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The Advocate Is Among GLAAD Media Award Nominees

The Advocate Is Among GLAAD Media Award Nominees

GLAAD Media Awards

The media organization announced its list of those that promoted "fair, accurate, and inclusive representations of LGBTQ people and issues" in 2017.

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The nominees for the 29th GLAAD Media Awards have been announced -- and The Advocate is among those on the list.

The magazine is the only LGBT publication honored in the category of Outstanding Magazine Overall Coverage. It will compete against Billboard, People, Teen Vogue, and Time.

Actors Wilson Cruz (Star Trek: Discovery) and Trace Lysette (Transparent) announced the nominees Friday from the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. The awards honor films, television shows, media outlets, musicians, comic books, and blogs for showing "fair, accurate, and inclusive representations of the LGBTQ community and the issues that affect their lives."

Last year, GLAAD was only able to nominate two movies in the category of Outstanding Film -- Wide Release, Moonlight and Star Trek Beyond. This year, there are five, among them several Oscar contenders: Call Me by Your Name, Battle of the Sexes,Lady Bird, Professor Marston and the Wonder Women, and The Shape of Water.

There are also a number of festival favorites in the Limited Release category: Beats Per Minute, A Fantastic Woman, God's Own Country, Thelma, and The Wound.

The competition is tough in the television categories. Fox's Brooklyn Nine-Nine, the CW's Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, ABC's Modern Family, Amazon's One Mississippi, Cartoon Network's Steven Universe, Starz's Survivor's Remorse, Amazon's Transparent, NBC's Will & Grace, NBC's Superstore, Freeform's The Bold Type, and Netflix's One Day at a Time are all up for Outstanding Comedy Series.

Outstanding Drama Series also has a range of nominees, from Freeform's Shadowhunters to CMT's Nashville to Netflix's Sense8 to NBC's This Is Us to the canceled CBS show Doubt starring Laverne Cox.

The Master of None episode "Thanksgiving," which earned Lena Waithe a historic Emmy win, is also on the list of nominees.

The GLAAD Media Awards, presented by Delta Air Lines, Ketel One Vodka, and Wells Fargo, will be held April 12 in Los Angeles and May 5 in New York City. Learn more at GLAAD.org.

See the list of 141 nominees on the following page.

OUTSTANDING FILM - WIDE RELEASE

Battle of the Sexes (Fox Searchlight)

Call Me by Your Name (Sony Pictures Classics)

Lady Bird (A24)

Professor Marston and the Wonder Women (Annapurna Pictures)

The Shape of Water (Fox Searchlight)

OUTSTANDING FILM - LIMITED RELEASE

BPM (The Orchard)

A Fantastic Woman (Sony Pictures Classics)

God's Own Country (Samuel Goldwyn Films/Orion Pictures)

Thelma (The Orchard)

The Wound (Kino Lorber)

OUTSTANDING COMEDY SERIES

The Bold Type (Freeform)

Brooklyn Nine-Nine (FOX)

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (The CW)

Modern Family (ABC)

One Day at a Time (Netflix)

One Mississippi (Amazon)

Superstore (NBC)

Survivor's Remorse (Starz)

Transparent (Amazon)

Will & Grace (NBC)

OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES

Billions (Showtime)

Doubt (CBS)

The Handmaid's Tale (Hulu)

Nashville (CMT)

Sense8 (Netflix)

Shadowhunters (Freeform)

Star (FOX)

Star Trek: Discovery (CBS All Access)

This Is Us (NBC)

Wynonna Earp (Syfy)

OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL EPISODE (in a series without a regular LGBTQ character)

"Chapter 8" Legion (FX)

"Grace" Pure Genius (CBS)

"Lady Cha Cha" Easy (Netflix)

"The Missionaries" Room 104 (HBO)

"Thanksgiving" Master of None (Netflix)

OUTSTANDING TV MOVIE OR LIMITED SERIES

American Horror Story: Cult (FX)

Feud: Bette and Joan (FX)

Godless (Netflix)

Queers (BBC America)

When We Rise (ABC)

OUTSTANDING KIDS & FAMILY PROGRAMMING

Andi Mack (Disney Channel)

"Chosen Family" Danger & Eggs (Amazon)

"The Emergency Plan" Doc McStuffins (Disney Channel)

The Loud House (Nickelodeon)

Steven Universe (Cartoon Network)

OUTSTANDING DOCUMENTARY

Chavela (Music Box Films)

Gender Revolution: A Journey with Katie Couric (National Geographic)

Kiki (Sundance Selects)

"Real Boy" Independent Lens (PBS)

This is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous (YouTube Red)

OUTSTANDING REALITY PROGRAM

Gaycation with Ellen Page (Viceland)

I Am Jazz (TLC)

RuPaul's Drag Race (VH1)

Survivor: Game Changers (CBS)

The Voice (NBC)

OUTSTANDING MUSIC ARTIST

Miley Cyrus, Younger Now (RCA Records)

Halsey, Hopeless Fountain Kingdom (Astralwerks Records)

Honey Dijon, The Best of Both Worlds (Classic Music Company)

Kehlani, SweetSexySavage (TSNMI/Atlantic Records)

Kelela, Take Me Apart (Warp Records)

Kesha, Rainbow (Kemosabe/RCA Records)

Perfume Genius, No Shape (Matador Records)

Sam Smith, The Thrill of It All (Capitol Records)

St. Vincent, MASSEDUCTION (Loma Vista Recordings)

Wrabel, We Could Be Beautiful (Epic/Sony Records)

OUTSTANDING COMIC BOOK

America, written by Gabby Rivera (Marvel Comics)

The Backstagers, written by James Tynion IV (BOOM! Studios)

Batwoman, written by Marguerite Bennett, James Tynion IV (DC Comics)

Black Panther: World of Wakanda, written by Roxane Gay, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Yona Harvey, Rembert Browne (Marvel Comics)

Deadman: Dark Mansion of Forbidden Love, written by Sarah Vaughn (DC Comics)

Goldie Vance, written by Hope Larson, Jackie Ball (BOOM! Studios)

Iceman, written by Sina Grace (Marvel Comics)

Lumberjanes, written by Kat Leyh, Shannon Watters (BOOM! Studios)

Quantum Teens are Go, written by Magdalene Visaggio (Black Mask Comics)

The Woods, written by James Tynion IV (BOOM! Studios)

OUTSTANDING DAILY DRAMA

The Bold and The Beautiful (CBS)

Days of Our Lives (NBC)

The Young & the Restless (CBS)

OUTSTANDING TALK SHOW EPISODE

"Australia Marriage Equality" Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

"Danica Roem" The Opposition with Jordan Klepper (Comedy Central)

"Laila and Logan Ireland, Transgender Military Couple" The Ellen DeGeneres Show (syndicated)

"Laverne Cox and Gavin Grimm" The View (ABC)

"Trans Veterans React to Ban" The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (Comedy Central)

OUTSTANDING TV JOURNALISM - NEWSMAGAZINE

"A Boy Named Lucas" 20/20 (ABC)

"China Queer" The Naked Truth (Fusion)

"Gay Purge?" Nightline (ABC)

"The Pulse of Orlando: Terror at the Nightclub" Anderson Cooper 360 (CNN)

"Trans Youth" Vice on HBO (HBO)

OUTSTANDING TV JOURNALISM SEGMENT

"The Abolitionists Face the Love Army" KAPP-KVEW Local News (KAPP-35/KVEW-42 [Tri Cities/Yakima, Wash.])

"DJ Zeke Thomas Goes Public" Good Morning America (ABC)

"Murders Raise Alarm for Transgender Community" NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt (NBC)

"Transgender Murders in Louisiana Part of Disturbing Trend" CBS Evening News (CBS)

"Transgender Rights under Fire in Trump Era" AM Joy (MSNBC)

OUTSTANDING NEWSPAPER ARTICLE

"Fearfully and Wonderfully Made: The Journey of a Transgender Man" by Lauren McGaughy (The Dallas Morning News)

"Lesbian College Coaches Still Face Difficult Atmosphere to Come Out" by Shannon Ryan (Chicago Tribune)

"Pulse Victims' Families in Puerto Rico: 'We Have to Cry Alone'" by Jennifer A. Marcial Ocasio (Orlando Sentinel)

"Revised Guidance on HIV Proves Life-Transforming" by Lenny Bernstein (The Washington Post)

"The Silent Epidemic: Black Gay Men and HIV" (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

OUTSTANDING MAGAZINE ARTICLE

"America's Hidden H.I.V. Epidemic" by Linda Villarosa (The New York Times Magazine)

"Beyond 'He' or 'She': The Changing Meaning of Gender and Sexuality" by Katy Steinmetz (Time)

"Forbidden Lives: The Gay Men Who Fled Chechnya's Purge" by Masha Gessen (The New Yorker)

"Free Radical" by Nathan Heller (Vogue)

"Trans, Teen, and Homeless" by Laura Rena Murray (Rolling Stone)

OUTSTANDING MAGAZINE OVERALL COVERAGE

The Advocate

Billboard

People

Teen Vogue

Time

OUTSTANDING DIGITAL JOURNALISM ARTICLE

"The Ballad of Bobby Brooks, the First Gay Student-Body President of Texas A&M" by Lauren Larson (GQ.com)

"For Those We Lost and Those Who Survived: The Pulse Massacre One Year Later" by James Michael Nichols (HuffPost Queer Voices)

"'I Am a Girl Now,' Sage Smith Wrote. Then She Went Missing." by Emma Eisenberg (Splinter)

"Meet the Transgender Student Who Fought Discrimination at His Maryland High School (and Won)" by Nico Lang (Into)

"Why Bisexual Men Are Still Fighting to Convince Us They Exist" by Samantha Allen (Splinter)

OUTSTANDING DIGITAL JOURNALISM - MULTIMEDIA

"Former Patriots and Chiefs Tackle Ryan O'Callaghan Comes Out as Gay" by Cyd Zeigler (Outsports/SB Nation)

"Made to Model: Trans Beauty in Fashion" (LogoTV.com)

"'This Is How We Win': Inside Danica Roem's Historic Victory" by Diana Tourjee (Broadly)

"Transgender Day of Remembrance" by Saeed Jones (AM to DM, BuzzFeed News)

"US Travel Ban Leaves LGBT Refugees in Limbo" by Nina dos Santos (CNN)

OUTSTANDING BLOG

Autostraddle

Gays With Kids

My Fabulous Disease

Pittsburgh Lesbian Correspondents

Transgriot

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

In a Heartbeat (written & directed by Esteban Bravo and Beth David)

"Smile" by Jay-Z featuring Gloria Carter, 4:44 (Roc Nation/Universal Music Group)

SPANISH-LANGUAGE NOMINEES

OUTSTANDING SCRIPTED TELEVISION SERIES

Las chicas del cable (Netflix)

La doble vida de Estela Carrillo (Univision)

Ingobernable (Netflix)

OUTSTANDING TV JOURNALISM - NEWSMAGAZINE

"Asi viven los estudiantes transgenero despues de que Trump anulara la ley de banos de Obama para escuela publicas" Primer Impacto (Univision)

"Pulse, huellas de la masacre" Docufilms (CNN en Espanol)

"Ser transgenero en Latinoamerica: sus experiencias y crecimiento" Vive la Salud (CNN en Espanol)

OUTSTANDING TV JOURNALISM SEGMENT

"Comunidad LGBTQ vulnerable bajo nuevo gobierno" Perspectiva Nacional (Entravision)

"Entrevista con Daniela Vega" Showbiz (CNN en Espanol)

"Joven transgenero tiene un mensaje para las familias: 'Acepten a sus hijos'" Al Punto (Univision)

"El triunfo de una disenadora mexicana transgenero en Nueva York" Noticias Telemundo (Telemundo)

"Unidos contra la discriminacion y el acoso contra la comunidad LGBT" Despierta America (Univision)

OUTSTANDING DIGITAL JOURNALISM

"La compleja realidad de ser gay en America Latina" (cnnespanol.cnn.com)

"'No aprobar el Dream Act significaria una sentencia de muerte', jovenes LGBT y DACA" (laopinion.com)

"Padres de familia de Dallas luchan por los derechos de su hija transgenero" (aldiadallas.com)

"Primera senadora trans aspira a impulsar medidas para sectores discriminados" (efe.com)

"Tres hermanitos para dos papas" (laopinion.com)

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Daniel Reynolds is the editor of social media for The Advocate. A native of New Jersey, he writes about entertainment, health, and politics.
Daniel Reynolds is the editor of social media for The Advocate. A native of New Jersey, he writes about entertainment, health, and politics.