GLAAD Media Awards: The Advocate Garners Four Nominations

Today GLAAD announced nominees for its 2014 Media Awards, which recognize fair, accurate, and inclusive representations of the LGBT community in news and entertainment.

"Since its inception 25 years ago, the GLAAD Media Awards have reshaped the news and entertainment industries, inspiring thoughtful and inclusive characters and plotlines that have driven equality forward," said GLAAD president Sarah Kate Ellis. "This year has brought momentous progress for LGBT people and families -- and our nominees have created images and stories that continue to challenge misconceptions, shatter stereotypes, and change hearts and minds of millions all across the globe."

From entertainment, this year's nominees include perennial favorites such as Glee and Modern Family as well as the Netflix hit series Orange Is the New Black. Golden Globe winner Behind the Candelabra picked up a nomination for Outstanding TV Movie or Mini-Series, while the Sundance darling Blue Is the Warmest Color and Dallas Buyers Club were both nominated for Outstanding Film. Bridegroom, the moving story about Shane Bitney Crone and the death of his partner, was among the five films nominated for Outstanding Documentary.

The Advocate brought in four nominations, including Outstanding Magazine and Outstanding Digital Journalism Article for the series "Prime Timers: Spotlight on LGBT Seniors," which touted the continuing accomplishments of those 65 and over. Advocate news director Sunnivie Brydum and D. David Robinson picked up a nomination for Outstanding Digital Journalism - Multimedia for sharing the stories of brave activists in Uganda in "We Are Here: LGBTI in Uganda," while Antonia Juhasz was nominated for Outstanding Magazine Article for the story "What's Wrong With Exxon," which appeared in the October/November 2013 issue of The Advocate. Look back on those stories here:

The GLAAD Media Awards ceremonies will be held in Los Angeles April 12 at the Beverly Hilton and in New York May 3 at the Waldorf Astoria New York. Special Honorees for each city will be announced in coming weeks.

See a complete list of the nominees on the next page.

OUTSTANDING FILM -- WIDE RELEASE

Blue Is the Warmest Color (Sundance Selects)
Dallas Buyers Club (Focus Features)
Kill Your Darlings (Sony Pictures Classics)
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (Sony Pictures Releasing)
Philomena (The Weinstein Company)

OUTSTANDING FILM -- LIMITED RELEASE

Concussion (RADiUS-The Weinstein Company)
Geography Club (Breaking Glass Pictures)
Out in the Dark (Breaking Glass Pictures)
Reaching for the Moon (Wolfe Releasing)
Yossi (Strand Releasing)

OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES

The Fosters (ABC Family)
Grey's Anatomy (ABC)
Orphan Black (BBC America)
Pretty Little Liars (ABC Family)
Shameless (Showtime)

OUTSTANDING COMEDY SERIES

Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Fox)
Glee (Fox)
Modern Family (ABC)
Orange Is the New Black (Netflix)
Please Like Me (Pivot)

OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL EPISODE (in a series without a regular LGBT character)

"Bride and Prejudice," The Soul Man (TV Land)
"LARP and the Real Girl," Supernatural (The CW)
"Secret Lives," Drop Dead Diva (Lifetime)
"Snow Angels," Elementary (CBS)
"There's the Door," Necessary Roughness (USA Network)

OUTSTANDING TV MOVIE OR MINI-SERIES

Behind the Candelabra (HBO)
In the Flesh (BBC America)

OUTSTANDING DOCUMENTARY

Bridegroom (Virgil Films/OWN)
Call Me Kuchu (Cinedigm)
God Loves Uganda (Variance Films)
The New Black (Promised Land Films)
Valentine Road (HBO)

OUTSTANDING REALITY PROGRAM

Big Freedia: Queen of Bounce (Fuse)
Cyndi Lauper: Still So Unusual (WE tv)
Dream School (Sundance Channel)
Project Runway (Lifetime)
Small Town Security (AMC)

OUTSTANDING TALK SHOW EPISODE

"Are Gay Parents Different?" The Ricki Lake Show (syndicated)
"First Openly Gay NBA Player Jason Collins and his Family," Oprah's Next Chapter (OWN)
"Fred Rosser," The Ellen DeGeneres Show (syndicated)
"Laverne Cox," Totally Biased With W. Kamau Bell (FX)
"Modern Family Values," Raising McCain (Pivot)

OUTSTANDING DAILY DRAMA

Days of Our Lives (NBC)

OUTSTANDING TV JOURNALISM -- NEWSMAGAZINE

"Chris to Kristin: A Navy Seal's Secret" Anderson Cooper 360 (CNN)
"India's Third Gender," The Stream (Al Jazeera America)
"The Rebounder: The Kenneth Faried Story," E:60 (ESPN)
" Transgender at 11: Listening to Jazz,," 20/20 (ABC)
"The Welcoming Movement," To the Contrary (PBS)

OUTSTANDING TV JOURNALISM SEGMENT

"Gay Rights at Work," MSNBC Live (MSNBC)
"Portman Reverses Position on Gay Marriage," Starting Point (CNN)
"Pride & Prejudice," Melissa Harris-Perry (MSNBC)
"Scouts Dishonor," The Last Word With Lawrence O'Donnell (MSNBC)
"Wild Blue Yonder: Scott Hines" The Rachel Maddow Show (MSNBC)

OUTSTANDING NEWSPAPER ARTICLE

"Boy or Girl? Gender a New Challenge for Schools" by Martha Irvine (Associated Press)
"Gay Ex-Mayor Who Fled U.S. Awaits Immigration Change" by Jeremy Roebuck (San Antonio Express-News)
" LGBTQ in the Capital" (series) by Melissa Griffiths (Juneau Empire)
"Poor Black and Hispanic Men Are the Face of H.I.V." by Donald G. McNeil Jr. (The New York Times)
"Why Bisexuals Stay in the Closet" by Emily Alpert (Los Angeles Times)

OUTSTANDING MAGAZINE ARTICLE

"The Hidden War Against Gay Teens" by Alex Morris (Rolling Stone)
"Owning the Middle" by Kate Fagan (ESPN The Magazine)
"The Perfect Wife" by Ariel Levy (The New Yorker)
"What's Wrong With Exxon?" by Antonia Juhasz (The Advocate)
"Why Gay and Lesbian Couples Pay More" by Carolyn M. Brown (Black Enterprise)

OUTSTANDING MAGAZINE OVERALL COVERAGE

The Advocate
ESPN The Magazine
The New Yorker
People
Time

OUTSTANDING DIGITAL JOURNALISM ARTICLE

"How Fallon Fox Became the First Known Transgender Athlete in MMA" by Loretta Hunt (SportsIllustrated.CNN.com)

"How One Lawyer Turned the Idea of Marriage Equality Into Reality" by Chris Geidner (Buzzfeed.com)

"Prime Timers: Spotlight on LGBT Seniors" (series) (Advocate.com)

"Repression and Gay Rights in Russia" by Sean Guillory (TheNation.com)

"Sex, Lies and HIV: When What You Don't Tell Your Partner Is a Crime" by Sergio Hernandez (Buzzfeed.com /ProPublica.org)

OUTSTANDING DIGITAL JOURNALISM -- MULTIMEDIA

"Bisexuals Get Their Turn in the White House" by Alyona Minkovski (Live.HuffingtonPost.com)

"Coming Out Kicking" by Cyd Zeigler (Outsports.com)

"Remixing the Trans and Hip Hop Conversation" by Marc Lamont Hill (Live.HuffingtonPost.com)

"To Get Married, They Left Ohio" by Julie Zimmerman on behalf of the Cincinnati Enquirer Editorial Board (Cincinnati.Com)

"We Are Here: LGBTI in Uganda" by Sunnivie Brydum, D. David Robinson (Advocate.com)

OUTSTANDING BLOG

Autostraddle (https://www.autostraddle.com)
Elixher (https://elixher.com/)
Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters (https://www.holybulliesandheadlessmonsters.blogspot.com/)
The New Civil Rights Movement (https://thenewcivilrightsmovement.com)
TransGriot (https://transgriot.blogspot.com/)

OUTSTANDING MUSIC ARTIST

Elton John, The Diving Board (Capitol Records)
Goldfrapp, Tales of Us (Mute)
Lady Gaga, ARTPOP (Interscope Records)
Tegan and Sara, Heartthrob (Warner Bros. Records)
Vampire Weekend, Modern Vampires of the City (XL Recordings)

OUTSTANDING COMIC BOOK

Batwoman, written by W. Haden Blackman, J.H. Williams III, Marc Andreyko(DC Comics)
Fearless Defenders, written by Cullen Bunn (Marvel Comics)
Husbands, written by Jane Espenson, Brad Bell (Dark Horse Comics)
Life With Archie, written by Paul Kupperberg (Archie Comics)
Young Avengers, written by Kieron Gillen (Marvel Comics)

25^th ANNUAL GLAAD MEDIA AWARDS SPANISH-LANGUAGE NOMINEES

OUTSTANDING NOVELA

Amores Verdaderos (Univision)

OUTSTANDING DAYTIME TALK SHOW EPISODE

"Entregando a Mi Nieta," Caso Cerrado (Telemundo)
"Exclusivas Declaraciones," Al Rojo Vivo (Telemundo)
"Matrimonios del Mismo Sexo: Entrevista con Daniel Zavala y Yohandel Ruiz," Un Nuevo Dia (Telemundo)
"Rachel," Casos de Familia (Univision)
"Una Pareja Gay Celebrara el Dia del Padre Luego de Luchar por Sus Derechos," Despierta America (Univision)

OUTSTANDING TALK SHOW INTERVIEW

"Debate por la Igualdad," Al Punto (Univision)
"Decision Historica," Sin Limites con Elizabeth Espinosa (CNN en Espanol)
"Homosexuales en la Delegacion de los EE.UU.,"Realidades en Contexto (CNN en Espanol)
"Karina Hermosillo Hablo de Sus Motivos en Nuestra Belleza Latina," Sabado Gigante (Univision)
"El Matrimonio, Asunto de Dos," Cala (CNN en Espanol)

OUTSTANDING TV JOURNALISM -- NEWSMAGAZINE

"Locutor Policia," Aqui y Ahora (Univision)
"Lucha por la Igualdad," Panorama Mundial (CNN en Espanol)
"El Pastor Homofobico," Primer Impacto (Univision)
"Rompiendo Estereotipos," Aqui y Ahora (Univision)

OUTSTANDING TV JOURNALISM SEGMENT

"El Caso Zamudio," Nuestro Mundo (CNN en Espanol)
"La Comunidad Gay Hispana se Siente Perseguida en los EEUU," Noticias Univision (Univision)
"Decision Historica," Noticiero Telemundo (Telemundo)
"Mayoria de Hispanos Aceptan Uniones Homosexuales," Noticiero NTN (NTN)
"Si nos Dejan: Adopciones Entre Parejas Gays," Noticias MundoFox (MundoFox)

OUTSTANDING LOCAL TV JOURNALISM

"Hasta que la Corte nos Una," Noticias Telemundo 51 (WSCV-5, Miami)
"Mi Nino es Nina: Familia en Florida Cuenta su Experiencia Criando a una Hija Transgenero," Noticias 23 Univision (WLTV-23, Miami)
"Natalia: Rompiendo Barreras," Noticiero Telemundo Arizona (KTAZ-39, Phoenix)
"Reportaje Especial: Derechos Homosexuales," Noticiero Telemundo Washington (WZDC-25, Washington, D.C.)
"Undocuqueers," Noticias Univision 34 (KMEX-34, Los Angeles)

OUTSTANDING NEWSPAPER ARTICLE

"Critican Homophobia de Prelate" by Juan Matossian (El Diario La Prensa)
"Desiguales por Imperativo Legal" by Jose Angel Gonzalo Garcia de Leon (Diario Las Americas)
"Un Nuevo Panorama Migratorio Para Miles de Parejas Gay" by Eloy Bleifuss Prados (Diario Hoy)
"Su Esposa la Hizo Residente" by Virginia Gaglianone (La Opinion)
"Transgeneros: Discriminados Tres Veces" by Belhu Sanabria (La Raza)

OUTSTANDING DIGITAL JOURNALISM ARTICLE

"Joven Birracial y Lesbiana es Pionera en Concurso de Belleza de EE.UU." (CNNenEspanol.cnn.com)

"Richard Blanco: El Poeta Latino y Gay que Conquisto a Barack Obama" by Daniel Basteiro (Voces.HuffingtonPost.com)

"Vive en California y ya se Prepara Para Casarse" by Maritza Diaz Alcaide (PrimeraHora.com)

OUTSTANDING DIGITAL JOURNALISM -- MULTIMEDIA

"Eric y Juan, un Matrimonio Feliz a Pesar de Todo" by Fernando Mexia (EFE.com)
"Karina Hermosillo, de 'Nuestra Belleza Latina,' es Lesbiana y no Tolera la Discriminacion" (PeopleEnEspanol.com)
"Karina Hermosillo de 'Nuestra Belleza Latina' Quiere ser la Primera Reina Gay (Voces.HuffingtonPost.com)
"Primera Pareja Gay Hispana Gana Residencia Permanente" (HolaCiudad.com)