The Advocate has won this year’s GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Magazine Overall Coverage.
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It bested nine other nominees: Allure, Cosmopolitan, The Hollywood Reporter, Metro Weekly, Out, People, Plus, Variety, and Vogue. Out and Plus are sibling publications to The Advocate, all owned by equalpride. Out won the award last year, and The Advocate won it the two years prior.
This award and others were presented Thursday night at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles. It was the 36th annual GLAAD Media Awards ceremony.
Michael Urie hosted the event, which saw out actress Cynthia Erivo (Wicked, Harriet, Broadway’s The Color Purple) receive the Stephen F. Kolzak Award, presented to an LGBTQ+ media professional who has made a significant difference in raising visibility and promoting acceptance of LGBTQ+ people and causes.
Other awards presented or announced tonight were:
Outstanding Comedy Series: Hacks (Max)
Outstanding Drama Series: 9-1-1: Lone Star (Fox)
Outstanding New Series: Agatha All Along (Disney+)
Outstanding Film — Streaming or TV: The Groomsmen: Second Chances (Hallmark)
Outstanding Music Artist: Doechii, Alligator Bites Never Heal (Top Dawg Entertainment/Capitol Records)
Outstanding Podcast: Baby, This Is Keke Palmer (Wondery)
Outstanding Documentary: Will & Harper (Netflix)
Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series: Baby Reindeer (Netflix)
Outstanding Reality Program: The Real Housewives of New York City (Bravo)
Outstanding Reality Program — Competition: RuPaul’s Drag Race (MTV)
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; Oh, Mary! by Cole Escola
Outstanding Video Game: Dragon Age: The Veilguard (BioWare / Electronic Arts)
Outstanding Comic Book: Suicide Squad: Dream Tea by Nicole Maines, Eddy Barrows, Eber Ferreira, José Luís, Adriano Di Benedetto, Adriano Lucas, and Becca Carey (DC Comics)
Outstanding Original Graphic Novel/Anthology: Becoming Who We Are: Real Stories About Growing Up Trans (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 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:
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.
The 36th GLAAD Media Awards honor media for fair, accurate, and inclusive representations of LGBTQ+ people and issues.
The ceremony will be streamed on Hulu beginning April 12.
