22nd GLAAD Media Awards


The 22nd GLAAD Media Awards was the 2011 annual presentation of the GLAAD Media Awards presented by the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. The awards seek to honor films, television shows, musicians and works of journalism that fairly and accurately represent the LGBT community and issues relevant to the community. The 22nd annual award ceremonies included 114 nominees in 23 English-language categories and 33 nominees in 9 Spanish-language categories.
The awards were presented in three separate shows; at the Mariott Marquis in New York City on March 19, 2011, at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles on April 10, 2011 and at the San Francisco Marriott Marquis in San Francisco on May 14, 2011.

Winners and nominees

Winners are presented in bold.

English-language categories

Outstanding Film - Wide ReleaseBurlesque - Screen GemsEasy A - Screen GemsThe Girl Who Played With Fire - Music Box FilmsThe Kids Are All Right - Focus FeaturesScott Pilgrim vs. The World - Universal Pictures
Outstanding Film - Limited ReleaseHowl - Oscilloscope PicturesI Love You Phillip Morris - Roadside AttractionsLa Mission - Screen Media VenturesPatrik, Age 1.5 - Regent ReleasingUndertow - Wolfe Releasing
Outstanding Drama SeriesBrothers & Sisters - ABCDegrassi - TeenNickGrey's Anatomy - ABCPretty Little Liars - ABC FamilyTrue Blood - HBO
Outstanding Comedy SeriesGlee - FoxModern Family - ABCGREEK - ABC FamilyNurse Jackie - ShowtimeUnited States of Tara - Showtime
Outstanding Individual Episode
Outstanding Documentary8: The Mormon Proposition - Red Flag Releasing
Outstanding Reality ProgramThe Fabulous Beekman Boys - Planet Green Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys - Sundance ChannelProject Runway - LifetimeTop Chef: Just Desserts - BravoTRANSform Me - VH1

Outstanding Music Artist

Outstanding Talk Show Episode
Outstanding TV Journalism - Newsmagazine
Outstanding TV Journalism Segment
Outstanding Newspaper Article
  • "Coming Out, Fitting In" by Rosemary Winters
  • "D.C. Gay Couple Caps a Momentous First by Tying the Knot" by Monica Hesse "Rutgers Student Tyler Clementi's Suicide Spurs Action Across U.S." by Judy Peet
  • "A Tragic Love Story" by Steve Friess
  • "Worlds Apart" by Lauren Smiley
Outstanding Newspaper Columnist
Outstanding Newspaper Overall CoverageAtlanta Journal-ConstitutionDenver Post Los Angeles TimesThe New York TimesThe Salt Lake Tribune
Outstanding Magazine Article
  • "All That's Left is God" by Michelle Theall
  • "'I Was Scared to Sleep': LGBT Youth Face Violence Behind Bars" by Daniel Redman
  • "It’s a Shocking Trend: Gay Teens Being Bullied to the Point of Suicide" by Kenneth Miller
  • "Just Another Girl " by Genevieve Field "What Happens When You Find the One...And He's Nothing – Nothing – Like You Expected?" by Allison Cooper
Outstanding Magazine Overall CoverageThe Advocate/Out The Chronicle of Higher EducationEntertainment WeeklyPeopleUS Weekly
Outstanding Digital Journalism Article
  • "The Camera in the Closet: Gay Service Members Speak Out to ABC News About Don't Ask, Don't Tell" by Mary Kathryn Burke
  • "'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Hurts African-American Women the Most" by Lynette Holloway
  • "Ice Cracks Beneath Weir's Critics" by LZ Granderson "View From Washington" by Kerry Eleveld
  • "Wrestler Hudson Taylor a Champion for Gay Rights" by Jim Buzinski
Outstanding Digital Journalism - Multimedia"Bridal Bliss: Aisha and Danielle" by Bobbi Misick
Outstanding BlogThe Bilerico Project by variousBlabbeando by Andres DuqueJoe. My. God. by Joe Jervis Pam's House Blend by Pam SpauldingRod 2.0 by Rod McCollum
Outstanding Comic BookBuffy the Vampire Slayer by Scott Allie, Brad Meltzer, Joss Whedon Fogtown by Andersen Gabrych Veronica #202 by Dan Parent X-Factor by Peter David Young Avengers: Children's Crusade by Allan Heinberg
Outstanding Los Angeles TheaterDr. Cerberus by Robert Aguirre-SacasaHaram Iran by Jay Paul DeratanyRevolver by Chris PhillipsSomething Happened by L. Trey Wilson The Twentieth-Century Way by Tom Jacobson
Outstanding New York Theater: Broadway & Off-BroadwayIn the Wake by Lisa KronThe Kid, book by Michael Zam, lyrics by Jack Lechner, music by Andy MonroePassion Play by Sarah RuhlThe Pride by Alexi Kaye Campbell Secrets of the Trade by Jonathan Tolins
Outstanding New York Theater: Off-Off Broadway'Lay of the Land by Tim MillerLet Them Eat Cake by Holly Hughes, Megan Carney and Moe AngelosThis One Girl's Story, book by Bil Wright, music and lyrics by Dionne McClain-FreeneyVaginal Davis Is Speaking from the Diaphragm by Vaginal DavisWhen Last We Flew'' by Harrison David Rivers'''

Other awards

Spanish-language categories

Outstanding Novela¿Dónde Está Elisa?
Outstanding Music Artist
Outstanding Daytime Talk Show Episode"Mamá vístete de hombre" - Casos de Familia
Outstanding Talk Show Interview
  • "Entrevista con hombres transgénero" - Don Francisco Presenta
  • "Entrevista con Manolo Cardona de Contracorriente" - Escenario
  • "Matrimonios del mismo sexo" - Al Punto "Saliendo del closet después de los 30" - El Show de Cristina
Outstanding TV Journalism – Newsmagazine
Outstanding TV Journalism Segment"Aumenta el hostigamiento" - Despierta América
  • "El matrimonio de homosexuales" - Encuentro
  • "Matrimonios del mismo sexo; Sí vs No" - Mega News Nocturno
  • "Pueblo Chico, Orgullo Grande" - Noticias Univision 33
  • "Reconocimiento Nacional" - Noticiero Telemundo
Outstanding Newspaper Article"Acosados hasta el punto del suicidio" by Rubén Moreno
  • "Homofobia en el deporte: el último closet" by Alberto C. Medina Gil
  • "El regalo de Ricky Martin: La revelación de homosexualidad del cantante es un gran avance para la sociedad gay, dicen expertos" by Sigal Ratner-Arias
  • "Terror en la comunidad gay" by Osman Pérez Méndez
  • "El viaje largo para encontrarse a sí misma" by Santos Juárez
Outstanding Magazine Article"Estoy feliz de ser quien soy" by María Morales
  • "Fedro, de ¡Viva el Sueno!, piensa casarse y adoptar a un niño" by Abel Jimenez
  • "Reaccionaron líderes, políticos, sicólogos, y artistas de esta sociedad" by Ana Lilia Cortés
  • "Ricky Martin, un papá en paz" by Lena Hansen
Outstanding Digital Journalism Article
  • "Christian Chávez reacciona contra Paquita la del Barrio" by Yoselín Acevedo
  • '''"Fedro llegó para quedarse" by Amy Linares '''