Lady Gaga, "Glee" Earn GLAAD Media Award Nominations

Lady Gaga and the “Glee” crew are among the entertainers being recognized by the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation.  The organization has announced the nominees for the 23rd annual Media Awards, which honor “outstanding images of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community in news coverage and entertainment media.  Gaga is up for the Outstanding Music Artist award, along with former contestant on “The Voice” Beverly McClellan, Girl in a Coma, Hunx and His Punx and MEN.  “Glee” is in the running for Outstanding Comedy Series with “The Big C,” “Exes and Ohs,” “Happy Endings” and “Modern Family.”  But GLAAD also handed out nods to a couple of first-timers.  Conan O’Brien’s TBS show is up for Outstanding Talk Show Episode after airing the first same-sex wedding on TV, while David Letterman is also in the running for his “Late Show” interview with Chaz Bono.  Likewise, Bono’s film “Becoming Chaz” is nominated in the Outstanding Documentary category.

Other Nominees include “Albert Nobbs,” “Beginners” and “J. Edgar” for Outstanding Film and “Degrassi,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Pretty Little Liars,” “Shameless” and “Torchwood: Miracle Day” for Outstanding Drama Series.  The GLAAD Media Awards will be handed out in multiple ceremonies, starting March 24th in New York City.  That will be followed by events in Los Angeles on April 21st and San Francisco on June 2nd.

Here is a partial list of the GLAAD Media Award Nominees:

OUTSTANDING FILM – WIDE RELEASE
“Albert Nobbs” (Roadside Attractions)
“Beginners” (Focus Features)
“J. Edgar” (Warner Bros. Pictures)

OUTSTANDING FILM – LIMITED RELEASE
“Circumstance” (Roadside Attractions)
“Gun Hill Road” (Motion Film Group)
“Pariah” (Focus Features)
“Tomboy” (Rocket Releasing)
“Weekend” (Sundance Selects)

OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES
“Degrassi” (TeenNick)
“Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC)
“Pretty Little Liars” (ABC Family)
“Shameless” (Showtime)
“Torchwood: Miracle Day” (Starz)

OUTSTANDING COMEDY SERIES
“The Big C” (Showtime)
“Exes and Ohs” (Logo)
“Glee” (Fox)
“Happy Endings” (ABC)
“Modern Family” (ABC)

OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL EPISODE (in a series without a regular LGBT character)
“Acceptance” Man Up! (ABC)
“Beards” Hot in Cleveland (TV Land)
“The Boy Has Style” Are We There Yet? (TBS)
“Prom” Drop Dead Diva (Lifetime)
“Recruited” NCIS (CBS)

OUTSTANDING TV MOVIE OR MINI-SERIES
“Cinema Verite” (HBO)

OUTSTANDING DOCUMENTARY
“Becoming Chaz” (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network)
“The Strange History of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (HBO)
“Two Spirits” (PBS)
“We Were Here” (Red Flag Releasing)
“The World’s Worst Place to be Gay?” (Logo)

OUTSTANDING REALITY PROGRAM
“Dancing with the Stars” (ABC)
“Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys” (Sundance Channel)
“The Glee Project” (Oxygen)
“The Real L Word” (Showtime)
“The Voice” (NBC)

OUTSTANDING TALK SHOW EPISODE
“Chaz Bono,” “Late Show with David Letterman” (CBS)
“Children & Teens Caught in the Wrong Bodies,” “Anderson” (syndicated)
“Coming Out on the Oprah Show: 25 Years of Unforgettable Guests,” “The Oprah Winfrey Show” (syndicated)
“The Wedding of Scott Cronick & David Gorshein,” “Conan” (TBS)
“Zach Wahls,” “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” (syndicated)

OUTSTANDING DAILY DRAMA
“All My Children” (ABC)
“Days of Our Lives” (NBC)

OUTSTANDING MUSIC ARTIST
Beverly McClellan, “Fear Nothing” (Oarfin Records)
Girl in a Coma, “Exits & All the Rest” (Blackheart Records)
Hunx and His Punx, “Too Young to Be in Love” (Hardly Art)
Lady Gaga, “Born This Way” (Interscope Records)
MEN, “Talk About Body” (IAMSOUND Records)

OUTSTANDING COMIC BOOK
“Avengers: The Children’s Crusade” by Allan Heinberg (Marvel)
“Batwoman” by J.H. Williams III and W. Haden Blackman (DC Comics)
“Secret Six” by Gail Simone (DC Comics)
“Veronica Presents: Kevin Keller” by Dan Parent (Archie Comics)
“X-Factor” by Peter David (Marvel Comics)