GLAAD ANNOUNCES NOMINEES FOR THE 36th ANNUAL GLAAD MEDIA AWARDS
January 22, 2025
The 36th Annual GLAAD Media Awards announced 303 nominees across 33 categories including culture-shifting stories about transgender people, people living with HIV, global LGBTQ criminalization, LGBTQ asylum seekers, LGBTQ youth, and more
LGBTQ stories and creatives across entertainment take center stage with nominees including: “Abbott Elementary,” “Agatha All Along,” “Baby Reindeer,” Billie Eilish, Doechii, Elton John, “Lil Nas X: Long Live Montero,” “My Old Ass,” “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” “Sesame Street,” “Southern Charm,” “The Umbrella Academy,” “Will & Harper,” and “Wicked”
Additional nominees include: The 77th Tony Awards, The 98th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, “Brilliant Minds,” Cosmopolitan, “Fancy Dance,” “Fantasmas,” “The Kelly Clarkson Show,” “Land of Women,” Michaela Jae, “Palm Royale,” “Primer Impacto,” “The Real Housewives of New York City,”
Victoria Monét, “The View,” and Vogue
In Journalism, local news soars with coverage from Columbus, San Francisco, Spokane, Tulsa and more nominated alongside powerhouse storytelling from The Advocate, Bloomberg TV, CNBC.com, ESPN, MSNBC, The New Yorker, PBS, Telemundo, as GLAAD celebrates newly-expanded category honoring Outstanding Independent Journalism
GLAAD also announced Special Recognition honors for “DRAG: The Musical,” “Red Ink: A Tribute to Cecilia Gentili,” The Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center, OUTLOUD, Q.Digital, and WNBA 2024 Champions, The New York Liberty
The 36th Annual GLAAD Media Awards are presented by official sponsors, Delta Air Lines and Hornitos, taking place in Los Angeles on March 27, 2025
Outstanding Music Artist
Adam Lambert, AFTERS (More is More)
Billie Eilish, HIT ME HARD AND SOFT (Darkroom/Interscope)
Doechii, Alligator Bites Never Heal (Top Dawg Entertainment/Capitol Records)
Elton John, Never Too Late: Soundtrack to the Disney+ Documentary (UMG Recordings)
Joy Oladokun, OBSERVATIONS FROM A CROWDED ROOM (Verve Forecast/Republic Records)
Kali Uchis, ORQUÍDEAS (Geffen Records)
Omar Apollo, God Said No (Warner Records)
Orville Peck, Stampede (Warner Records)
Tove Lo, HEAT (Pretty Swede Records)
Victoria Monét, JAGUAR II: Deluxe (Lovett Music/RCA Records)
