GLAAD's Media Award Nominees Include Everything From 'Carol' To 'NCIS'

This morning, GLAAD announced the nominations for its 2016 Media Awards, which are bestowed annually to films, TV shows, music, and journalism that provide “fair, accurate and inclusive representations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community and the issues that affect their lives.” Some of the nominations could’ve been seen from a mile away: Carol, The Danish Girl, Freeheld, Dope, and Grandma, all of which boast one or two LGBTQ central characters, are nominated for Outstanding Film — Wide Release; Grace and Frankie, Orange Is the New Black, and Transparent are among the Outstanding Comedy Series noms; and Sense8, The Fosters, and Orphan Black are nominated for Best Drama Series.

But there are some surprises here, as well. The Outstanding Film — Limited Release category includes small, transgender-actress-starring indies like Sean Baker’s Tangerine and Eric Schaeffer’s Boy Meets Girl, both of which were critically lauded, but otherwise ignored by the big awards ceremonies. NCIS: New Orleans is nominated for an episode entitled “Rock-a-Bye-Baby,” which a Christian Post recap informs me follows a gay navy commander whose daughter is kidnapped by a Chinese government spy? Also, Normal NCIS, sans extra city qualifier, is nominated for “We Build, We Fight,” which the NCIS wiki explains is about another gay navy lieutenant, but this time, one who gets murdered. Very much looking forward to NCIS: Gay Navy Commander.

The full list of nominees, via Vulture, is below:

Outstanding Film — Wide Release
Carol
The Danish Girl
Dope
Freeheld
Grandma

Outstanding Film — Limited Release
52 Tuesdays
Appropriate Behavior
Boy Meets Girl
Drunktown’s Finest
Tangerine

Outstanding Comedy Series
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Faking It
Grace and Frankie
Looking
Master of None
Modern Family
Orange Is the New Black
Please Like Me
Transparent
Vicious

Outstanding Drama Series
Arrow
Black Sails
Empire
The Fosters
Grey’s Anatomy
How to Get Away with Murder
Nashville
Orphan Black
Sense8
Shameless

Outstanding Individual Episode (in a Series Without an LGBT Character)
“Gender,” The Carmichael Show
“Please Don’t Ask, Please Don’t Tell,” Black-ish
“The Prince of Nucleotides,” Royal Pains
“Rock-a-Bye-Baby,” NCIS: New Orleans
“We Build, We Fight,” NCIS

Outstanding TV Movie or Limited Series
Banana
Bessie
Cucumber

Outstanding Documentary
Kumu Hina
Limited Partnership
Mala Mala
Tab Hunter Confidential
Tig

Outstanding Reality Program
I Am Cait
I Am Jazz
New Girls on the Block
The Prancing Elites
Transcendent

Outstanding Daily Drama
The Bold and the Beautiful

Outstanding Music Artist
Brandi Carlile
Miley Cyrus
Adam Lambert
Le1f
Troye Sivan

Outstanding Comic Book
Angela: Queen of Hel
Harley Quinn
Lumberjanes
Midnighter
The Wicked + The Divine

Outstanding Talk-Show Episode
“Alison Bechdel,” Late Night with Seth Meyers
“Aydian Dowling,” The Ellen DeGeneres Show
“Janet Mock,” Super Soul Sunday
“Jazz Jennings,” The Meredith Vieira Show
“Transgender Rights,” Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Outstanding TV Journalism — Newsmagazine
“Bruce Jenner: The Interview,” 20/20
“The Courage Game,” SportsCenter
“Dividing the United Methodist Church,” To the Contrary
“Showdown in Indiana: The Battle Over Religious Rights,” CNN Special Report
True Life: I’m Genderqueer

Outstanding TV-Journalism Segment
“Interview with Jim Obergefell,” Anderson Cooper 360
“Mary Bonauto on Her SCOTUS Victory,” The Rachel Maddow Show
“Nicholas Coppola: Gay & Catholic,” America Tonight
“Pushing for Equality for Transgender People,” Melissa Harris-Perry
“Toddler Plays Role in Marriage Equality Case,” MSNBC Live With Thomas Roberts

Outstanding Newspaper Article
“Cold Case: The Murders of Cosby and Jackson” by Dianna Wray, Houston Press
“Gay and Transgender Catholics Urge Pope Francis to Take a Stand” by Laurie Goodstein, the New York Times
“Meet Dr. Levine, the State’s Top Doc” by Michael A. Fuoco, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
“Navy’s First Openly Gay SEAL Builds His Life Anew” by David Zucchino, Los Angeles Times
“Transgender Today” series, the New York Times

Outstanding Magazine Article
“Behind Brazil’s Gay Pride Parades, a Struggle With Homophobic Violence” by Oscar Lopez, Newsweek
“The First Black Trans Model Had Her Face on a Box of Clairol” by Jada Yuan and Aaron Wong, New York
“Gus Kenworthy’s Next Bold Move” by Alyssa Roenigk, ESPN The Magazine
“Just Your Average (Transgender) Teen” by Andrea Stanley, Seventeen
“Pride & Prejudice” by Linda Villarosa, Essence Magazine

Outstanding Magazine Overall Coverage
The Advocate
Cosmopolitan
Seventeen
Time
Variety

Outstanding Digital-Journalism Article
“How the Killing of a Trans Filipina Woman Ignited an International Incident” by Meredith Talusan, Vice.com
“The Faces of Transgender Teen America” by David Yi, Mashable.com
“The Ky Peterson Saga” by Mitch Kellaway and Sunnivie Brydum, Advocate.com
“This Is What It’s Like to Be an LGBT Syrian Fleeing for Your Life” by J. Lester Feder, BuzzFeed.com
“This Tiny Clinic Is Fighting for Trans Patients Illegally Denied Medical Care” by Jennifer Swann, TakePart.com

Outstanding Digital Journalism — Multimedia
“Freed Trans Woman Ashley Diamond on Life Behind Bars in Men’s Prison” HuffPost Live, HuffingtonPost.com
“Holler If You Hear Me: Black and Gay in the Church” by Clay Cane, BET.com
“Queerness on the Front Lines Of #BlackLivesMatter” MSNBC Originals, MSNBC.com
“Stopping HIV? The Truvada Revolution” Vice Reports, Vice.com
“Transgender, at War and in Love” by Fiona Dawson, NewYorkTimes.com

Special Recognition
Beautiful As I Want to Be, Logotv.com
This Is Me, Amazon Instant Video

Outstanding Novela
Antes Muerta que Lichita, Univision
Celia, Telemundo
Los Miserables, Telemundo
Rastros de Mentiras, MundoMax

Outstanding Daytime-Program Episode (Spanish-Language)
“La Armonía de su Casa se Rompió” Casos de Familia, Univision
“¿El Marido de mi Padre o yo?” Caso Cerrado, Telemundo

Outstanding Television Interview (Spanish-Language)
“La confesión de Bruce Jenner” Showbiz, CNN en Español
“Entrevista con Claudia Valenzuela y Karolina López” Enfoque, Telemundo
“Lucha por su Identidad” Al Punto, Univision
“Matrimonio Igualitario” Cala, CNN en Español
“Orientación Sexual y Acoso Escolar” Realidades en Contexto, CNN en Español

Outstanding Local Television Interview (Spanish-Language)
“Entrevista con Kael Escobar,” Vida Mujer, WGBO-Univision 66 [Chicago]
“Entrevista con Tony Lima, SAVE Dade,” Ahora en Nuestra Comunidad, WLTV-Univision 23 [Miami]
“La nueva Transgeneración,” Enfoque Los Ángeles, KVEA-Telemundo 52 [Los Ángeles]
“Reacciones al Caso Jenner,” A Primera Hora, KMEX-Univision 34 [Los Ángeles]

Outstanding TV Journalism — Newsmagazine (Spanish-Language)
“Abre su Corazón: Entrevista con Patricia Velásquez,” Al Rojo Vivo, Telemundo
“Amor que Rompe Barreras,” Un Nuevo Día, Telemundo
“En Cuerpo Ajeno,” Aquí y Ahora, Univision
“ReveladoraHhistoria: entrevista con Patricia Velásquez,” Un Nuevo Día, Telemundo
“Viviendo con dos mamás,” Primer Impacto, Univision

Outstanding TV-Journalism Segment (Spanish-Language)
“Decisión Histórica en Estados Unidos,” Noticiero NTN 24, NTN
“Entrevista con Tamara Adrián,” Encuentro, CNN en Español
“Parejas del Mismo Sexo Celebran la Legalización del Matrimonio Entre Personas del Mismo Sexo en Todo el País,” CNN en Español
“Permiten Matrimonios,” Noticiero Telemundo, Telemundo
“Víctimas de Abusos,” Noticiero Univision, Univision

Outstanding Local-TV Journalism (Spanish-Language)
“Aprendió a Vivir en Plenitud con el Virus del VIH,” Noticias Arizona, KTVW-Univision 33 [Phoenix]
“Cada 29 Horas,” Noticias 19, KUVS-Univision 19 [Sacramento]
“Decidí ser Feliz,” Noticias 34, KMEX-Univision 34 [Los Ángeles]
“Descubriéndose,” Noticiero Telemundo, KVEA-Telemundo 52 [Los Ángeles]
“Reporte Especial,” Noticias 14, KDTV-Univision 14 [San Francisco]

Outstanding Newspaper Article (Spanish-Language)
“La constitucionalidad del matrimonio gay en EE.UU. queda en suspenso”por Selene Rivera, Hoy Los Ángeles
“Iguales bajo la lluvia” por Marcos B Guzmán Rivera (El Nuevo Día), El Nuevo Día
“Indocumentados y gays: Un romance con desafíos” por Laura Wides-Muñoz, Prensa Asociada
“Mujeres transgénero piden respeto a sus derechos” por Jorge Morales Almada, La Opinión
“Padres transgénero – El único requisito para ser papá es el amor por los hijos” por Virginia Gaglianone, La Opinión