37TH ANNUAL GLAAD MEDIA AWARDS HONORING LIZA MINNELLI, QUINTA BRUNSON, BOWEN YANG AND MATT ROGERS PREMIERES ON HULU SATURDAY, MARCH 21

Los Angeles, CA – March 18, 2026– GLAAD, the world’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization, announced that the 37th Annual GLAAD Media Awards, held at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles, premieres on Hulu beginning Saturday,  March 21st. For the sixth consecutive year, Hulu returns as the official streaming destination, continuing its support of LGBTQ stories and storytellers. The GLAAD Media Awards honor media for fair, accurate, and inclusive representations of LGBTQ people and issues.

GLAAD Awarded recipients across more than 30 categories for this year’s 37th GLAAD Media Awards, hosted by actor and producer Jonathan Bennett. Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Award-winning icon Liza Minnelli surprised the room and received GLAAD’s Inaugural Liza Minnelli Storyteller Award in honor of her upcoming memoir “Kids, Wait Till You Hear This!,”

Emmy, Actor Award, and Golden Globe Award-winning actor, producer, writer, and showrunner, Quinta Brunson received the Vanguard Award, and Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers, co-hosts of the podcast Las Culturistas, received the Stephen F. Kolzak Award. Global superstar Demi Lovato also opened the show with a performance of her hit “Kiss,” and pop artist Eli also performed “Glitter.”

Casts of Heated Rivalry, The Traitors, Palm Royale, Stranger Things, Southern Hospitality, and MS NOW’s The Weekend with Jonathan Capehart and Eugene Daniels accepted awards in their respective categories. Hosts of podcasts I’ve Had It and Handsome also accepted awards onstage.

PHOTOS & VIDEO:

Red Carpet + Event Photos courtesy of Getty Images for GLAAD HERE
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The IMDb Portrait Studio Photos courtesy of Vivien Killilea Best/Getty Images for IMDb HERE

Since 1990, the GLAAD Media Awards honor media for fair, accurate, and inclusive representations of LGBTQ people and issues.

The 37th GLAAD Media Awards which spotlights 291 culture-changing nominees across 32 categories, honoring outstanding fair, accurate, and inclusive representations of LGBTQ people and issues in film, television, gaming, music, podcasting, journalism, Spanish-language media, and more.

GLAAD President and CEO Sarah Kate Ellis is the Executive Producer of the 37th GLAAD Media Awards, alongside GLAAD’s Rich Ferraro and Anthony Allen Ramos. GLAAD’s Jose Useche is a Producer. The ceremony was produced in partnership with STAMP Event Co.

The 37th Annual GLAAD Media Awards were presented by Hyundai Motor America. Major sponsors included Gilead Sciences and Hornitos Tequila. Official sponsors were Delta Air Lines, The Coca-Cola Company, and Sony Music Group with Hulu serving as the streaming sponsor.

A tip sheet with a breakdown of nominations by media and trends among the nominees is available at: www.glaad.org/mediaawards/37/nominees/.