Photos from the 21st Annual GLAAD Media Awards - New York

GLAAD Media Award recipients were announced in 24 media categories at the 21st Annual GLAAD Media Awards in New York presented by IBM and Prudential on March 13, 2010.

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Cynthia Nixon accepts the Vito Russo Award at the 21st Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Marriott Marquis in New York, March 13, 2010. © 2010 Dimitrios Kambouris/WireImage. All Rights Reserved.  

Joy Behar accepted the Excellence in Media Award at the 21st Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Marriott Marquis in New York, March 13, 2010. © 2010 Larry Busacca/WireImage. All Rights Reserved.  

Sigourney Weaver, star of Prayers for Bobby, which won the award for Outstanding TV Movie or Mini-Series at the 21st Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Marriott Marquis in New York, March 13, 2010. © 2010 Dimitrios Kambouris/WireImage. All Rights Reserved.  

Alan Cumming hosted the 21st Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Marriott Marquis in New York, March 13, 2010. © 2010 Dimitrios Kambouris/WireImage. All Rights Reserved.

Meredith Viera presented the Excellence in Media Award to her former The View co-host, Joy Behar, at the 21st Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Marriott Marquis in New York, March 13, 2010. © 2010 Dimitrios Kambouris/WireImage. All Rights Reserved.  

Dustin Lance Black presented the award for Outstanding Digital Journalism Article to “We Love You, This Won’t Change a Thing,” by John Buccigross (ESPN.com) and “Why Can’t You Just Butch Up? Gay Me, Effeminacy, and Our War with Ourselves,” by Brent Hartinger (AfterElton.com)at the 21st Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Marriott Marquis in New York, March 13, 2010. © 2010 Dimitrios Kambouris/WireImage. All Rights Reserved.  

Sandra Bernhard (l.) and Sarah Paulson (r.) presented the award for Outstanding TV Journalism Segment to “Why Will Won’t Pledge Alliegiance” American Morning (CNN) at the 21st Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Marriott Marquis in New York, March 13, 2010. © 2010 Larry Busacca/WireImage. All Rights Reserved.

GLAAD President Jarrett Barrios with Rosie Perez, who presented the award for Outstanding TV Movie or Mini-Series to Prayers for Bobby, at the 21st Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Marriott Marquis in New York, March 13, 2010. © 2010 Larry Busacca/WireImage. All Rights Reserved.  

Sex & the City director Michael Patrick King presented the Vito Russo Award to Cynthia Nixon at the 21st Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Marriott Marquis in New York, March 13, 2010. © 2010 Larry Busacca/WireImage. All Rights Reserved.  

The cast of Broadway’s Hair, which received Special Recognition, closed the show with “Let the Sun Shine In” at the 21st Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Marriott Marquis in New York, March 13, 2010. © 2010 Dimitrios Kambouris/WireImage. All Rights Reserved.  

Eleven-year-old Will Phillips (center) and CNN producer Beth Marengo (2nd from r.) accepted the award for Outstanding TV Journalism Segment for “Why Will Won’t Pledge Allegiance”American Morning (CNN), shown here with Will’s parents Jay and Laura (l.) and guest (r.) at the 21st Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Marriott Marquis in New York, March 13, 2010. © 2010 Larry Busacca/WireImage. All Rights Reserved.

Bryan Batt hosted the live auction at the 21st Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Marriott Marquis in New York, March 13, 2010. © 2010 Dimitrios Kambouris/WireImage. All Rights Reserved.  

Nigel Barker introduced GLAAD’s opening reel at the 21st Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Marriott Marquis in New York, March 13, 2010. © 2010 Dimitrios Kambouris/WireImage. All Rights Reserved.  

Jay Manuel and Jill Zarin introduced GLAAD’s opening reel at the 21st Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Marriott Marquis in New York, March 13, 2010. © 2010 Larry Busacca/WireImage. All Rights Reserved.  

 

Former MTV Networks President Brian Graden spoke on GLAAD’s new visual identity at the 21st Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Marriott Marquis in New York, March 13, 2010. © 2010 Dimitrios Kambouris/WireImage. All Rights Reserved.  

Prayers for Bobby executive producers Daniel Sladek (l.), and Chris Taaffe (r. holding award), with star Sigourney Weaver; and (far right) producer Damian Ganczewski at the 21st Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Marriott Marquis in New York, March 13, 2010. © 2010 Larry Busacca/WireImage. All Rights Reserved.

One Life to Live actor Scott Evans , writer Ron Carlivati and actor Brett Claywell (l-r) at the 21st Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Marriott Marquis in New York, March 13, 2010. © 2010 Dimitrios Kambouris/WireImage. All Rights Reserved.  

GLAAD President Jarrett Barrios (l.) with Michael Urie at the 21st Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Marriott Marquis in New York, March 13, 2010. © 2010 Larry Busacca/WireImage. All Rights Reserved.  

 

Brothers & Sisters writer Geoffrey Naults accepted the award for Outstanding Drama Series at the 21st Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Marriott Marquis in New York, March 13, 2010. © 2010 Dimitrios Kambouris/WireImage. All Rights Reserved.  

 

The Youth Pride Chorus performed at the 21st Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Marriott Marquis in New York, March 13, 2010. © 2010 Dimitrios Kambouris/WireImage. All Rights Reserved.  

 

Patrick Burke, brother of deceased openly gay hockey player Brendan Burke, and John Buccigross, who wrote “We Love You, This Won’t Change a Thing” (ESPN.com) accepted the award for Outstanding Digital Journalism Article at the 21st Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Marriott Marquis in New York, March 13, 2010. © 2010 Larry Busacca/WireImage. All Rights Reserved.

Vito Russo Award recipient Cynthia Nixon and Sigourney Weaver, star of Outstanding TV Movie or Mini-Series award recipient Prayers for Bobby, at the 21st Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Marriott Marquis in New York, March 13, 2010. © 2010 Larry Busacca/WireImage. All Rights Reserved.  

Alan Cumming hosted the 21st Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Marriott Marquis in New York, March 13, 2010. © 2010 Dimitrios Kambouris/WireImage. All Rights Reserved. 

Jill Zarin (l.) and Meredith Vieira (r.) at the 21st Annual GLAAD Medias at the Marriott Marquis in New York, March 13, 2010. © 2010 Larry Busacca/WireImage. All Rights Reserved. 

 

Members of Vogue Evolution, who competed on MTV’s America’s Best Dance Crew, with Sahara Davenport, at the 21st Annual GLAAD Medias at the Marriott Marquis in New York, March 13, 2010. © 2010 Dimitrios Kambouris/WireImage. All Rights Reserved.

Dustin Lance Black (l.) and Geoffrey Fletcher (r.) who wrote the screenplay for Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire, which is nominated for Outstanding Film – Wide Release, at the 21st Annual GLAAD Medias at the Marriott Marquis in New York, March 13, 2010. © 2010 Larry Busacca/WireImage. All Rights Reserved.

Gavin Creel accepted a Special Recognition Award for Hair at the 21st Annual GLAAD Medias at the Marriott Marquis in New York, March 13, 2010. © 2010 Dimitrios Kambouris/WireImage. All Rights Reserved.

John Hadity, Co-Chair of GLAAD’s National Board of Directors, with Elke Kennedy, founder of Sean’s Last Wish at the 21st Annual GLAAD Medias at the Marriott Marquis in New York, March 13, 2010. © 2010 Larry Busacca/WireImage. All Rights Reserved. 

Gerald McCullouch of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation with DJ Corey Craig at the 21st Annual GLAAD Medias at the Marriott Marquis in New York, March 13, 2010. © 2010 Dimitrios Kambouris/WireImage. All Rights Reserved. 

John Tartaglia at the 21st Annual GLAAD Medias at the Marriott Marquis in New York, March 13, 2010. © 2010 Dimitrios Kambouris/WireImage. All Rights Reserved. 

Eleven-year-old Will Phillips accepted the award for Outstanding TV Journalism Segment for “Why Will Won’t Pledge Allegiance” American Morning (CNN) at the 21st Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Marriott Marquis in New York, March 13, 2010. © 2010 Larry Busacca/WireImage. All Rights Reserved.

Brent Hartinger accepted the award for Outstanding Digital Journalism Article for "Why Can't You Just Butch Up? Gay Men, Effeminacy, and Our War with Ourselves" (AfterElton.com) at the 21st Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Marriott Marquis in New York, March 13, 2010. © 2010 Larry Busacca/WireImage. All Rights Reserved. 

LZ Granderson’s "McMackin's Slur Reveals Larger Problem" (ESPN.com) was nominated for Outstanding Digital Journalism Article at the 21st Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Marriott Marquis in New York, March 13, 2010. © 2010 Dimitrios Kambouris/WireImage. All Rights Reserved. 

Cyd Ziegler (r.), whose article “Former College Football Captain Was Openly Gay" (Outsports.com) was nominated for Outstanding Digital Journalism Article with the article’s subject, Brian Sims (l.), at the 21st Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Marriott Marquis in New York, March 13, 2010. © 2010 Dimitrios Kambouris/WireImage. All Rights Reserved. 

Project Runway contestant Maya Luz at the 21st Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Marriott Marquis in New York, March 13, 2010. © 2010 Dimitrios Kambouris/WireImage. All Rights Reserved. 

Ronnie Kroell and guest at the 21st Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Marriott Marquis in New York, March 13, 2010. © 2010 Dimitrios Kambouris/WireImage. All Rights Reserved. 

Emperor XVIII Tony Monteleone and Empress XXIII Anne Tique of the Imperial Court of New York at the 21st Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Marriott Marquis in New York, March 13, 2010. © 2010 Dimitrios Kambouris/WireImage. All Rights Reserved. 

Elliot Tiber, whose memoir ‘Taking Woodstock,’ inspired the film Taking Woodstock, which is nominated for Outstanding Film – Wide Release, at the 21st Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Marriott Marquis in New York, March 13, 2010. © 2010 Dimitrios Kambouris/WireImage. All Rights Reserved. 

GLAAD President Jarrett Barrios and his sons at the 21st Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Marriott Marquis in New York, March 13, 2010. © 2010 Larry Busacca/WireImage. All Rights Reserved. 

GLAAD President Jarrett Barrios at the 21st Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Marriott Marquis in New York, March 13, 2010. © 2010 Dimitrios Kambouris/WireImage. All Rights Reserved. 

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