GLAAD Media Award recipients were announced in seven of this year's 41 media categories at the 20th Annual GLAAD Media Awards in Los Angeles presented by IBM and ABSOLUT® Vodka on April 18, 2009. Additional awards were presented in New York on March 28 and will be presented in San Francisco on May 9.
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Kathy Griffin received the Vanguard Award at the 20th Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles, April 18, 2009. © 2009 Jordan Strauss/WireImage. All Rights Reserved.
(l. – r.) Cleve Jones and Dustin Lance Black presented the Stephen F. Kolzak Award to Bishop Gene Robinson at the 20th Annual GLAAD Media Awards with GLAAD President Neil G. Giuliano (r.) at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles, April 18, 2009. © 2009 Jeff Vespa/WireImage. All Rights Reserved.
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Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi accepted the award for Outstanding Talk Show Episode for “Ellen & Portia’s Wedding Day” on The Ellen DeGeneres Show at the 20th Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles, April 18, 2009. © 2009 Jeff Vespa/WireImage. All Rights Reserved.
(l. – r.) Director Gus Van Sant, screenwriter Dustin Lance Black, producer Dan Jinks and producer Bruce Cohen accepted the award for Outstanding Film – Wide Release for Milk at the 20th Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles, April 18, 2009. © 2009 Jeff Vespa/WireImage. All Rights Reserved.
(l. – r.) Dana Delaney, Teri Hatcher, Brenda Strong and Andrea Bowen accepted the award with Marc Cherry for Outstanding Comedy Series for Desperate Housewives at the 20th Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles, April 18, 2009. © 2009 Jeff Vespa/WireImage. All Rights Reserved.
(l. – r.) Jennifer Beals, show creator Ilene Chaiken, Katherine Moennig and Leisha Hailey accepted a Special Recognition Award for The L Word at the 20th Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles, April 18, 2009. © 2009 Vince Bucci/WireImage. All Rights Reserved.
Jessica Alba presented the award for Outstanding Film – Wide Release at the 20th Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles, April 18, 2009. © 2009 Vince Bucci/WireImage. All Rights Reserved.
Kathy Griffin received the Vanguard Award at the 20th Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles, April 18, 2009. © 2009 Vince Bucci/WireImage. All Rights Reserved.
Bill Paxton and Teri Hatcher presented the award for Outstanding Individual Episode (in a series without an LGBT character) at the 20th Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles, April 18, 2009. © 2009 Vince Bucci/WireImage. All Rights Reserved.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Megan Mullally accepted the award for Outstanding Individual Episode (in a series without an LGBT character) for "Unidentified Funk" The New Adventures of Old Christine at the 20th Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles, April 18, 2009. © 2009 Jeff Vespa/WireImage. All Rights Reserved.
Kate Walsh and Alec Mapa presented the award for Outstanding Comedy Series at the 20th Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles, April 18, 2009. © 2009 Vince Bucci/WireImage. All Rights Reserved.
Miss Coco Peru hosted the 20th Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles, April 18, 2009. © 2009 Vince Bucci/WireImage. All Rights Reserved.
Wilson Cruz and Justina Machado presented the award for Outstanding Spanish-Language TV Journalism – Newsmagazine at the 20th Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles, April 18, 2009. © 2009 Vince Bucci/WireImage. All Rights Reserved.
Marc Cherry, with GLAAD President Neil G. Giuliano, accepted the award for Outstanding Comedy Series for Desperate Housewives at the 20th Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles, April 18, 2009. © 2009 Jeff Vespa/WireImage. All Rights Reserved.
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T.R. Knight, backstage with Kate Walsh, presented the Vanguard Award to Kathy Griffin at the 20th Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles, April 18, 2009. © 2009 Jeff Vespa/WireImage. All Rights Reserved.
Cheyenne Jackson performedat the 20th Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles, April 18, 2009. © 2009 Vince Bucci/WireImage. All Rights Reserved.
Joely Fisher presented the award for Outstanding Talk Show Episode at the 20th Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles, April 18, 2009. © 2009 Vince Bucci/WireImage. All Rights Reserved.
(l. – r.) Executive Producer Kari Lizer, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Megan Mullally and Clark Gregg accepted the award for Outstanding Individual Episode (in a series without a LGBT character) for “Unidentified Funk” The New Adventures of Old Christine at the 20th Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles, April 18, 2009. © 2009 Vince Bucci/WireImage. All Rights Reserved.
Alan Cumming presented a Special Recognition Award to The L Word at the 20th Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles, April 18, 2009. © 2009 Vince Bucci/WireImage. All Rights Reserved.
(l. – r.) Amber Stevens, Scott Michael Foster, Paul James and Spencer Grammer of Greek announced that Secrets of the Trade was the award recipient for Outstanding Los Angeles Theatre at the 20th Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles, April 18, 2009. © 2009 Vince Bucci/WireImage. All Rights Reserved.
George Takei and Nichelle Nichols presented a Special Recognition Award to Prop 8: The Musical (FunnyorDie.com) at the 20th Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles, April 18, 2009. © 2009 Vince Bucci/WireImage. All Rights Reserved.
Jennifer Holliday performedat the 20th Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles, April 18, 2009. © 2009 Vince Bucci/WireImage. All Rights Reserved.
Tuc Watkins and Kevin Rahm accepted the award for Outstanding Comedy Series for Desperate Housewives at the 20th Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles, April 18, 2009. © 2009 Jeff Vespa/WireImage. All Rights Reserved.
Bebe Zahara Benet, winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race at the 20th Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles, April 18, 2009. © 2009 Jeff Vespa/WireImage. All Rights Reserved.
Univision producer Belissa Morillo and Monica Zapata, sister of murdered transgender teenager Angie Zapata, accepted the award for Outstanding Spanish-Language TV Journalism – Newsmagazine for "A juzgar por las apariencias" y "En otro cuerpo" Aquí y Ahoraat the 20th Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles, April 18, 2009. © 2009 Jeff Vespa/WireImage. All Rights Reserved.Download hi-resolution image.
Jennifer Beals accepted a Special Recognition Award for The L Word at the 20th Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles, April 18, 2009. © 2009 Jordan Strauss/WireImage. All Rights Reserved.
Kyle MacLachlan accepted the award for Outstanding Comedy Series for Desperate Housewives at the 20th Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles, April 18, 2009. © 2009 Jeff Vespa/WireImage. All Rights Reserved.
Bruno Tonioli introduced a performance by Cheyenne Jackson at the 20th Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles, April 18, 2009. © 2009 Jordan Strauss/WireImage. All Rights Reserved.
David Furnish, husband of Elton John, at the 20th Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles, April 18, 2009. © 2009 Vince Bucci/WireImage. All Rights Reserved.
(l. – r.) Robert Gant, Thea Gill and Peter Paige of Queer As Folk presented a review of LGBT media images of the past 20 years at the 20th Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles, April 18, 2009. © 2009 Jeff Vespa/WireImage. All Rights Reserved.
The Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles and Miss Coco Peru performed Prop 8: The Musical which received a Special Recognition Award at the 20th Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles, April 18, 2009. © 2009 Vince Bucci/WireImage. All Rights Reserved.
Adam Shankman accepted a Special Recognition Award for Prop 8: The Musical at the 20th Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles, April 18, 2009. © 2009 Vince Bucci/WireImage. All Rights Reserved.
George Takei and husband Brad Altman at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles, April 18, 2009. © 2009 Jordan Strauss/WireImage. All Rights Reserved.
Creator and Producer Ilene Chaiken, who accepted a Special Recognition Award for The L Word, with GLAAD President Neil G. Giuliano at the 20th Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles, April 18, 2009. © 2009 Jeff Vespa/WireImage. All Rights Reserved.
Jeff Lewis and Ryan Brown of Flipping Out at the 20th Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles, April 18, 2009. © 2009 Jeff Vespa/WireImage. All Rights Reserved.
Rebecca Gayheart at the 20th Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles, April 18, 2009. © 2009 Vince Bucci/WireImage. All Rights Reserved.
Randolph Duke at the 20th Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles, April 18, 2009. © 2009 Vince Bucci/WireImage. All Rights Reserved.
Greg Grunberg at the 20th Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles, April 18, 2009. © 2009 Vince Bucci/WireImage. All Rights Reserved.
Jensen Atwood of Noah’s Arc – Jumping the Broom at the 20th Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles, April 18, 2009. © 2009 Jeff Vespa/WireImage. All Rights Reserved.
Darryl Stephens of Noah’s Arc – Jumping the Broom at the 20th Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles, April 18, 2009. © 2009 Jeff Vespa/WireImage. All Rights Reserved.
Jane Lynch presented a trailer of the upcoming FOX show Glee during the Young Adult After-Party at the 20th Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles, April 18, 2009. © 2009 Jeff Vespa/WireImage. All Rights Reserved.
Kate Walsh and Rebecca Gayheartat the 20th Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles, April 18, 2009. © 2009 Vince Bucci/WireImage. All Rights Reserved.
Chad Allen at the 20th Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles, April 18, 2009. © 2009 Jordan Strauss/WireImage. All Rights Reserved.
Kathy Griffin, who accepted the Vanguard Award, with Robert Verdi at the 20th Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles, April 18, 2009. © 2009 Nick Vespa/WireImage. All Rights Reserved.
Brad Rowe of Shelter at the 20th Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles, April 18, 2009. © 2009 Jordan Strauss/WireImage. All Rights Reserved.
Trevor Wright of Shelter at the 20th Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles, April 18, 2009. © 2009 Jeff Vespa/WireImage. All Rights Reserved.
Rex Lee at the 20th Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles, April 18, 2009. © 2009 Jordan Strauss/WireImage. All Rights Reserved.
Mary Murphy at the 20th Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles, April 18, 2009. © 2009 Vince Bucci/WireImage. All Rights Reserved.
Ileana Douglas and Cheri Oteri at the 20th Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles, April 18, 2009. © 2009 Jeff Vespa/WireImage. All Rights Reserved.
Christian Vincent of Noah’s Arc – Jumping the Broom at the 20th Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles, April 18, 2009. © 2009 Vince Bucci/WireImage. All Rights Reserved.
Gabriel Romero of Dante’s Cove and Lupe Ontiveros of Sordid Lives with GLAAD President Neil G. Giuliano at the 20th Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles, April 18, 2009. © 2009 Jeff Vespa/WireImage. All Rights Reserved.
Mandy Musgrave and Adam Cohen of South of Nowhere at the 20th Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles, April 18, 2009. © 2009 Jordan Strauss/WireImage. All Rights Reserved.
Jennia Fredrique of Noah’s Arc – Jumping the Broom at the 20th Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles, April 18, 2009. © 2009 Jeff Vespa/WireImage. All Rights Reserved.
Naoki Mori of Torchwood at the 20th Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles, April 18, 2009. © 2009 Vince Bucci/WireImage. All Rights Reserved.
Patrik-Ian Polk, Director of Noah’s Arc – Jumping the Broom, at the 20th Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles, April 18, 2009. © 2009 Jeff Vespa/WireImage. All Rights Reserved.
Jennifer Elise Cox at the 20th Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles, April 18, 2009. © 2009 Jordan Strauss/WireImage. All Rights Reserved.
Director Maurice Jamal at the 20th Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles, April 18, 2009. © 2009 Jeff Vespa/WireImage. All Rights Reserved.
DJ Tracy Young at the 20th Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles, April 18, 2009. © 2009 Vince Bucci/WireImage. All Rights Reserved.
The Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles with Adam Shankman who accepted a Special Recognition Award for Prop 8: The Musical at the 20th Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles, April 18, 2009. © 2009 Jeff Vespa/WireImage. All Rights Reserved. A high-resolution copy of this image may be purchased from WireImage.com. LGBT media outlets may contact Rich Ferraro to request a high resolution image at ferraro@glaad.org or by calling 646-871-8011.
GLAAD President Neil G. Giuliano at the 20th Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles, April 18, 2009. © 2009 Vince Bucci/WireImage. All Rights Reserved. A high-resolution copy of this image may be purchased from WireImage.com. LGBT media outlets may contact Rich Ferraro to request a high resolution image at ferraro@glaad.org or by calling 646-871-8011.
Bishop Gene Robinson, who received a standing ovation from the audience while accepting the Stephen F. Kolzak Award at the 20th Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles, April 18, 2009. © 2009 Vince Bucci/WireImage. All Rights Reserved. A high-resolution copy of this image may be purchased from WireImage.com. LGBT media outlets may contact Rich Ferraro to request a high resolution image at ferraro@glaad.org or by calling 646-871-8011.
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