Kim Cattrall, Kara Swisher, 'The Kids Are All Right' among GLAAD Media Award recipients in San Francisco, hosted by Glee's Naya Rivera
On Saturday night, GLAAD honored the media’s most outstanding images of the LGBT community at the GLAAD Media Awards in San Francisco, presented nationally by ROKK Vodka and locally by Southwest Airlines. Advocates, allies and celebrities joined host Naya Rivera (Glee) at the San Francisco Marriott Marquis to celebrate the people and stories that are moving Americans toward equality for all.
Golden Gate Award recipient Kim Cattrall
Golden Globe-winning actress Kim Cattrall was honored with the Golden Gate Award in recognition of her vocal support for the LGBT community. As Samantha Jones on HBO’s “Sex and the City,” Cattrall became a pop-culture icon who showed fans across the world that there’s nothing wrong with being who you are – especially when it comes to love. “Sex and the City” broke barriers for LGBT actors, characters and storylines, and Cattrall brought brilliant life and nuance to Samantha’s lesbian relationship with her girlfriend Maria – one of the few relationships Samantha took seriously. Additionally, Cattrall has spoken out publicly in support of marriage equality, and was featured on the cover of The Advocate in May 2008.
Local Hero Award recipient Kara Swisher
Additionally, tech writer Kara Swisher was honored with the Local Hero Award in recognition of her work to raise awareness about LGBT lives and issues, and AT&T was honored with the Corporate Leader Award in recognition of its long-standing and public commitment to LGBT employees and consumers.
Other winners included Focus Features’ “The Kids Are All Right” (accepted by writer/director Lisa Cholodenko), “8: The Mormon Proposition” (accepted by Academy Award-winner Dustin Lance Black) and Spanish-language recording artist Christian Chávez.
(Video and photos of the event will be posted in the coming days at www.glaad.org/mediaawards.)
Previous events were held in Los Angeles and New York, where GLAAD honored Ricky Martin, Kristin Chenoweth, Russell Simmons, Robert Greenblatt, “30 Rock,” “Glee,” “Modern Family” and “True Blood” among others.
To see a complete list of nominees and announced winners, click here.
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. GLAAD Media Award nominees were published, released or broadcast between January 1, 2010 and December 31, 2010.
To receive the latest updates on the GLAAD Media Awards, follow @glaad on Twitter and use the hashtag #glaadawards.
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I was deeply disappointed to learn that GLAAD honored the insipid, predictable, oppressive--not to mention stereotypical--movie "The Kids Are all Right." It is bad enough that women (ergo lesbians) are vastly underrepresented in the media, even though we comprise the majority of the world's population. But portraying lesbians--even those in committed relationships--sleeping with men only panders to male heterosexual male fantasies and the fears and ignorance about sexual orientation. "Ultimately, ALL women want a man," is the message. And it's subversive to our culture and our sexual orientations. It intimates that women are wishy-washy, even about their own sexuality; perpetuates the notion that men are somehow the preferred sexual partners for everyone; and implies that lesbians are unable to be faithful because they really all just want penile-vaginal intercourse.
Yes, sexuality is fluid for many people, but that doesn't justify the incessant portrayal of lesbians in mainstream media including a romp in the hay with a man. My sexuality isn't a whim. I have not wanted to sleep with a penis or its owner since the minute I realized my true orientation (nearly 20 years now). As a matter of fact, not one partner of the 30 lesbian couples I know has cheated with a man. Yet over and over, these are the depictions I see of "my people" in the media. It is as derogatory as it is trite. I am nonplussed that GLAAD has honored this film. Don't forget: Even though the "L" in GLAAD comes second, it does stand for "lesbian"--a group you are supposed to represent and protect.
For anyone who thinks I am being unreasonable, think about this: Would "Birdcage" have been the same if Nathan Lane and Dianne Wiest had slept together? Would "The Notebook" been as acclaimed if Ryan Gosling had slept with a guy while Rachel McAdams was trying to make up her mind?
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