ABC, Lifetime Among Winners of GLAAD Media Awards
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Filed at 7:27 a.m. ET

NEW YORK (AP) -- Joy Behar, Cynthia Nixon and the ABC drama series ''Brothers & Sisters'' are among this year's recipients of media awards from the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation.

Presented Saturday in New York, winners of the 21st Annual GLAAD Media Awards also include the NBC sitcom ''Parks and Recreation,'' MSNBC's ''The Rachel Maddow Show,'' the Lifetime network film ''Prayers for Bobby'' and a report on CNN's ''American Morning'' program called ''Why Will Won't Pledge Allegiance.''

The ABC daytime drama ''One Life to Live'' and an episode of ''The Oprah Winfrey Show'' were also recognized, as were the Spanish-language networks Univision and Telemundo.

Among winners in nonelectronic media, The New York Times was awarded for overall outstanding newspaper coverage, and Detective Comics was named outstanding comic book.

''Sex and the City'' star Nixon was honored with the Vito Russo Award, which is named after a founding member of GLAAD and is presented to a gay media professional who has made a significant difference in promoting equal rights for the gay community.

Behar, a co-host of ABC's ''The View,'' received the Excellence in Media Award.

The GLAAD Media Awards salute fair, accurate and inclusive representation of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community and the issues that affect their lives in the media. The remainder of this year's awards -- chosen from a total of 152 nominees in 32 categories -- will be presented at ceremonies held in Los Angeles and San Francisco in April and June, respectively.




Award Recipients for the 21st Annual GLAAD Media Awards - New York

GLAAD Media Award recipients were announced in 24 of this year's 32 media categories at the 21st Annual GLAAD Media Awards presented in New York by IBM and Prudential at the Marriott Marquis on Saturday night. Additional awards will be presented in Los Angeles on April 17 at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza, and in San Francisco on June 5 at the Westin St. Francis.

Awards Presented on Stage
Outstanding Drama Series Outstanding TV Movie
or Mini-Series Outstanding TV Journalism Segment Outstanding Digital Journalism Article

Brothers and Sisters
(ABC) Prayers for Bobby
(Lifetime) "Why Will Won't Pledge Allegiance"
American Morning
(CNN)

Two-Way Tie:
"'We Love You, This Won't Change a Thing'"
by John Buccigross (ESPN.com)

"Why Can't You Just Butch Up? Gay Men, Effeminacy, and Our War with Ourselves"
by Brent Hartinger
(AfterElton.com)
English-Language Awards Announced in New York

* Outstanding Film-Limited Release: Little Ashes (Regent Releasing)
* Outstanding Individual Episode: "Pawnee Zoo" Parks and Recreation (NBC)
* Outstanding Daily Drama: One Life to Live (ABC)
* Outstanding Talk Show Episode: "Ellen DeGeneres and Her Wife, Portia de Rossi" The Oprah Winfrey Show (syndicated)
* Outstanding TV Journalism – Newsmagazine: "Uganda Be Kidding Me" (series) The Rachel Maddow Show (MSNBC)
* Outstanding Newspaper Article: "Kept From a Dying Partner's Bedside" by Tara Parker-Pope (The New York Times )
* Outstanding Newspaper Columnist: Frank Rich (The New York Times )
* Outstanding Newspaper Overall Coverage: The New York Times
* Outstanding Magazine Article: "Coming Out in Middle School" by Benoit Denizet-Lewis (The New York Times Magazine )
* Outstanding Magazine Overall Coverage: The Advocate
* Outstanding Comic Book: Detective Comics by Greg Rucka (DC Comics)
* Outstanding New York Theater: Broadway & Off–Broadway: A Boy and His Soul by Colman Domingo
* Outstanding New York Theater: Off–Off Broadway: She Like Girls by Chisa Hutchinson

Spanish-Language Awards Announced in New York

* Outstanding Novela: Más Sabe el Diablo (Telemundo)
* Outstanding Daytime Talk Show Episode: "Adopción gay: un tema muy controversial" Paparazzi TV Sensacional (MegaTV)
* Outstanding Talk Show Interview: "Realidades de ser gay en la tercera edad" El Show de Cristina (Univision)
* Outstanding TV Journalism – Newsmagazine: TIE: "En el cuerpo equivocado" Primer Impact o (Univision) & "Damas gracias: Entrevista con Eva Leivas-Andino" Al Rojo Vivo (Telemundo)
* Outstanding Newspaper Article: "Mas familias de dos papás o dos mamas" by Pilar Marrero (La Opinión )
* Outstanding Magazine Article: "Del odio a la justicia" by Lena Hansen (People en Español )
* Outstanding Digital Journalism Article: "Saliendo del clóset: Cómo enfrentarlo en familia" by Fernanda Martínez (Univision.com)