29th GLAAD Media Awards

The 29th GLAAD Media Awards was the 2018 annual presentation of the GLAAD Media Awards, presented by GLAAD honoring the 2017 media season. The awards honor films, television shows, musicians and works of journalism that fairly and accurately represent the LGBT community and issues relevant to the community.

29th GLAAD Media Awards
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GLAAD announced over 100 nominees in 21 English-language categories in January 2018.^[1][2] Some of the awards were presented in Los Angeles on April 12, 2018 and the remaining awards were presented in New York City on May 5, 2018 hosted by Ross Mathews.^[3] The Outstanding Kids & Family Programming Award category was introduced for the first time in this ceremony.

At the April 12 ceremony, Britney Spears received the Vanguard Award and Jim Parsons the Stephen F. Kolzak Award, presented by Ricky Martin and Ryan Murphy respectively.^[4] At the May 5 ceremony, Ava DuVernay was honored with the Excellence in Media Award while Samira Wiley was recognized with the Vito Russo Award, presented by Senator Cory Booker and Alexis Bledel respectively.^[5] Jay-Z’s mother, Gloria Carter, accepted accepted for her and her son the Special Recognition for the song "Smile".^[6]

Winners and nominees

Winners are presented in bold.^[7]

Film

Outstanding Film – Wide Release Call Me by Your Name – Sony Pictures Classics‡ Battle of the Sexes – Fox Searchlight Pictures Lady Bird – A24 Professor Marston and the Wonder Women – Annapurna Pictures The Shape of Water – Fox Searchlight Pictures

Outstanding Film – Limited Release A Fantastic Woman – Sony Pictures Classics‡ BPM – The Orchard God's Own Country – Samuel Goldwyn Films / Orion Pictures Thelma – The Orchard The Wound – Kino Lorber

Television

Award	Nominees
Outstanding Comedy Series	Brooklyn Nine-Nine The Bold Type Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Modern Family One Day at a Time One Mississippi Superstore Survivor's Remorse Transparent Will & Grace
Outstanding Drama Series	This Is Us Billions Doubt The Handmaid's Tale Nashville Sense8 Shadowhunters Star Star Trek: Discovery Wynonna Earp
Outstanding Kids & Family Programming	Andi Mack The Loud House Steven Universe Danger & Eggs Doc McStuffins
Outstanding Individual Episode (in a series without a regular LGBT character)	"Thanksgiving", Master of None "Chapter 8", Legion "Grace", Pure Genius "Lady Cha Cha", Easy "Johnson", Pure
Outstanding TV Movie or Limited Series	When We Rise American Horror Story: Cult Feud: Bette and Joan Godless Queers (TV series)
Outstanding Documentary	Gender Revolution: A Journey with Katie Couric Chavela Kiki "Real Boy" of Independent Lens This is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous
Outstanding Reality Program	Survivor: Game Changers Gaycation with Ellen Page I Am Jazz The Voice
Outstanding Daily Drama	The Bold and The Beautiful Days of Our Lives The Young and the Restless

Other

Award	Nominees
Outstanding Blog	TransGriot Autostraddle Gays With Kids My Fabulous Disease Pittsburgh Lesbian Correspondents
Outstanding Comic Book	Black Panther: World of Wakanda, written by Roxane Gay, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Yona Harvey, Rembert Browne America, written by Gabby Rivera The Backstagers, written by James Tynion IV Batwoman, written by Marguerite Bennett, James Tynion IV Deadman: Dark Mansion of Forbidden Love, written by Sarah Vaughn Goldie Vance, written by Hope Larson Iceman, written by Sina Grace Lumberjanes, written by Shannon Watters, Kat Leyh Quantum Teens are Go, written by Magdalene Visaggio The Woods, written by James Tynion IV
Outstanding Music Artist	Halsey, Hopeless Fountain Kingdom Miley Cyrus, Younger Now Honey Dijon, The Best of Both Worlds Kehlani, SweetSexySavage Kelela, Take Me Apart Kesha, Rainbow Perfume Genius, No Shape Sam Smith, The Thrill of It All St. Vincent, Masseduction Wrabel, We Could Be Beautiful
Outstanding Talk Show Episode	"Australia Marriage Equality", Last Week Tonight with John Oliver "Danica Roem", The Opposition with Jordan Klepper "Laila and Logan Ireland, Transgender Military Couple", The Ellen DeGeneres Show "Laverne Cox and Gavin Grimm", The View "Trans Veterans React to Ban", The Daily Show with Trevor Noah
Outstanding Journalism Newsmagazine	"The Pulse of Orlando: Terror at the Nightclub", Anderson Cooper 360° "A Boy Named Lucas", 20/20 "China Queer", The Naked Truth "Gay Purge?", Nightline "Trans Youth", Vice
Outstanding TV Journalism Segment	"Murders Raise Alarm for Transgender Community", NBC Nightly News "The Abolitionists Face the Love Army", KAPP-KVEW Local News "DJ Zeke Thomas Goes Public", Good Morning America "Transgender Murders in Louisiana Part of Disturbing Trend", CBS Evening News "Transgender Rights under Fire in Trump Era", AM Joy
Outstanding Newspaper Article	"The Silent Epidemic: Black Gay Men and HIV" [series], The Atlanta Journal-Constitution "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
Outstanding Magazine Article	"Forbidden Lives: The Gay Men Who Fled Chechnya's Purge" by Masha Gessen, The New Yorker "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 "Free Radical" by Nathan Heller, Vogue "Trans, Teen, and Homeless" by Laura Rena Murray, Rolling Stone
Outstanding Magazine Overall Coverage	Billboard The Advocate People Teen Vogue Time
Outstanding Digital Journalism Article	"Why Bisexual Men Are Still Fighting to Convince Us They Exist" by Samantha Allen, Splinter News "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 News "Meet the Transgender Student Who Fought Discrimination at His Maryland High School (and Won)" by Nico Lang, INTO
Outstanding Digital Journalism - Multimedia	"'This Is How We Win': Inside Danica Roem's Historic Victory" by Diana Tourjée, Broadly.Vice.com "Former Patriots and Chiefs Tackle Ryan O'Callaghan Comes Out as Gay" by Cyd Zeigler, SB Nation "Made to Model: Trans Beauty in Fashion", LogoTV.com "Transgender Day of Remembrance" by Saeed Jones, BuzzFeed News "US Travel Ban Leaves LGBT Refugees in Limbo" by Nina dos Santos, CNN.com
Special Recognition	In a Heartbeat Jay-Z and Gloria Carter for "Smile"
Vanguard Award	Britney Spears
Stephen F. Kolzak Award	Jim Parsons
Vito Russo Award	Samira Wiley
Excellence in Media Award	Ava DuVernay

References

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2. Chuba, Kirsten (January 19, 2018). "GLAAD Media Awards Nominees: Full List". Variety. Retrieved January 19, 2018.
3. Nordyke, Kimberly (May 5, 2018). "GLAAD Media Awards: 'Call Me By Your Name' Wins Best Film". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 6, 2018.
4. Goodman, Matt (April 13, 2018). "Highlights: Ricky Martin Present Vanguard Award to Britney Spears at 29th Annual GLAAD Media Awards". GLAAD.org. Retrieved April 12, 2021.
5. Variety Staff (May 6, 2018). "Ava DuVernay, Samira Wiley, 'Call Me by Your Name' Honored at GLAAD Media Awards". Variety. Retrieved January 24, 2024.
6. Lee Lenker, Maureen (May 5, 2018). "Jay-Z, Ava DuVernay, John Oliver among 2018 GLAAD Media Award recipients in New York". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved January 24, 2024.
7. Nordyke, Kimberly (May 5, 2018). "GLAAD Media Awards: 'Call Me by Your Name' Wins Best Film". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 24, 2024.