22nd GLAAD Media Awards


The 22nd GLAAD Media Awards was the 2011 annual presentation of the GLAAD Media Awards presented by the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. The awards seek to honor films, television shows, musicians and works of journalism that fairly and accurately represent the LGBT community and issues relevant to the community. The 22nd annual award ceremonies included 114 nominees in 23 English-language categories and 33 nominees in 9 Spanish-language categories.
The awards were presented in three separate shows; at the Mariott Marquis in New York City on March 19, 2011, at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles on April 10, 2011 and at the San Francisco Marriott Marquis in San Francisco on May 14, 2011.

Winners and nominees

Winners are presented in bold.

English-language categories

Outstanding Film - Wide Release
Outstanding Film - Limited Release
Outstanding Drama Series
Outstanding Comedy Series
  • Glee - Fox
  • Modern Family - ABC
  • GREEK - ABC Family
  • Nurse Jackie - Showtime
  • United States of Tara - Showtime
Outstanding Individual Episode
Outstanding Documentary
Outstanding Reality Program
  • The Fabulous Beekman Boys - Planet Green
  • Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys - Sundance Channel
  • Project Runway - Lifetime
  • ' - Bravo
  • TRANSform Me - VH1

Outstanding Music Artist

Outstanding Talk Show Episode
  • "Constance McMillen" - The Ellen DeGeneres Show
  • "Neil Patrick Harris" - The Talk
  • "Rebuilding Home After Tragedy: The Seth Walsh Story" - The Nate Berkus Show
  • "Ricky Martin Coming Out as a Gay Man and a New Dad" - The Oprah Winfrey Show
  • "Transgender Kids: Too Young to Decide?" - The Dr. Oz Show
Outstanding TV Journalism - Newsmagazine
  • "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" - The Rachel Maddow Show
  • "Gay Teen Suicides" - Anderson Cooper 360
  • "Katie Miller: Don't Ask, Don't Tell" - Outside the Lines
  • "Olson and Boies on Same-Sex Marriage" - Bill Moyers Journal
  • "Transitions" - Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel
Outstanding TV Journalism Segment
  • "Don't Ask…" - CBS Sunday Morning
  • "Fort Worth Speech" - The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell
  • "Gay Teens Talk Their Truth" - CNN Newsroom
  • "Images of Protest" - ABC World News with Diane Sawyer
  • "Mom, Dad… I'm Coming Out" - Today
Outstanding Newspaper Article
  • "Coming Out, Fitting In" by Rosemary Winters
  • "D.C. Gay Couple Caps a Momentous First by Tying the Knot" by Monica Hesse
  • "Rutgers Student Tyler Clementi's Suicide Spurs Action Across U.S." by Judy Peet
  • "A Tragic Love Story" by Steve Friess
  • "Worlds Apart" by Lauren Smiley
Outstanding Newspaper Columnist
Outstanding Newspaper Overall Coverage
  • Atlanta Journal Constitution
  • Denver Post
  • Los Angeles Times
  • The New York Times
  • The Salt Lake Tribune
Outstanding Magazine Article
  • "All That's Left is God" by Michelle Theall
  • "'I Was Scared to Sleep': LGBT Youth Face Violence Behind Bars" by Daniel Redman
  • "It’s a Shocking Trend: Gay Teens Being Bullied to the Point of Suicide" by Kenneth Miller
  • "Just Another Girl " by Genevieve Field
  • "What Happens When You Find the One...And He's Nothing – Nothing – Like You Expected?" by Allison Cooper
Outstanding Magazine Overall Coverage
Outstanding Digital Journalism Article
  • "The Camera in the Closet: Gay Service Members Speak Out to ABC News About Don't Ask, Don't Tell" by Mary Kathryn Burke
  • "'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Hurts African-American Women the Most" by Lynette Holloway
  • "Ice Cracks Beneath Weir's Critics" by LZ Granderson
  • "View From Washington" by Kerry Eleveld
  • "Wrestler Hudson Taylor a Champion for Gay Rights" by Jim Buzinski
Outstanding Digital Journalism - Multimedia
  • "Bridal Bliss: Aisha and Danielle" by Bobbi Misick
  • "Censoring Wojnarowicz"
  • "A Gay Family Album"
  • "Kicked Out But Ready to Go Back" by Jon Groat
Outstanding Blog
Outstanding Comic Book
Outstanding Los Angeles Theater
Outstanding New York Theater: Broadway & Off-Broadway
Outstanding New York Theater: Off-Off Broadway
Outstanding Novela
Outstanding Music Artist
Outstanding Daytime Talk Show Episode
Outstanding Talk Show Interview
Outstanding TV Journalism – Newsmagazine
Outstanding TV Journalism Segment
Outstanding Newspaper Article
Outstanding Magazine Article
Outstanding Digital Journalism Article