The announcement of the GLAAD Media Award nominees on Tuesday presented a glaring omission for some gay activists and cinephiles in the blogosphere. Where, they wondered, was the nomination for Outrage, the acclaimed documentary by Kirby Dick that exposes the antigay voting records of closeted politicians?

Michelangelo Signorile, who reconsiders GLAAD in a new article for The Advocate(GLAAD president Jarrett Barrios responded the following day), tweeted Friday morning: “HBO submitted Kirby Dick's Outrage, for sure most important LGBT film this year, and @glaad snubbed it.”

HBO, which acquired the broadcast rights for Outrage last fall, could not be reached immediately for comment on Friday.

But activist Signorile was not alone in his observation.

Seth Abramovitch, editor at Movieline, wrote Wednesday, "Now comes a snub from the GLAAD Media Awards, who ignored Outrage in the Outstanding Documentary category in favor of films like Be Like Others, about enforced sex-changes in Iran, and Ask Not, about the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy." Even lesbian yodeling sister act The Topp Twins got a nod,” wrote Abramovitch. “So why not Outrage, a film brave enough to call out the same Conservative establishment swatting down gay marriage legislation over and over again across the country?”

Outrage, directed by the Academy Award–nominated Dick, delivers an
86-minute indictment of politicians, nearly all Republicans, who vote
against LGBT interests although they privately engage in gay sex.
The behavior of some politicians who are alleged to be gay, such as former U.S. senator Larry Craig of Idaho, is
well known to Americans thanks to headline-grabbing scandals. Others,
such as Florida governor Charlie Crist, remain under most constituents’
radar, the subject of insiders’ chatter.