The 27th annual GLAAD Media Award took place at the Beverly Hilton hotel Saturday, April 2, and it honoured news, TV, music, comics and film media for their outstanding contributions to the LGBT community, especially through mainstream representation.
This year's GLAAD awards was special for three specific individuals, namely Lilly Wachowski, the creator of "Sense8" who made her first public appearance after she came out as transgender at GLAAD award; Demi Lovato, who was honoured with the 2016 Vanguard Award; and Caitlyn Jenner, whose reality series "I am Cait" won Outstanding Reality Program. E!'s "I am Cait" shared the award with TLC's "I am Jazz," which follows transgender girl Jazz Jennings who is dealing with typical teenage problems and her family.
GLAAD Media awards recognise all forms of art that fairly and inclusively address LGBT issues. This year, the event will be exclusively aired on Logo TV at 10 p.m. (EST) Monday, April 4, right after "RuPaul's Drag Race." You can also live stream it via Logo TV website.
Here is the complete list of winners of GLAAD media awards 2016 (via Deadline):
Vanguard Award
Demi Lovato (presented by Nick Jonas)
Stephen F. Kolzak Award
Ruby Rose (presented by GLAAD President & CEO Sarah Kate Ellis)
Outstanding Reality Program (TIE)
I Am Cait (E!)
I Am Jazz (TLC) [accepted by: Caitlyn Jenner and Jazz Jennings]
Outstanding TV Movie or Limited Series
Bessie (HBO) [accepted by: Queen Latifah]
Sense8 (Netflix) [accepted by: Lilly Wachowski, co-creator of Sense8]
Outstanding Spanish-Language Television Interview
"Orientación sexual y acoso escolar" Realidades en Contexto (CNN en Español) [accepted by: CNN en Español anchor Mercedes Soler and Marcos Saldivar]
Outstanding Film– Wide Release
Carol (The Weinstein Company)
Outstanding Comedy Series
Transparent (Amazon Instant Video)
Outstanding Documentary
Kumu Hina (PBS)
Outstanding Daily Drama
The Bold and The Beautiful (CBS)
Outstanding Music Artist
Troye Sivan, Blue Neighbourhood (Capitol Records)
Outstanding Comic Book
Lumberjanes, written by Noelle Stevenson, Shannon Watters, Kat Leyh (BOOM! Studios)
Outstanding Talk Show Episode
"Janet Mock" Super Soul Sunday (OWN)
SPANISH-LANGUAGE NOMINEES
Outstanding Novela
Rastros de mentiras (MundoMax)
Outstanding Music Artist
Ricky Martin, A quien quiera escuchar (Sony Music Latin)
Outstanding Local Television Interview
"La nueva transgeneración" Enfoque Los Ãngeles (KVEA-Telemundo 52 [Los Ãngeles])
Outstanding Local TV Journalism
"Cada 29 horas" Noticias 19 (KUVS-Univision 19 [Sacramento])
Outstanding Newspaper Article
"Padres transgénero – El único requisito para ser papá es el amor por los hijos" by Virginia Gaglianone (La Opinión)
Outstanding Digital Journalism Article
"Perú: violaciones correctivas: El terrible método para 'curar' a las lesbianas" by Leire Ventas (BBCMundo.com)
