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GLAAD Media Awards: winners

True Blood, 30 Rock, Oprah Winfrey and CNN's Anderson Cooper are all recognised for their visiblity of gay issues.

The first batch of TV winners in this year’s the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation Media Awards in the US have gone to True Blood, 30 Rock, Oprah Winfrey and CNN’s Anderson Cooper.

The awards recognise visibility and representation of gay and lesbian issues in media.

OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES
Brothers & Sisters (ABC)
Degrassi (TeenNick)
Grey’s Anatomy (ABC)
Pretty Little Liars (ABC Family)
True Blood (HBO)

OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL EPISODE
(in a series without a regular gay 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 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,” The Rachel Maddow Show (MSNBC)
“Gay Teen Suicides,” 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)

GLAAD hands out its awards at three ceremonies with the following yet to be awarded at ceremonies in Los Angeles and San Francisco in April and May, respectively.

OUTSTANDING COMEDY SERIES
Glee (Fox)
Greek (ABC Family)
Modern Family (ABC)
Nurse Jackie (Showtime)
United States of Tara (Showtime)

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 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)

Source: GLAAD

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