The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), the nation’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBTQ) media advocacy and anti-defamation organization, announced today the nominees for its 23rd Annual GLAAD Media Awards and TWO SPIRITS was among them!
By recognizing and honoring media for outstanding images of the LGBTQ community, the GLAAD Media Awards serve as a benchmark for the media industry and complement GLAAD’s work to bring LGBTQ images and stories to Americans.
The GLAAD Media Awards recognize and honor media for their fair, accurate and inclusive representations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community and the issues that affect their lives.
“As media continue to tell new stories about LGBTQ people and families, a majority of Americans now support full equality of LGBTQ Americans,” said Mike Thompson, GLAAD’s Acting President. “This year’s nominees enlighten and entertain, while spotlighting the diversity of our community. Audiences expect to see their own worlds reflected in media, and today more than ever, those include the lives of LGBTQ people. Viewers know that LGBTQ characters and stories are simply natural extensions of, and glimpses into, their own experiences from across America.”
A complete list of GLAAD Media Awards nominees is available at www.glaad.org/mediaaawards.