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| OUTview Reporter, Damon Jacobs with Messng |
GLAAD,
the world’s LGBTQ advocacy organization, honored Debra Messing,
Billy Porter, and outstanding LGBTQ images in film and television at
the 28th Annual
GLAAD Media Awards at the New York Hilton Midtown in New York City on
May 6. The GLAAD Media Awards recognize and honor media for their
fair, accurate and inclusive representations of the LGBTQ community
and the issues that affect their lives.
At
the ceremony, Andrew Rannells presented Debra Messing with GLAAD's
Excellence in Media Award, which is presented to media professionals
who, through their work, have increased the visibility and
understanding of the LGBTQ community.
In
her speech, which received multiple standing ovations, Messing called
on everyone to raise their voices and call the Congressional
Switchboard in Washington, D.C. She also spoke directly to Ivanka
Trump:
“It’s
not enough to simply say that women’s issues are important to you.
It’s time to do something. You can change the lives of millions of
women and children just by telling your dad stories about real people
who are suffering. Don’t let him separate immigrant mothers from
their American-born children. Don’t let him take health care away
from women who need it. Don’t allow him to make trans kids like
Gavin [Grimm] fight in court for their basic human dignity.”
Also
at the event, surprise guest Rosie O’Donnell presented Billy Porter
with the Vito Russo Award, which is presented to an openly LGBTQ
media professional who has made a significant difference in promoting
equality and acceptance. O’Donnell also announced a surprise
donation of $100,000 to fund the GLAAD’s work to advance LGBTQ
acceptance and fight back against the Trump Administration’s recent
attacks on LGBTQ Americans.
In
his acceptance speech, Porter received a standing ovation for an
impromptu song and called attention to the Trump administration’s
attack on “all of us.” He urged Americans to take action:
“From
slavery to emancipation, to the 13th Amendment, to Jim Crow to the
Civil Rights Movement, from Stonewall to AIDS, to Marriage Equality –
remember whose shoulders we stand on. Let’s use the historical
strides we’ve made as a nation to empower us as warriors on this
battlefield for equality.”
Zachary
Quinto and Janet Mock presented the award for Outstanding Talk Show
Episode to The
Daily Show with Trevor Noah for
its interview about transgender issues with Angelica Ross. Trevor
Noah and Angelica Ross accepted the award on the show’s behalf and
called for transgender equality.
Don
Lemon presented the award for Outstanding Documentary to
Investigation Discovery’s Southwest
of Salem: The Story of the San Antonio Four.
Elizabeth Ramirez accepted on the documentary’s behalf, joined
onstage by Cassandra Rivera, Anna Vasquez, and director Deborah
Esquenazi and producer Sam Tabet.
Christian
Slater and Carly Chaikin presented the award for Outstanding Reality
Program to Oxygen’s Strut,
which followed a group of transgender models. Executive producer
Whoopi Goldberg and model and actress Isis King accepted on the
show’s behalf, and were joined onstage by cast members Cecilio
“CeCe” Asuncion, Laith De La Cruz, Dominique Jackson, Isis King,
Ren Spriggs, and Arisce Wanzer.
GLAAD
previously announced that it was acknowledging two web series, Her
Story (HerStoryShow.com)
and We’ve
Been Around
(WeveBeenAround.com),
and music video "Sin
Ir Más Lejos" by Gema Corredera,
with Special Recognition Awards.
Additional
special guests
include: Nico
Tortorella (Younger);
Dan Levy
(Schitt’s
Creek);
AnnaSophia Robb (Mercy
Street)
Zeke
Smith
(Survivor);
Supreme Court plaintiff Gavin
Grimm; and
GLAAD President & CEO Sarah
Kate Ellis.
Following
is a complete list of GLAAD Media Award recipients announced Saturday
in New York. Additional awards were presented in Los Angeles at the
Beverly Hilton on April 1.
- Excellence in Media Award: Debra Messing (presented by Andrew Rannells)
- Vito Russo Award: Billy Porter (presented by Rosie O’Donnell)
- Outstanding Talk Show Episode: "Angelica Ross" The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (Comedy Central) [accepted by: Trevor Noah, Angelica Ross]
- Outstanding Reality Program: Strut (Oxygen) [accepted by: executive producer Whoopi Goldberg, and cast members Cecilio “CeCe” Asuncion, Laith De La Cruz, Dominique Jackson, Isis King, Ren Spriggs, Arisce Wanzer]
- Outstanding Documentary: Southwest of Salem: The Story of the San Antonio Four (Investigation Discovery) [accepted by: Kristie Mayhugh, Elizabeth Ramirez, Cassandra Rivera, Anna Vasquez, and director Deborah Esquenazi and producer Sam Tabet]
The
following is a list of other award recipients announced at the 28th
Annual
GLAAD Media Awards in New York:
- Outstanding TV Journalism – Newsmagazine: "Church and States" VICE on HBO (HBO)
- Outstanding TV Journalism Segment: "Gay Community in U.S. ‘Forged in Fire’” The Rachel Maddow Show (MSNBC)
- Outstanding Newspaper Article: “Permission to Hate” by Elizabeth Leland (The Charlotte Observer)
- Outstanding Magazine Article: “HIV Mystery: Solved?” by Tim Murphy (The Nation)
- Outstanding Magazine Overall Coverage: Teen Vogue
- Outstanding Digital Journalism Article: “After the Orlando Shooting, the Changed Lives of Gay Latinos” by Daniel Wenger (NewYorker.com)
- Outstanding Music Artist: Tegan and Sara, Love You to Death (Warner Bros. Records.)
- Outstanding Blog: Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters (holybulliesandheadlessmonsters.blogspot.com)
About
GLAAD: GLAAD
rewrites the script for LGBTQ acceptance. As a dynamic media force,
GLAAD tackles tough issues to shape the narrative and provoke
dialogue that leads to cultural change. GLAAD protects all that has
been accomplished and creates a world where everyone can live the
life they love. For more information, please visit www.glaad.org or
connect with GLAAD on Facebook and Twitter.
Press
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