The 36th Annual GLAAD Media Awards are officially over, but the joy and celebration captured in the room lives on!
Hosted by Michael Urie, GLAAD announced the winners for all 33 GLAAD Media Awards categories, while Hollywood’s biggest stars took the stage to bask in their wins and call out the forces holding us back from equality. Take a look at the culture-shifting stories and outstanding achievements in fair, factual, and inclusive representation of the LGBTQ community that were deemed GLAAD Media Awards winners last night at the iconic Beverly Hilton.
GLAAD presented the following receipts from 10 categories onstage at the awards on March 27th, 2025:
- Doechii, Alligator Bites Never Heal (Top Dawg Entertainment/Capitol Records) received the GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Music Artist, presented by Lil Nas X and Maren Morris
- The Groomsmen: Second Chances (Hallmark) received the GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Film – Streaming or TV, presented by Brandon Scott Jones and Nico Santos
- Will & Harper (Netflix) received the GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Documentary, presented by Jay Shetty and Marissa Bode
- RuPaul’s Drag Race (MTV) received the GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Reality Program – Competition presented by Dylan Efron
- The Real Housewives of New York City (Bravo) received the GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Reality Program, presented by Dylan Efron
- Agatha All Along (Disney+) received the GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding New Series, presented by Cooper Koch
- Baby Reindeer (Netflix) received the GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series, presented by Cooper Koch
- Baby, This is Keke Palmer (Wondery) received the GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Podcast, presented by Ana Ortiz, Becki Newton, Michael Urie, and Mark Indelicato
- 9-1-1: Lone Star (Fox) received the GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Drama Serie,s presented by Lisa Ann Walter and William Stanford Davis
- Hacks (Max) received the GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Comedy Series presented by Joshua Jackson
In addition to the onstage presentations, GLAAD announced the winners for 23 more through reels during the ceremony and will continue to celebrate the winners on our social media platforms.
Film
Outstanding Film – Wide Theatrical Release: My Old Ass (Amazon MGM Studios)
Outstanding Film – Limited Theatrical Release: Crossing (MUBI)
Kids & Family and Children’s Programming
Outstanding Children’s Programming: The Fairly Odd Parents: A New Wish (Nickelodeon)
Outstanding Kids & Family Programming or Film – Live Action: Heartstopper (Netflix)
Outstanding Kids & Family Programming or Film – Animation: Jurassic World: Chaos Theory (Netflix)
Journalism
Outstanding Print Article: “‘Changing the Narrative’: Advocates Fight HIV Stigma in Dallas’ Latino Community” by Abraham Nudelstejer (Dallas Morning News)
Outstanding Magazine Overall Coverage: The Advocate
Outstanding Online Journalism Article: “Friends Remember Nex Benedict, Oklahoma Student Who Died After School Fight, as ‘Fiery Kid'” by Jo Yurcaba (NBCNews.com)
Outstanding Online Journalism Article – Video /Multimedia: “Rainbow Girls: 10 Years of Protection and Prejudice” The Picture Show (NPR.org)
Outstanding Independent Journalism: The 19th
Outstanding Variety or Talk Show Episode: “Elliot Page Talks Season 4 of ‘The Umbrella Academy,’ Fighting Anti-LGBTQ Legislation” The View (ABC)
Outstanding TV Journalism Segment: “Big Gay Football” CBS Sports (CBS)
Outstanding TV Journalism Segment – Long-Form: “The Life and Death of Blaze Bernstein” 48 Hours (CBS)
Live TV Journalism – Segment/Special: “Sarah McBride Reflects on Becoming First Openly Transgender Person Elected To Congress” PBS NewsHour (PBS)
Video Games, Comics, and Graphic Novels/Anthologies
Outstanding Video Game: Dragon Age: The Veilguard (BioWare / Electronic Arts)
Outstanding Comic Book: Suicide Squad: Dream Team, by Nicole Maines, Eddy Barrows, Eber Ferreira, José Luís, Adriano Di Benedetto, Adriano Lucas, Becca Carey (DC Comics)
Outstanding Graphic Novel/Anthology: Becoming Who We Are: Real Stories About Growing Up Trans, [anthology] (A Wave Blue World)
Music & Podcast
Outstanding Breakthrough Music Artist: Durand Bernarr (DSing Records)
Outstanding Podcast: Baby, This is Keke Palmer (Wondery)
Broadway
TIE: Outstanding Broadway Production: Lempicka, book by Carson Kreitzer, Matt Gould, music by Matt Gould, lyrics by Carson Kreitzer
TIE: Outstanding Broadway Production: Oh, Mary!, by Cole Escola
Spanish Language
Outstanding Scripted Television Series – Spanish Language: El secreto del rio (Neftlix)
Outstanding TV Journalism – Spanish Language: “Más Allá de los Pronombres” Noticias Telemundo Colorado (Telemundo Colorado)
Outstanding Online Journalism Article – Spanish Language: “Jóvenes latinos gay ven un porcentaje creciente de nuevos casos de VIH en EEUU” por Devna Bose, Laura Bargfeld, Phillip Reese, y Vanessa G. Sánchez (APNews.com, KFFHealthNews.org & Univision.com)
Outstanding Online Journalism – Video or Multimedia – Spanish Language: “La investigadora que buscaba su identidad” por Natalia Orozco, Cristina Gleinig y Carlos Delgado (Fuerza Latina – DW Español)
The ceremony will be available for streaming exclusively on Hulu, beginning April 12th. Visit glaad.org or @GLAAD on social media for more exciting, heartfelt, and hilarious moments from the ceremony.
