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Wednesday, May 22, 2013
3:07pm

Nominations for the 3rd Annual Critics' Choice Television Awards were announced this morning and several out actors, characters and LGBT-inclusive series were honored. The award recipients will be announced on June 10 at a ceremony at the Beverly Hills Hotel hosted by Retta (Parks and Recreation).

12/13/12

Nominees for the 70th Annual Golden Globe Awards were announced this morning in Hollywood and several out actors and LGBT-inclusive series and characters are being recognized.

12/12/12

The nominations for the 44th Annual NAACP Image Awards were announced this week and the nominees include several LGBT-inclusive series and out characters.

12/12/12

Nominations for the 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards were announced this morning and several out actors and LGBT-inclusive series were honored.

12/11/12

Shonda Rhimes, the creator of such shows as Grey’s Anatomy, Private Practice and Scandal and winner of the 2012 Gold Gate Award, defended her decision to feature gay and lesbian characters on her shows after receiving a tweet asking why they were so prominent.

12/10/12

Josh Kilmer-Purcell and Brent Ridge, best known as The Faboulous Beekman Boys, won CBS’s The Amazing Race’s $1 million grand prize last night as the couple crossed the finish line in New York City.

12/09/12

Mexican American superstar Jenni Rivera, who was an ally for LGBT equality, died in a plane accident December 9.

12/07/12

Every week, The GLAAD Wrap brings you LGBT-related entertainment news highlights, fresh stuff to watch out for, and fun diversions to help you kick off the weekend.

12/06/12

In the Life, the longest running television series highlighting LGBT issues and culture, this month airs their final episode “Beyond the Rhetoric,” as well as a farewell special highlighting their 20 years of programming.

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09/04/12

In a new profile in The New York, the Wachowski siblings discuss the making of their new film, Cloud Atlas, and Lana's transition.

09/04/12

Stevie Wonder has issued a statement clarifying comments he had made about the R&B singer Frank Ocean, who recen

08/27/12

Singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright wed his partner of five years, theater producer Jorn Weisbrodt, Thursday in a New York ceremony officiated by transgender artist Mx. Justin Vivian Bond.

08/24/12

The starring couple of this week’s “Hit and Run,” Dax Shepard and Kristen Bell, have yet to say “I do” after a two-year engagement. But the pair recently told CNN that they do want to get married - it’s just that they’re intent on waiting to tie the knot when their gay friends have that right, too.

08/23/12

"Let's Have a Little Fun Today" pipes through Ellen DeGeneres' 300-seat theater on the Warner Bros. lot, which on this mid-May afternoon feels more dance party than soundstage.

08/23/12

For years, anti-gay epithets and sentiments in rap have largely been accepted, along with its frequent misogyny and violence, as part of the hip-hop culture – a culture that has been slow to change, even as gays enjoy more mainstream acceptance, particularly in entertainment. But while perhaps glacial, a shift appears to be on the horizon.

08/22/12

Glee actor Jonathan Groff says he was not fazed by Ramin Satoodeh’s article saying he was unconvincing as a straight character, in a new interview with the L.A. Times:

08/21/12

Freddie Smith is thrilled at the new storyline coming to the venerable daytime soap opera, “Days Of Our Lives” (DOOL) on NBC.

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