Outstanding Film - Wide Release:
- Everybody's Fine
- I Love You, Man
- Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (Lionsgate Films): director/producer Lee Daniels, original author Sapphire
- A Single Man (The Weinstein Company): director/writer/producer Tom Ford, original author Christopher Isherwood WINNER
- Taking Woodstock (Focus Features): original author Elliot Tiber, actors Jonathan Groff and Edward Hibbert
Outstanding Film - Limited Release:
- Casi Divas
- The Country Teacher (Film Movement)
- Little Ashes (Regent Releasing): subjects Salvador Dalí and Federico García Lorca WINNER
- Phoebe in Wonderland
- The Secrets
Outstanding Drama Series:
- Brothers & Sisters
- Grey's Anatomy
- Mad Men
- Skins
- True Blood
Outstanding Comedy Series:
- Beautiful People
- Glee
- Greek
- Modern Family
- United States of Tara
Outstanding Individual Episode in a Series Without a Regular LGBT Character:
- "Homeward Bound", Private Practice
- "Lisa Says", The Listener
- "Pawnee Zoo", Parks and Recreation
- "The Real Ghostbusters", Supernatural
- "Wait and See", Private Practice
Outstanding TV Movie or Mini-Series:
- An Englishman in New York
- Pedro (MTV): subjects Pedro Zamora and Sean Sasser, writer/producer Paris Barclay and writer Dustin Lance Black
- Prayers for Bobby
- Torchwood: Children of Earth
Outstanding Documentary:
- Ask Not (PBS) WINNER
- Be Like Others (HBO)
- Derek
- The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls (Diva Productions): subjects Jools Topp & Lynda Topp
- U People
Outstanding Reality Program:
- The Amazing Race 15 (CBS): cast members Dan McMillen & Sam McMillen
- Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List
- Making His Band (MTV): cast member Jaila Simms
- The Real World: Brooklyn (MTV): cast members Katelynn Cusanelli and J.D. Ordoñez
- RuPaul's Drag Race (Logo/VH1): host/judge RuPaul, judge Santino Rice, cast members Akashia, Bebe Zahara Benet, Tammie Brown, Nina Flowers, Rebecca Glasscock, Jade, Ongina, Victoria "Porkchop" Parker and Shannel, guest stars Cazwell, Mike Ruiz and Jenny Shimizu, producers Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato WINNER
Outstanding Daily Drama:
- All My Children (ABC)
- As the World Turns (CBS)
- Guiding Light (CBS)
- One Life to Live (ABC): writer Ron Carlivati, producer Frank Valentini, actors Lea DeLaria, Scott Evans and Nicholas Rodriguez WINNER
Outstanding Music Artist:
- Brandi Carlile, Give Up the Ghost
- Lady Gaga, The Fame Monster
- Gossip (Hannah Blilie, Beth Ditto) Music for Men
- Adam Lambert, For Your Entertainment
- Otep (Otep Shamaya), Smash the Control Machine
Outstanding Talk Show Episode:
- "Ellen DeGeneres and Her Wife, Portia de Rossi", The Oprah Winfrey Show (syndicated) WINNER
- "Hell to Pay – Gay Teen Exorcism", The Tyra Banks Show (The CW)
- "Mormon Church & Gays", The Joy Behar Show (HLN): guest Dustin Lance Black
- "The Science of Intersex", The Dr. Oz Show (syndicated)
- "Sirdeaner Walker Interview", The Ellen DeGeneres Show (syndicated)
Outstanding TV Journalism - Newsmagazine:
- "40th Anniversary of Stonewall", In the Life (PBS): guests Gilbert Baker, The Lady Bunny and Larry Kramer
- "Angie Zapata Murder Trial", InSession (truTV)
- "Bullied to Death?", Anderson Cooper 360 (CNN)
- "Gay Killings in Iraq", CNN Newsroom (CNN)
- "Uganda Be Kidding Me" (series), The Rachel Maddow Show (MSNBC) WINNER
Outstanding TV Journalism Segment:
- "Gay Teen Mutilated", Issues with Jane Velez-Mitchell (HLN): subject Jorge Steven López Mercado
- "Lt. Col. Victor Fehrenbach: I Was Utterly Devastated", CNN Newsroom (CNN)
- "Reverend’s Revelation: Minister Speaks Out About Being Transgender", The Early Show (CBS)
- "Total Transformation: Why Chaz Bono Decided to Change", Good Morning America (ABC)
- "Why Will Won't Pledge Allegiance", American Morning (CNN) WINNER
Outstanding Newspaper Article:
- "Binational, Same-Sex Couples Face Immigration Problems" by Mike Swift (San Jose Mercury News)
- "Kept From a Dying Partner’s Bedside" by Tara Parker-Pope (The New York Times) WINNER
- "Militias Target Some Iraqis for Being Gay" by Paul Wiseman and Nadeem Majeed (USA Today)
- "Minister Kept Secret for 27 Years" by Christine McFadden (The Portland Tribune, Portland, Oregon)
- "Transgender Vets a Hidden Population" by Carol Ann Alaimo (Arizona Daily Star, Tucson, Arizona)
Outstanding Newspaper Columnist:
- Leonard Pitts, Jr. (The Miami Herald)
- Deb Price (The Detroit News)
- Frank Rich (The New York Times) WINNER
- Rev. Byron Williams (The Oakland Tribune)
- Craig Wilson (USA Today)
Outstanding Newspaper Overall Coverage:
- Greeley Tribune (Greeley, Colorado)
- Los Angeles Times WINNER
- The New York Times
- Portland Press Herald (Portland, Maine)
- The Washington Post
Outstanding Magazine Article:
- "Coming Out in Middle School" by Benoit Denizet-Lewis (The New York Times Magazine) WINNER
- "Either/Or: Sports, Sex and the Case of Caster Semenya" by Ariel Levy (The New Yorker)
- "Gay on Trial" by Gabriel Arana (The American Prospect
- "Trouble in Paradise" by Jeannine Amber (Essence
- "What's Right with Utah" by Lisa Duggan (The Nation
Outstanding Magazine Overall Coverage:
- The Advocate
- Entertainment Weekly
- The Nation
- Newsweek
- People
Outstanding Digital Journalism Article:
- "Former College Football Captain Was Openly Gay" by Cyd Zeigler Jr. (Outsports.com)
- "McMackin's Slur Reveals Larger Problem" by LZ Granderson (ESPN.com)
- "On the Road to Refuge" by Pete Muller (ColorLines.com)
- "We Love You, This Won't Change a Thing" by John Buccigross (ESPN.com): subject Brendan Burke WINNER (tie)
- "Why Can’t You Just Butch Up? Gay Men, Effeminacy and Our War with Ourselves" by Brent Hartinger (AfterElton.com) WINNER (tie)
Outstanding Digital Journalism - Multimedia:
- "AIDS Lifecycle: On the Road" by Derrick Shore (Advocate.com)
- "From Stonewall to Mainstream" by Jessica Bennett, Rebecca Shabad and Brooke Browne (Newsweek.com)
- "The Stonewall Riots: 40 Years Later" by Dave Singleton (AARP.org) WINNER
Outstanding Comic Book:
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer by Jane Espenson, Steven S. DeKnight, Drew Z. Greenberg, Jim Krueger, Doug Petrie and Joss Whedon (Dark Horse Comics)
- Detective Comics by Greg Rucka (DC Comics) WINNER
- Madame Xanadu by Matt Wagner (Vertigo/DC Comics)
- Secret Six by Gail Simone (DC Comics)
- X-Factor by Peter David (Marvel Comics)
Outstanding Los Angeles Theater:
- 40 is the New 15 by Larry Todd Johnson and Cindy O'Connor
- Anita Bryant Died for Your Sins by Brian Christopher Williams
- Battle Hymn by Jim Leonard
- Bingo with the Indians
- Lydia
Outstanding New York Theater - Broadway and Off-Broadway:
- A Boy and His Soul by Colman Domingo (also actor) WINNER
- The Brother/Sister Plays
- Next Fall
- Soul Samurai by Qui Nguyen
- The Temperamentals by Jon Marans, director Jonathan Silverstein, producer Stacy Shane, actor Michael Urie, subjects Rudi Gernreich, Harry Hay and William Dale Jennings
Outstanding New York Theater - Off-Off Broadway:
- Abraham Lincoln’s Big Gay Dance Party by Aaron Loeb
- Devil Boys From Beyond by Buddy Thomas, actors Andy Halliday and Everett Quinton
- The Lily’s Revenge by Taylor Mac
- She Like Girls by Chisa Hutchinson WINNER
- Wickets by Clove Galilee and Jenny Rogers, adapted from Fefu and Her Friends
Special Recognition:
- Hair
Honorary Awards:
- Drew Barrymore, the Vanguard Award
- Lee Daniels, the Davidson/Valentini Award
- Robert Hanson, San Francisco Local Hero Award
- Cynthia Nixon, the Vito Russo Award
- Wanda Sykes, the Stephen F. Kolzak Award
Click here for the full list of the 2009 GLAAD Media Awards' Spanish language nominees. And click here for a video tribute to the major nominees.
Related posts on The QuOD:
- Spotlight On: The 2008 GLAAD Media Awards
- Spotlight On: GLAAD Honorary Award Winners
- Spotlight On: The Amazing Race
- Spotlight On: RuPaul's Drag Race
- Spotlight On: Glee - Season 1
- Spotlight On: The 2010 GLAAD Media Awards
UPDATE: Winners from the New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco ceremonies noted.
Spotlight On: is an occasional feature here on The QuOD that highlights various pop culture touchstones involving a number of GLBT people of note.















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