PHOTO & VIDEO: 36TH GLAAD MEDIA AWARDS WINNERS AND BIGGEST MOMENTS

PHOTO & VIDEO: 36TH GLAAD MEDIA AWARDS WINNERS INCLUDE: AGATHA ALL ALONG, BABY REINDEER, DOECHII, HACKS, HALLMARK CHANNEL, THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NEW YORK CITY, RUPAUL’S DRAG RACE, HEARTSTOPPER, WILL & HARPER, 9-1-1: LONE STAR, THE VIEW AND MORE

IN HONOREE REMARKS, CYNTHIA ERIVO LIFTS UP QUEER, TRANS AND NONBINARY PEOPLE, CALLS FOR LGBTQ COMMUNITY TO “HAVE THE COURAGE TO LIVE AS WE WANT” AND LIGHT THE WAY FOR OTHERS

THE NIGHT FEATURED LIVE PERFORMANCES BY COUNTRY MUSIC STAR TANNER ADELL AND VISIONARY POP ARTIST JAKE WESLEY ROGERS AND REMARKS BY JONATHAN BENNETT, RACQUEL CHEVREMONT, HANNAH EINBINDER, NAVA MAU, HARPER STEELE AND MORE

36TH GLAAD MEDIA AWARDS TO STREAM EXCLUSIVELY ON HULU APRIL 12

The event featured appearances by Gloria Allred, Jonathan Bennett, Bobby Berk, Marissa Bode, Wayne Brady, Sophia Bush, William Stanford Davis, Doechii, Paul W. Downs, Glennon Doyle, Dylan Efron, Hannah Einbinder, Cynthia Erivo, Joshua Jackson, Cooper Koch, Lil Nas X, Joe Locke, Patti LuPone, Nava Mau, Maren Morris, Dylan Mulvaney, Zachary Quinto, Michaela Jaé Rodriguez, Natasha Rothwell, Jay Shetty, Nico Santos, JoJo Siwa, Benito Skinner, Brian Michael Smith, Megan Stalter, Lisa Ann Walter, Lena Waithe, Abby Wambach, GLAAD President and CEO Sarah Kate Ellis and more

Los Angeles, CA – Thursday, March 27, 2025 – GLAAD, the world’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization, announced all winners across 33 categories for this year’s 36th GLAAD Media Awards, hosted by Michael Urie. Cynthia Erivo received the iconic Stephen F. Kolzak award, introduced by Brandon Kyle Goodman.

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The 36th GLAAD Media Awards will stream on Hulu beginning Saturday, April 12.

Casts of 9-1-1 Lone Star, Agatha All Along, The Groomsmen: Second Chances, Hacks, and RuPaul’s Drag Race accepted awards in their respective categories. Doechii accepted a GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Music Artist, Harper Steele accepted a GLAAD Media Award in Outstanding Documentary for Will & Harper, Keke Palmer accepted a GLAAD Media Award in Outstanding Podcast for “Baby, This is Keke Palmer,” Nava Mau accepted a GLAAD Media Award in Outstanding Series – Limited/Anthology for Baby Reindeer. Full list of award recipients below. 

Introduced by Benito Skinner, recording artist Tanner Adell performed her country hit “Buckle Bunny.” Introduced by Michael Urie and Tracy Gilchrist, recording artist Jake Wesley Rogers performed a heartfelt rendition of Queen’s “We Are the Champions,” to close out the show. 

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GLAAD presented the following awards from ten categories onstage (in order of appearance):

• 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 Series presented by Lisa Ann Walter and William Stanford Davis

• Hacks (Max) received the GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Comedy Series presented by Joshua Jackson

GLAAD also announced these winners in an offstage video reel:

Outstanding Film – Wide Theatrical Release

My Old Ass (Amazon MGM Studios)

Outstanding Film – Limited Theatrical Release

Crossing (MUBI)

Outstanding Children’s Programming

The Fairly OddParents: A New Wish (Nickelodeon)

Outstanding Kids & Family Programming or Film – Live Action

Heartstopper (Netflix)

Outstanding Kids & Family Programming or Film – Animated

Jurassic World: Chaos Theory (Netflix)

Outstanding Breakthrough Music Artist

Durand Bernarr (DSing Records)

Outstanding Broadway Production (TIE)

Lempicka, book by Carson Kreitzer, Matt Gould, music by Matt Gould, lyrics by Carson Kreitzer AND

Oh, Mary!, by Cole Escola

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 Original Graphic Novel/Anthology

Becoming Who We Are: Real Stories About Growing Up Trans, [anthology] (A Wave Blue World)

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 – Long-Form

“The Life and Death of Blaze Bernstein” 48 Hours (CBS)

Outstanding Live TV Journalism – Segment or Special

“Sarah McBride reflects on Becoming First Openly Transgender Person Elected To Congress” PBS NewsHour (PBS)

Outstanding Print Article

“‘Changing The Narrative’: Advocates Fight HIV Stigma in Dallas’ Latino Community” by Abraham Nudelstejer (The 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 – Video or Multimedia

“Rainbow Girls: 10 Years of Protection and Prejudice” The Picture Show (NPR.org)

Outstanding Independent Journalism

The 19th

SPANISH-LANGUAGE CATEGORIES

CATEGORÍAS EN ESPAÑOL

Serie de televisión con guión sobresaliente (Outstanding Scripted Television Series)

El secreto del río (Netflix)

Periodismo televisivo sobresaliente (Outstanding TV Journalism)

“Más Allá de los Pronombres” Noticias Telemundo Colorado (Telemundo Colorado)

Artículo sobresaliente de periodismo digital (Outstanding Online Journalism Article)

“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)

Periodismo digital sobresaliente – video o multimedia (Outstanding Online Journalism – Video or Multimedia)

“La investigadora que buscaba su identidad” por Natalia Orozco, Cristina Gleinig y Carlos Delgado (Fuerza Latina – DW Español)

GLAAD previously announced Special Recognition awards for “DRAG: The Musical,” “La Verdrag” (Canal Once), OUTLOUD, “Red Ink: A Tribute to Cecilia Gentili,” The Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center, “The Q Agenda” (LatiNation), and WNBA 2024 Champions: The New York Liberty.

GLAAD also previously announced that Q.Digital received the Barbara Gittings Award for Excellence in LGBTQ Media. 

QUOTES:

Cynthia Erivo received GLAAD’s Stephen F. Kolzak award and was introduced by Brandon Kyle Goodman. Erivo said in part: “This is for those who have not yet even begun to find the road, be encouraged and be patient with yourself, it will show itself. I know this event is to celebrate the work and I am endlessly grateful for that honor and for this celebration, but the real work is making the ground we leave in our wake level enough for the next person who finds their way to the path we have made. For the person who is searching and searching and has not found it yet. This room is full of people who can and will, if they choose, and I hope they will, because I do, be lanterns to light up your journey and your path on your way to showing the world who you are.”

GLAAD President & CEO Sarah Kate Ellis, introduced by Sophia Bush, said in part: “GLAAD was founded 40 years ago during the AIDS crisis, because our community knew no one was coming to save us. We had to save ourselves. We used the powerful tool of media along with our allies to create a better and more equal world. And it worked. Because stories shift culture and rewrite narratives. They give people power to see beyond their own experience, to open their minds to those they have never met, and to challenge the prejudice they were handed. No law, no ban, no book-burning can ever stop our stories. They are defiant. They are uncontainable. They find their way into the hearts of those who need them most.”

In her acceptance speech for Outstanding Music Artist, Doechii said in part: “I am thrilled at being recognized with such a prestigious award by GLAAD – and to be joining prior honorees such as Renee Rapp, Lady Gaga, Lil Nas X, Sam Smith and Janelle Monae. This is such a huge and special moment as well because GLAAD is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year. This organization was founded on the principles of acceptance, inclusiveness and empowerment. Those are the same tenets I strongly believe in, advocate for and that continue to propel me forward – especially now as hard-won cultural change and rights for transgender people and the LGBTQ+ community are being threatened. But we are here and we are not going anywhere. The support and love I’m feeling as I accept this award from GLAAD is overwhelming, uplifting and – as I move forward in my life and career – enabling. It’s also a beacon to other aspiring artists to not let anyone ever block your dreams. Stay connected with each other. Stay passionate. Stay unapologetic.”

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The 36th GLAAD Media Awards honor media for fair, accurate, and inclusive representations of LGBTQ people and issues. Since its inception in 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 36th Annual GLAAD Media Awards are presented by: Presenting Sponsor Hyundai Motor America; Major Sponsors Hornitos Tequila and Gilead Sciences, Inc. and Official Sponsors Delta Air Lines and Sony Music Group. After Party sponsored by Hyundai Motor America. Hulu returns as the official streaming destination for the 36th GLAAD Media Awards. 

The nominees for the 36th Annual GLAAD Media Awards were published, released, or broadcast between January 1, 2024 and December 31, 2024. For a full list of nominees, click here.

For the fourth consecutive year, Hulu is the official streaming partner for the 36th Annual GLAAD Media Awards, debuting on the streaming platform on Saturday, April 12th.

GLAAD President and CEO Sarah Kate Ellis serves as Executive Producer of the 36th GLAAD Media Awards, alongside GLAAD’s Rich Ferraro and Anthony Allen Ramos. GLAAD’s Tony Morrison serves as Supervising Producer and Jose Useche serves as Producer. The ceremonies are produced in partnership with STAMP Event Co. and Wendy Shanker serves as Headwriter.

On social media, please follow @GLAAD and the hashtag #GLAADawards.

PHOTO

• Red Carpet + Event Photos courtesy of Getty Images for GLAAD HERE

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VIDEO

• Show Clips, Honoree Speeches, winner graphics courtesy GLAAD HERE 

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