GLAAD has issued a press release announcing the 20th Annual GLAAD Media Awards. They feature that Clay Aiken will be presenting the Excellence in Media Award to Tyra Banks. Tyra Banks and Suze Orman to be Honored at 20th Annual GLAAD Media Awards Presented by IBM in New York The Gay & Lesbian Al...

There's a mini-storm of controversy sweeping the gay blogosphere regarding the use of the word "tranny" to describe a broad range of gender nonconforming people - transsexuals, drag queens, cross-dressers, etc. The use of the word is being vigorously objected to by some trans folks and their support...

For years, the GLAAD Media Awards was a constant thorn in our side, as the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation routinely ignored the gay film industry and gay media in an attempt to stuff their awards ceremonies with A-List (read: whoever will show up) actors. Fortunately, President Neil Giu...

The Oscar nominated "Milk" is the likely winner among the five more widely released films competing for top honors from gay and lesbian media watchdog GLAAD. The other four GLADD Awards nominees — the critically rejected remake of "Brideshead Revisited"; "Nick & Norah'...

The GLAAD nominations are in, here . Interesting notes: * Why don't they honor blogs, as opposed to Outstanding Digital Journalism? (And what's a "newspaper?") * For Outstanding Magazine Overall Coverage, only one specifically gay magazine was recognized (the best of them, The Advo...

The GLAAD staffers are dusting off their tuxes and chilling the champagne. But don't get too excited -- it's not because we've achieved marriage equality in all fifty states and so their every weekend is now a gay nuptial bonanza. No, no -- it's simply GLAAD Media Award time, the annual part of the ...

As you know, I am a total film festival geek, so when I heard back in December that a movie I co-wrote and associate produced was going to be screened at a fancy “name” film festival like Slamdance, well…I was kinda blown away. And after spending five plus days in Park City, Utah e...

Last week KABC-TV in Los Angeles refused to run pro-gay family PSA's from Get To Know Us First during the inauguration, saying the clips were "too controversial." After the intervention of GLAAD, the station has relented and will now run the commercials. Via GLAAD's press release: Los Angeles televi...

GLAAD has posted another in their series of interviews with the cast of "The Real World: Brooklyn," with their latest featuring former military man Ryan and extremely metrosexual Mormon Chet. They are representatives of the precious "movable middle" with whom we in the queer community so desperately...

Many of you have wondered if the eccentric douchebag featured recently in our Sundance quotes roundup was none other than newly minted faux-idiot Joaquin Phoenix. Let's examine the evidence! First......