This month GLAAD announced the nominees for the 35th Annual GLAAD Media Awards, including Spanish-language categories in scripted television, journalism, digital media and special recognition honorees that span from drag reality shows to holiday films.
Since 1990, the GLAAD Media Awards have grown to be the most visible annual LGBTQ awards show in the world, sending powerful messages of acceptance to audiences globally. The nominees and winners represent fair, accurate, and inclusive representations of LGBTQ people and issues across entertainment and news.
We’ll be breaking down our five Spanish-language categories at this year’s GMAs, including links on where to watch, stream and read our impressive roster of nominees in:
Outstanding Scripted Television Series (Serie de televisión con guión sobresaliente),
Outstanding TV Journalism (Periodismo televisivo sobresaliente),
Outstanding Online Journalism Article (Artículo sobresaliente de periodismo digital),
Outstanding Online Journalism – Video or Multimedia (Periodismo digital sobresaliente: vídeo o multimedia) and Special Recognition (Reconocimiento especial)
Outstanding Scripted Television Series
This category honors inclusive programming on Spanish-language television and streaming networks available in the U.S. This year’s nominees feature strong ensembles and co-leads across every entry, including offbeat family comedies, high-stakes action comedies and moving explorations of historical violence against LGBTQ people. This year does mark an unusual instance in which all five of our nominees include stories set mostly in Spain — and while they are a testament to quality storytelling, diverse characters and substantive representation, we hope in the future to see more eligible series from the U.S. or Latin America. There’s clearly a dire need for more Spanish-language programming that centers Latine LGBTQ people in the United States — a place where about seven in 10 Latine TV viewers watch content in Spanish, but are more likely to say they feel underrepresented in U.S. media than the general population. We hope to continue seeing complex, funny and bold LGBTQ characters represented in quality scripted television available for Spanish-speaking audiences, wherever they are.
More on our incredible nominees for Outstanding Scripted Television Series below, including trailers and where to watch:
4 estrellas (RTVE Play)
Las noches de Tefía (Atresplayer)
Las pelotaris (Vix)
Sagrada familia (Netflix)
Sin huellas (Amazon Prime Video)
Outstanding TV Journalism
This category honors Spanish-language spot-news, short-form or long-form journalism available in the U.S. as a nightly news story, morning show story, cable news program, news talk segment and TV interview (among other formats). This year’s nominees are truly a testament to the ways television news programming — a staple for many Spanish-speaking viewers in the U.S. — has grown to better represent what fair, accurate and multi-dimensional reporting on the LGBTQ community can look like when it comes to impactful stories. This year’s nominees cover a range of topics including the legal discrimination targeting trans youth in the U.S. and abroad, the historic appointment of non-binary magistrate Jesús Ociel Baena in Mexico, the impact of rising Puerto Rican star Villano Antillano, Aitch Alberto’s directorial debut, and LGBTQ people creating spaces to celebrate their faith.
“Adolescentes trans relatan su experiencia” Noticiero Telemundo (Telemundo)
“Celebrando el orgullo” Noticiero Telemundo (Telemundo Chicago)
“Entrevista con Jesús Ociel Baena” Noticias 24/7 (ViX)
“Fe en la comunidad LGBTQ” Despierta América (Univision)
“El mes del orgullo” Univision Contigo (Univision Dallas)
“La directora Aitch Alberto presenta: ‘Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe’” Ojo Crítico (CNN Español)
“La rapera Villano Antillano habla con Jorge Ramos sobre cómo su música está rompiendo estereotipos” Al Punto (Univision)
“‘La Sala’ brinda un lugar seguro para jóvenes de la comunidad LGBTQ+ en Washington Heights“ Noticias 47 (Telemundo)
“Spirit Day” Hoy Día (Telemundo)
“Sufren en silencio“ Noticias 52 (Telemundo)
Outstanding Online Journalism Article
These nominees include articles published online and represent the exciting potential for new and innovative digital publications to set the bar when it comes to cutting-edge journalism and thoughtful coverage of LGBTQ topics. The scope and impact of stories published online can reverberate globally, changing hearts, minds and political policy. As journalism itself faces existential threats in the U.S. and beyond — including increased layoffs, online disinformation posing as journalism and the struggle to reach audiences online — it’s more important than ever to highlight exceptional work from credible, passionate and hard-working journalists. This year’s nominees cover often-ignored perspectives, pressing topics and personal milestones, chronicling our struggles and celebrations. Stories featured in this category include deeply personal accounts of parents facing an uphill battle to protect their trans kids, a critical look at the growing acknowledgment of inclusive language, and LGBTQ elders struggling for equity when it comes to housing in Puerto Rico.
“Abogan por una política pública contra la violencia hacia la comunidad trans en Puerto Rico” por Carolina Gracia (ElVocero.com)
“La activista trans que sepulta a sus amigas olvidadas: ‘Los primeros cuerpos los velaba yo sola, solita’” por Daniel Alonso Viña (ElPais.com)
“Carlos Adyan nos invita a su boda civil con Carlos Quintanilla: ‘Todo ha pasado como yo soñaba’” por Lena Hansen (PeopleEnEspanol.com)
“El eterno desafío de ser un hombre o mujer trans en El Salvador” por María Teresa Hernández (APnews.com)
“Familias latinas con menores trans temen a nuevas leyes que limitan el acceso a tratamientos médicos: ‘Es lo que ha mantenido a mi hija viva’” por Anagilmara Vílchez y Lourdes Hurtado (Telemundo.com)
“‘Hemos huido de algo muy cruel’: las familias que buscan una vida mejor para sus hijos transgénero en otros estados de EE.UU.” por Leire Ventas (BBC.com)
“Personas mayores LGBTQIA+ ‘tienen que regresar a un clóset para poder buscar vivienda‘” por David Cordero Mercado y Joaquín A. Rosado Lebrón (PeriodismoInvestigativo.com & ElNuevoDia.com)
“Quiero que todo el mundo pueda decir libremente ‘así soy yo’“ por Maria Mercedes Acosta (Sentiido.com)
“Reconocimiento a medias también es estigmatizante: RAE agrega ‘no binario/a’ a su diccionario” por Alex Orue (Homosensual.com)
“Wendy Guevara, la ‘perdida’ que lo ganó todo” por Jonathan Saldaña y Mari Tere Lelo de Larrea (Quien.com)
Outstanding Online Journalism – Video or Multimedia
This category includes videos or other multimedia stories exclusive to an online news site, and when it comes to groundbreaking online journalism, this year’s nominees feature original and exciting profiles of trailblazers, icons and everyday heroes across the globe. This year’s nominees include a heartwarming look at a gay cowboy convention in Mexico, a breakdown of Villana’s lyrics and legacy on her own terms, an insightful discussion about serodiscordant relationships, a moving interview honoring a Puerto Rican drag legend who helped LGBTQ youth survive and a bold portrait of Brasil’s first Black, trans legislator.
“Conoce a la primera diputada negra y trans de Brasil” por Natalia Barrera Francis, Joyce García, David von Blohn, Paula Daibert y Claudia Escobar (Descoloniza – AJ+ Español)
“La increíble historia de cómo ‘Mami Ruddys’ refugió a decenas de jóvenes LGBTIQ en Puerto Rico” por Marcos Billy Guzmán y Pablo Martínez Rodríguez (El Nuevo Día)
“Mi novio vive con VIH y yo no: ser una pareja serodiscordante” por Mariana Escobar Bernoske y Daniela Rojas (La Disidencia – El Espectador)
“This gay cowboy convention celebrates sexual freedom — and Mexican identity” por Jackeline Luna, Kate Linthicum y Maggie Beidelman (Los Angeles Times)
“Villano Antillano cuenta todo de la realidad Queer de su música” por Yollotl Alvarado, René Barreto, Alfredo Castellanos, Sofía Reyes, Rai Irizarry, Arjun Demeyere, Luis Ramírez, Florencia Botinelli, Iván Juárez y Sebastian Fernández (GQ México y Latinoamérica)
Reconocimiento Especial /Special Recognition
The Special Recognition Category honors exciting programming that doesn’t fit into our four traditional categories. Each of these honorees present ground-breaking Spanish language work in a range of genres, including reality television, documentary series and film. Drag Latina is a bilingual drag reality program that celebrates drag talent with roots from across the globe, Enamorándonos made history this year with their first wedding between two women contestants, El sabor de la navidad serves up a fresh spin on the classic holiday film and Wendy, perdida pero famosa follows Wendy Guevara, who first stole Mexico’s heart as a contestant (and winner!) on the reality show La Casa de los Famosos, .
Drag Latina (Revry / LATV)
Enamorándonos (UniMás)
El sabor de la navidad (ViX)
Wendy, perdida pero famosa (ViX)
A tip sheet with a breakdown of nominations by media and trends among the nominees is available at: www.glaad.org/releases. Follow #glaadawards and @glaad for updates.