GLAAD Awards Honor Cynthia Nixon In New York City

Cynthia Nixon, Joy Behar, and the ABC series Brothers & Sisters were among the recipients of the GLAAD Awards, held Saturday night in New York City.

Sex and the City star Nixon was honored with the Vito Russo Award, named after a Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation founding member best known as the author of the book The Celluloid Closet. Behar, a cohost of ABC's The View and host of her own show on HLN, won the Excellence in Media Award.

Also honored Saturday night were The New York Times for outstanding overall newspaper coverage, Lifetime's Prayers for Bobby for outstanding TV movie or miniseries, Regent Releasing's Little Ashes for outstanding film-limited release, and The Advocate for outstanding overall magazine coverage.

Highlights of all three GLAAD Award ceremonies -- in New York City, Los Angeles, and San Francisco -- will be broadcast on a special episode of The Advocate On-Air, available on here! TV, Gay.com, and Advocate.com.

Find a complete list of award winners here and photos from the evening on the following pages.