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Ketel One Vodka Hosts ‘Walk Of Change’ At The 23rd Annual GLAAD Media Awards

NEW YORK, NY – MARCH 24: Celebrities and supporters stopped by the Ketel One Vodka “Walk of Change” at the GLAAD Media Awards to make their mark – literally.

For each celebrity handprint left, Ketel One donated $1,000 to GLAAD. Participants included Bernadette Peters, Cheyenne Jackson, Jay Manuel and Thomas Roberts.

When leaving his hand print on the Ketel One Walk of Fame, Cheyenne Jackson brought attention to his new wedding ring saying, “Look at my wedding ring!! This is so weird!”

Smash star, Phillip Spaeth, wasn’t shy about getting his hands dirty for a good cause when leaving his handprint on the Ketel One Walk of Change.

Broadway superstar Bernadette Peters flexed her stardom as she playful posed for the camera and even stated, “Am I making a muscle?” as she left her handprint.

The always fabulous Bernadette Peters

Vinny Guadagnino from Jersey Shore

Craig Zadan, producer

Jay Manuel and Cheyenne Jackson

Thomas Roberts of MSNBC
Phillip Spaeth from SMASH

Photo Credit – WireImage for Ketel One Vodka

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From GLAAD – Commentator Accountability Project

The GLAAD Commentator Accountability Project (CAP) aims to put critical information about frequent anti-gay interviewees into the hands of newsrooms, editors, hosts and reporters.

Journalists or producers who are on deadline often don’t have the time to dig into the histories of a commentator. Audiences need to be aware that when they’re not talking to the mainstream media, these voices are comparing the LGBT people to Nazi Germany, predicting that equal treatment of LGBT people will lead to the total collapse of society, and even making accusations of satanic influence.

The Commentator Accountability Project is bringing all of these statements to light, while calling attention to the sentiments behind them. We will show that the commentators who are most often asked to opine on issues like marriage equality or non-discrimination protections do not accurately represent the “other side” of those issues. They represent nothing but extreme animus towards the entire LGBT community.

Have you seen these anti-LGBT voices in your local media? Let GLAAD know today.

Below are just 9 of the many anti-LGBT leaders.  Click here for more info and a full list.

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Delta Airlines supports GLAAD

From GLAAD: Millions of travelers from all across the globe will learn about the need for vital LGBT-inclusive workplace protections with the release of a new full-page ad appearing in this month’s issue of ‘Delta Sky Magazine.’

The ad reads in part: “Today, in 29 states, a person can be fired from their job simply for being lesbian, gay or bisexual. In 34 states, a person can be fired from their job simply for being transgender.”

Readers are directed to glaad.org to learn more about how they can support the LGBT community.

Delta Sky is the world’s most-read onboard magazine with a circulation of over 5 million and introduces readers to the people, places and subjects that define our ever-evolving world. The ad, which was created by GLAAD, also commends Delta for its ongoing commitment to equality.

Delta Air Lines was designated as one of HRC’s ‘Best Places to Work’ for LGBT employees in 2011, and continues to earn near-perfect scores on HRC’s Corporate Equality Index.

Delta Air Lines is also the Local Presenting Partner of the GLAAD Media Awards in New York, as well as the GLAAD Media Awards in Los Angeles.

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GLAAD Award nominations announced

On Thursday (January 19), GLAAD announced their nominees for the annual awards, which “recognize and honor media for their fair, accurate and inclusive representations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community and the issues that affect their lives.”

“As media continue to tell new stories about LGBT people and families, a majority of Americans now support full equality of LGBT Americans,” Mike Thompson, GLAAD’s acting president, said in a statement about this year’s nominees. “This year’s nominees enlighten and entertain, while spotlighting the diversity of our community. Audiences expect to see their own worlds reflected in media, and today more than ever, those include the lives of LGBT people. Viewers know that LGBT characters and stories are simply natural extensions of, and glimpses into, their own experiences from across America.”

Three ceremonies will be held to hand out awards, in New York on March 24, Los Angeles on April 21 and San Francisco on June 2.

Outstanding Film – Wide Release
Albert Nobbs
Roadside Attractions

Beginners
Focus Features

J. Edgar
Warner Bros. Pictures

Outstanding Film – Limited Release
Circumstance
Roadside Attractions

Gun Hill Road
Motion Film Group

Pariah
Focus Features

Tomboy
Rocket Releasing

Weekend
Sundance Selects

Outstanding Drama Series
Degrassi – TeenNick
Grey’s Anatomy – ABC
Pretty Little Liars – ABC Family
Shameless – Showtime
Torchwood: Miracle Day – Starz

Outstanding Comedy Series
Exes and Ohs – Logo
Glee – Fox
Happy Endings – ABC
Modern Family – ABC
The Big C – Showtime

Outstanding Individual Episode (in a series without a regular LGBT character)
“Acceptance” Man Up! ABC
“Beards” Hot in Cleveland TV Land
“Prom” Drop Dead Diva Lifetime
“Recruited” NCIS CBS
“The Boy Has Style” Are We There Yet? TBS

Outstanding TV Movie or Mini-Series
Cinema Verite HBO

Outstanding Documentary
Becoming Chaz – OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network
The Strange History of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell – HBO
The World’s Worst Place to be Gay? – Logo
Two Spirits – PBS
We Were Here – Red Flag Releasing

Outstanding Reality Program
Dancing with the Stars – ABC
Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys – Sundance Channel
The Glee Project – Oxygen
The Real L Word – Showtime
The Voice – NBC

Outstanding Talk Show Episode
“Chaz Bono” Late Show with David Letterman – CBS
“Children & Teens Caught in the Wrong Bodies” Anderson – syndicated
“Coming Out on the Oprah Show: 25 Years of Unforgettable Guests” The Oprah Winfrey Show – syndicated
“The Wedding of Scott Cronick & David Gorshein” Conan – TBS
“Zach Wahls” The Ellen DeGeneres Show – syndicated

Outstanding Daily Drama
All My Children – ABC
Days of Our Lives – NBC

Outstanding TV Journalism – News Magazine
“Day One” The Rachel Maddow Show – MSNBC
“Finding Home” In the Life – PBS
“GLBT in Texas” Spotlight DFW – KXAS TV-5 [Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas]
“The ‘Sissy Boy’ Experiments” Anderson Cooper 360 – CNN
“They Call it Corrective Rape” World’s Untold Stories – CNN

Outstanding TV Journalism Segment
“Battle Against Bullying” ABC World News With Diane Sawyer ABC
“Children of LGBT Parents” MSNBC News Live MSNBC
“Gay Dads Adopt 12 Kids” Good Morning America ABC
“Kye Allums” Outside the Lines ESPN
“Split by Potential Deportation” CNN Newsroom CNN

Outstanding Newspaper Article
“AIDS @ 30” (series) Windy City Times [Chicago, Ill.]
“Coming Out to America” by Melanie Asmar, Westword [Denver, Colo.]
“Even on Religious Campuses, Students Fight for Gay Identity” by Erik Eckholm, The New York Times
“Led by the Child Who Simply Knew” by Bella English, The Boston Globe
“Local Lesbian Couple Navigates Life’s Daily Challenges as Parents” by Najla Amundson, The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead [Fargo, N.D.]

Outstanding Newspaper Columnist
Alfred Doblin The Record [Bergen, N.J.]
Craig Wilson USA Today
Frank Bruni The New York Times
Maureen Dowd The New York Times
Peg McEntee The Salt Lake Tribune

Outstanding Newspaper Overall Coverage
Pioneer Press [St. Paul, Minn.]
The Boston Globe
The New York Times
The Oregonian [Portland, Ore.]
The Salt Lake Tribune

Outstanding Magazine Article
“15th Anniversary of the Passage of the Defense of Marriage Act” (series) by Chris Geidner, Metro Weekly
“Black & Gay in Corporate America” by Carolyn M. Brown, Black Enterprise
“Making It Work” by Rod McCullom, Ebony
“The Secret I Don’t Want to Keep Anymore” by Janet Mock as told to Kierna Mayo, Marie Claire
“Transitions” by Eliza Gray, The New Republic

Outstanding Magazine Overall Coverage
Entertainment Weekly
People
The Advocate/Out
Time
US Weekly

Outstanding Digital Journalism Article
“Adam and Pete: Love in a Time of War” by Max J. Rosenthal, HuffingtonPost.com
“Black and Transgender: A Double Burden” by Kellee Terrell, TheRoot.com
“Soldier Leaves Legacy Much Larger Than ‘He Was Gay'” by Wayne Drash, CNN.com
“The Rainbow Struggle” (series) GlobalPost.com
“What are Little Boys Made Of” by Jim Burroway, BoxTurtleBulletin.com

Outstanding Digital Journalism – Multimedia
“Breaking Boundaries” by Eliza Gray, Joe Heroun and Margy Slattery, TheNewRepublic.com
“Coming Out” by Sarah Kramer and Nicole Bengiveno, NYTimes.com
“Glamorous Gay Dance Scene a ‘Family Affair'” by Brooke Sopelsa, Drew Katchen and David Britt-Friedman, MSNBC.com
“Injustice at Every Turn” ITLMedia.org
“Transgender: A Special Report” (series) TimesUnion.com [Albany, N.Y.]

Outstanding Blog
Bilerico Project
Mombian
New Civil Rights Movement
Rod 2.0
Towleroad

Outstanding Music Artist
Beverly McClellan, Fear Nothing Oarfin Records
Girl in a Coma, Exits & All the Rest Blackheart Records
Hunx and His Punx, Too Young to Be in Love Hardly Art
Lady Gaga, Born This Way Interscope Records
MEN, Talk About Body IAMSOUND Records

Outstanding Comic Book
Avengers: The Children’s Crusade by Allan Heinberg, Marvel
Batwoman by J.H. Williams III and W. Haden Blackman, DC Comics
Secret Six by Gail Simone, DC Comics
Veronica Presents: Kevin Keller by Dan Parent, Archie Comics
X-Factor by Peter David, Marvel Comics

Outstanding Los Angeles Theater
Bonded by Donald Jolly
House of the Rising Son by Tom Jacobson
Killer Queen: The Story of Paco the Pink Pounder by Peter Griggs
No Word in Guyanese for Me by Wendy Graf
Who’s Your Daddy? by Johnny O’Callaghan

Outstanding New York Theater: Broadway and Off-Broadway
Maple & Vine by Jordan Harrison
Priscilla Queen of the Desert: The Musical by Stephan Elliott and Allan Scott
Sons of the Prophet by Stephen Karam
The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures by Tony Kushner
Unnatural Acts: Harvard’s Secret Court of 1920 conceived by Tony Speciale

Outstanding New York Theater: Off-Off Broadway
She Kills Monsters by Qui Nguyen
Southern Comfort book and lyrics by Dan Collins, music by Julianne Wick Davis
The Dog and Pony Show (Bring Your Own Pony) by Holly Hughes
The Escape Artist book by John Kelly, songs by John Kelly & Carol Lipnik
The Momentum by Boo Killebrew, Geoffrey Decas O’Donnell & Jordan Seavey

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22nd Annual GLAAD Media Awards – Hollywood

From GLAAD.org: Last night, GLAAD honored the media’s most outstanding images of the LGBT community at the GLAAD Media Awards in Los Angeles, hosted by Amy Poehler and Rashida Jones.

Sean Hayes presented the Vanguard Award to Broadway & TV actress Kristin Chenoweth in recognition of her work to promote LGBT equality.

Music legend Dolly Parton presented the Stephen F. Kolzak Award to Chairman of NBC Entertainment, Robert Greenblatt, in recognition of his work to bring LGBT characters to living rooms across the nation. Greenblatt gave life to such LGBT-inclusive TV shows as ‘The L Word,’ ‘Queer as Folk,’ ‘Six Feet Under’ and ‘United States of Tara.’

‘Glee’ and ‘Modern Family’ tied to take home the Outstanding Comedy Series Award. Golden Globe-winning actor Chris Colfer and Mike O’Malley accepted on behalf of ‘Glee,’ while ‘Modern Family’ stars Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Julie Bown and Ariel Winter accepted on behalf of the ABC smash comedy.

Lifetime’s Project Runway took home the award for Outstanding Reality Series, and MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell was joined by Fort Worth City Councilman Joel Burns to accept the award in the Outstanding TV Journalism Segment category for O’Donnell’s segment ‘Fort Worth Speech,’ which highlight Burns’ passionate plea to end anti-LGBT bullying.

An especially poignant moment came when actress Kirsten Dunst presented the Special Recognition Award to 17-year-old Nikki Peet, who attracted national media attention after she successfully petitioned her Corpus Christi high school to form a Gay-Straight Alliance, despite the administration’s opposition.

The GLAAD Media Awards series will continue in San Francisco on May 14, the final ceremony in 2011.

Pop sensation Ricky Martin and hip hop mogul Russell Simmons were among the winners at the GLAAD Media Awards in New York, held last month at the Marriott Marquis in Times Square.

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Ricky Martin at GLAAD Media Awards in NYC

Film and Broadway producer Craig Zadan, presented the Vito Russo Award to Grammy Award-winner, Ricky Martin, whose decision to speak about his life as a gay man has had a tremendous impact worldwide, especially for Latino youth and their parents.

The Vito Russo Award is presented to an openly lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender media professional who has made a significant difference in promoting equality for the LGBT community.