The 29th Annual GLAAD Media Awards revealed the remainder of this year’s winners in New York at a ceremony hosted Ross Mathews. The Academy Award-winning Call Me By Your Name won Outstanding Film while Handmaid’s Tale actress Samira Wiley was honored with the Vito Russo Award and trailblazing filmmaker Ava DuVernay received the Excellence in Media Award.
The Special Recognition Award was given to Gloria Carter, the mother of Jay Z, for the rapper’s song “Smile,” a groundbreaking track where she came out as a lesbian. Other winners of the evening included Last Week Tonight with John Oliver as well as the documentary Gender Revolution: A Journey with Katie Couric.
This year’s ceremony kicked off with a performance of new rendition of “I’m the Only One” from Melissa Etheridge and Adam Lambert to celebrate the 25 year anniversary of Etheridge’s breakthrough album Yes I Am.
The Special Recognition Award was given to Gloria Carter, the mother of Jay Z, for the rapper’s song “Smile,” a groundbreaking track where she came out as a lesbian. Other winners of the evening included Last Week Tonight with John Oliver as well as the documentary Gender Revolution: A Journey with Katie Couric.
This year’s ceremony kicked off with a performance of new rendition of “I’m the Only One” from Melissa Etheridge and Adam Lambert to celebrate the 25 year anniversary of Etheridge’s breakthrough album Yes I Am.
- 5/6/2018
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- Deadline Film + TV
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