<i>Hedwig and the Angry Inch, What Makes a Family</i> among GLAAD honorees (3736)

The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation presented the 13th annual GLAAD Media Awards Monday in New York, the first in a series of three events to be held around the country. Guests and presenters included emcee Kristen Johnson, Bea Arthur, Richard Belzer, Sonia Braga, Bill Brochtrup, Peter Gallagher, Valerie Harper, Deborah Harry, Audra McDonald, Cynthia Nixon, Sheryl Lee Ralph, and Barbara Walters.

Additional awards will be presented in Los Angeles on April 13 and in San Francisco on June 1. Here are the recipients of GLAAD Media Awards from Monday's program in New York:

Excellence in Media Award: Glenn Close

Vito Russo Award: Nathan Lane

Outstanding Film--Limited Release: Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Fine Line Features)

Outstanding Television Movie: What Makes a Family (Lifetime)

Oustanding Daytime Drama: All My Children (ABC)

Outstanding Newspaper Overall Coverage: USA Today

Outstanding Newspaper Columnist: Leonard Pitts Jr. (The Miami Herald)

Outstanding TV Journalism: "The Children Speak," 20/20 (ABC)

Outstanding Magazine Overall Coverage: The New York Times Magazine

Outstanding Advertising--Print: "Absolut GLAAD," Absolut Vodka

Outstanding New York Theater--Broadway & Off-Broadway: The Invention of Love

Outstanding New York Theater--Off-Off-Broadway: In On It