Shoot Things and Hit Them by A. Rey Pamatmat
Pieces by Chris Phillips
Silent by Pat Kinevane
The Children by Michael Elyanow
The Irish Curse by Martin Casella

Magazine Article
"Netherland" by Rachel Aviv. The New Yorker
"School of Hate" by Sabrina Rubin Erdely. Rolling Stone
"The First Gay President" by Andrew Sullivan. Newsweek
"The Marriage Plot: Inside This Year's Epic Campaign for Gay Equality" by Molly Ball. The Atlantic
"The Transgender Athlete" by Pablo S. Torre and David Epstein. Sports Illustrated

Magazine Overall Coverage
New York
People
Seventeen
The Advocate/Out
The New Yorker

Music Artist
Adam Lambert, Trespassing. 19 Recordings, RCA Records
Frank Ocean, Channel Orange. Def Jam
Gossip, A Joyful Noise. Columbia Records
Rufus Wainwright, Out of the Game. Decca/Polydor
Scissor Sisters, Magic Hour. Casablanca Records

New York Theater: Broadway and Off-Broadway
Bring It On: The Musical book by Jeff Whitty, music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Tom Kitt and Amanda Green
C*ck by Mike Bartlett
The Columnist by David Auburn
The Whale by Samuel D. Hunter
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike by Christopher Durang

New York Theater: Off-Off Broadway
A Map of Virtue by Erin Courtney
Baby Daddy by Alec Mapa
From White Plains written by Michael Perlman in collaboration with Fault Line Theatre
Sontag: Reborn adapted by Moe Angelos, based on the book by Susan Sontag
Tail! Spin! created by Mario Correa

Newspaper Article
"Black Church Reaches Out to Gay, Transgender Teens" by Meghan E. Irons
The Boston Globe
"Game Changer" by Andy Mannix
City Pages [Minneapolis, Minn.]
"Generation Halsted" (series)
Windy City Times [Chicago, Ill.]
"Most Local School Districts Ignore State's Anti-Gay Bullying Law" by Phillip Zonkel
Press-Telegram [Long Beach, Calif.]
"Turned Away, He Turned to the Bible" by Douglas Quenqua
The New York Times

Newspaper Columnist
Bill Nemitz. Portland Press Herald [Portland, Maine]
Dan Rodricks. The Baltimore Sun
Eugene Robinson. The Washington Post
Frank Bruni. The New York Times
Leonard Pitts, Jr. The Miami Herald

Newspaper Overall Coverage
Portland Press Herald [Portland, Maine]
Sioux City Journal
The Baltimore Sun
The Boston Globe
USA Today

Reality Program
Here Comes Honey Boo Boo: "It is What it is"
Pregnant in Heels: "Welcome to Hollywood"
Security: Small Town
The Amazing Race
The Real L Word

Talk Show Episode
Oprah's Next Chapter: "At Home with Neil Patrick Harris, His Fiancé David Burtka & Their Twins"
The Ellen DeGeneres Show: "Autoshop Restores Bullied Gay Student's Car for Free"
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart: "Bishop Gene Robinson"
The Suze Orman Show: "Marriage Equality"
The Jeff Probst Show: "The Husband Who is Now a Woman and the Daughter Who is Now a Son"

TV Journalism - Newsmagazine
"Almost Equal" Chronicle
"Being Transgender in America" The Rachel Maddow Show
"Golden Star" Rock Center with Brian Williams
"The Last Closet" Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel

TV Movie or Mini-Series
American Horror Story: Asylum
Hit and Miss
Political Animals

TV Journalism Segment
"Civil Rights Icon Supports Gay Marriage" CNN Newsroom
"Controversial Pastor Preaches Against Gays" Anderson Cooper 360 CNN
"Matthew Mitcham Olympics Profile" NBC Olympics NBC
"Obama Endorses Marriage Equality" Good Morning America ABC
"Scout Mom Dismissed" MSNBC Live MSNBC

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