21st Annual GLAAD Award Nominees

The GLAAD Media Awards honor the fair, accurate and inclusive representation of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community and the issues that affect their lives in the media. This year's awards, with 152 nominees in 32 categories, will be split into three ceremonies, held in Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco in March, April and June.

"Words and images matter," GLAAD president Jarrett Barrios said in a statement. "With these awards, we seek to recognize news coverage and entertainment programming that go beyond stock stereotypes with LGBT storylines that more fully reflect the challenges gay and transgender people face and the aspirations we hold for ourselves and our families."

Some of the nominees are:

Outstanding Drama Series

• Brothers & Sisters - ABC
• Grey's Anatomy - ABC
• Mad Men - AMC
• Skins - BBC America
• True Blood - HBO

Outstanding Film - Wide Release

• Everybody's Fine - Miramax
• I Love You, Man - DreamWorks SKG
• Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire - Lionsgate Films
• A Single Man - The Weinstein Company
• Taking Woodstock - Focus Features
  
  

Outstanding Film - Limited Release

• Casi Divas - Maya Entertainment
• The Country Teacher - Film Movement
• Little Ashes - Regent Releasing
• Phoebe in Wonderland - THINKfilm
  
• The Secrets - Monterey Media
  
  

Outstanding Comedy Series

• Beautiful People - Logo
• Glee - Fox
• GREEK - ABC Family
• Modern Family - ABC
• United States of Tara - Showtime
  
  

Outstanding Individual Episode in a series without a regular LGBT character

• "Homeward Bound" - Private Practice (ABC)
• "Lisa Says" - The Listener (NBC)
  
• "Pawnee Zoo" - Parks and Recreation (NBC)
• "The Real Ghostbusters" - Supernatural (The CW)
  
• "Wait and See" - Private Practice (ABC)
  
  

Outstanding TV Movie or Mini-Series

• An Englishman in New York - Logo
• Pedro - MTV
• Prayers for Bobby - Lifetime
• Torchwood: Children of Earth - BBC America
  

Outstanding Documentary

• Ask Not - PBS
• Be Like Others - HBO
• Derek - The Sundance Channel
• The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls - Diva Productions
• U People - Logo

Outstanding Daily Drama

• All My Children - ABC
• As the World Turns - CBS
• Guiding Light - CBS
• One Life to Live - ABC

Outstanding Music Artist

• Brandi Carlile - Give Up the Ghost (Sony)
• Lady Gaga - The Fame Monster (Interscope)
• Gossip - Music for Men (Sony)
• Adam Lambert - For Your Entertainment (19 Recordings / RCA Records)
• Otep - Smash the Control Machine (Victory Records)

Outstanding Reality Program

• The Amazing Race 15 - CBS
• Kathy Griffin: MY Life on the D-List - Bravo
• Making His Band - MTV
• The Real World: Brooklyn - MTV
• RuPaul's Drag Race - Logo/VH1

GLAAD also announced that actress Cynthia Nixon will be 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. The "Sex and the City" star will accept the special award at a ceremony in New York.

"Cynthia Nixon has been a vocal and visible advocate who has transformed cultural attitudes about our community," Barrios said.

For more information about the GLAAD Media Awards and to see the rest of the nominees, visit their website at www.glaad.org/mediaawards.