17th GLAAD Media Awards

17th Annual GLAAD Media Awards (2006) were presented at four separate ceremonies: March 27 in New York City; April 8 in Los Angeles; May 25 in Miami; and June 10 in San Francisco. The awards were presented to honor "fair, accurate and inclusive" representations of gay individuals in the media.

Special Recognition

• Vito Russo Award: David LaChapelle
• Vanguard Award: Charlize Theron
• Golden Gate Award: Jennifer Tilly
• Davidson/Valentini Award: Ron Cowen
• Stephen F. Kolzak Award: Melissa Etheridge
• Valentia Award: Fey
• Pioneer Award: Rev. Cecil Williams
• Visibilidad Award: Richard Pérez-Feria
• Special Recognition: "First Day of My Life," Bright Eyes music video, dir. John Cameron Mitchell

Nominees of the 17th GLAAD Media Awards

(winners in bold)

• Outstanding Film - Wide Release
  • Brokeback Mountain (Focus Features)
  • Capote (Sony Pictures Classics)
  • The Family Stone (20th Century Fox)
  • Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (Warner Bros.)
  • Rent (Sony Pictures)
• Outstanding Film - Limited Release
  • Beautiful Boxer (Regent Releasing/here! Films)
  • Mysterious Skin (Strand Releasing/Antidote Films)
  • Saving Face (Sony Pictures Classics)
  • Transamerica (The Weinstein Company)
  • Walk on Water (Samuel Goldwyn Films)
• Outstanding Documentary
  • American Experience: Kinsey (PBS)
  • Middle Sexes: Redefining He and She (HBO)
  • Same Sex America (Showtime)
  • TransGeneration (The Sundance Channel/Logo)
  • We Are Dad (Showtime)
• Outstanding Drama Series
  • Commander in Chief (ABC)
  • The L Word (Showtime)
  • Queer as Folk (Showtime)
  • Six Feet Under (HBO)
  • South of Nowhere (The N)
• Outstanding Comedy Series
  • Out of Practice (CBS)
  • Shameless (BBC America)
  • Will & Grace (NBC)
• Outstanding Individual Episode (in a series without a regular gay character)
  • "Alien" - Law & Order: SVU (NBC)
  • "Best Friends" - Cold Case (CBS)
  • "Pilot" - My Name is Earl (NBC)
  • "Someone's in the Kitchen with Daddy" - What I Like About You (The WB)
  • "Transitions" - Without a Trace (CBS)
• Outstanding Television Movie or Mini-Series
  • The Long Firm (BBC America)
  • Partner(s) (Lifetime)
• Outstanding Reality Program
  • The Amazing Race 7 (CBS)
  • America's Next Top Model 5 (UPN)
  • "Boone Luffey/Gillespie" - Wife Swap (ABC)
  • Queer Eye (Bravo)
  • "Straight/Gay" - 30 Days (FX)
• Outstanding Daily Drama
  • General Hospital (ABC)
  • Passions (NBC)
• Outstanding Talk Show Episode
  • "Fighting for My Children" - Dr. Phil
  • "Twins: Identical But Different" - The Montel Williams Show
  • "When I Knew I Was Gay" - The Oprah Winfrey Show
  • "When Your Identical Twin Has a Sex Change" - The Oprah Winfrey Show
• Outstanding TV Journalism - Newsmagazine
  • "Becoming Diane" - 20/20 (ABC)
  • "Gay Rodeo" - Only in America (Discovery Times Channel)
  • "Lady Lions: Alleged Discrimination" - Outside the Lines (ESPN)
  • "Lucky" - Dateline NBC (NBC)
  • "The Mirror" - Nightline (ABC)
• Outstanding TV Journalism - News Segment
  • "Andrew Goldstein" - ESPN SportsCenter (ESPN)
  • "Coming Out" - Live From... (CNN)
  • "Peter Hams" - ESPN SportsCenter (ESPN)
  • "School Outing" - Anderson Cooper 360° (CNN)
  • "Secret Sex Lives" - Anderson Cooper 360° (CNN)
• Outstanding Newspaper Article
  • "A House Divided" by Laura Bond (Westword)
  • "The New Radical" by Kim Martineau (The Hartford Courant)
  • "Paradise Lost" by Michelle Boorstein (The Washington Post)
  • "The Stewards of Gay Washington" by Anne Hull (The Washington Post)
  • "When an Employee Switches Gender, What's a Company to Do?" by Stephanie Armour (USA Today)
• Outstanding Newspaper Columnist
  • Marta Donayre (El Observador)
  • Margery Eagan (Boston Herald)
  • Mark Morford (San Francisco Chronicle)
  • Andy Praschak (The San Juan Star)
  • Deb Price (The Detroit News)
• Outstanding Newspaper Overall Coverage
  • San Francisco Chronicle
  • Seattle Post-Intelligencer
  • USA Today
  • The Washington Post
  • Wisconsin State-Journal
• Outstanding Magazine Article
  • "A Down Low Dirty Shame" by Joshunda Sanders (Bitch)
  • "For the Soul of the Church" by Ethan Vesely-Flad (Color Lines)
  • "The Gay Rodeo Rides Again" by Michael Joseph Gross (Details)
  • "The Murder of a Boy Named Gwen" by Bob Moser (Rolling Stone)
  • "What's in a Name?" by Beth Greenfield (Time Out New York)
• Outstanding Magazine Overall Coverage
  • AsianWeek
  • Newsweek
  • People
  • Time
  • Time Out New York
• Outstanding Digital Journalism Article
  • "Debajo del Arcoiris" by Emily Alpert (IntheFray.com)
  • "Gender Outlaws" by Emily Alpert (IntheFray.com)
  • "The Lowdown on the Downlow" by Bruce Dixon (BlackCommentator.com)
  • "Now I Get to be Like Everybody Else" by Greg Garber (ESPN.com)
  • "Turning Off Gays" by Mark Benjamin (Salon.com)
• Outstanding Music Artist
  • Antony and the Johnsons, I Am a Bird Now
  • Melissa Etheridge, Greatest Hits: The Road Less Traveled
  • Girlyman, Little Star
  • Sharon Isbin, Rodrigo, Villa-Lobos, Ponce: Guitar Concertos
  • Amy Ray, Prom
• Outstanding Comic Book
  • Gotham Central by Greg Rucka and Ed Brubaker (DC Comics)
  • Strangers in Paradise by Terry Moore (Abstract Studio)
  • Top Ten: The Forty-Niners by Alan Moore (ABC Comics/Wildstorm)
  • Y: The Last Man by Brian K. Vaughn (Vertigo/DC Comics)
  • Young Avengers by Allan Heinberg (Marvel)
• Outstanding Advertising - Electronic
  • "Cupid" - MTV
  • "Guy Watcher" - Diet Pepsi
  • "New Boyfriend" - Orbitz
  • "Signs" - mtvU
• Outstanding Advertising - Print
  • "Partnership Registry" - ABC Carpet and Home
  • "So What's Cooking in the Kitchen?" - GE Monogram
  • "There's One." - American Express
• Outstanding Los Angeles Theater
  • Bunbury by Tom Jacobson
  • I Am My Own Wife by Doug Wright
  • Porcelain by Chay Yew
  • A Pebble in My Shoe: The Life and Times of John Shelby Spong by Colin Cox
  • Pera Palas by Sinan Unel
• Outstanding New York Theater: Broadway & Off-Broadway
  • Border/Clash: A Litany of Desire by Staceyann Chin
  • The Color Purple book by Marsha Norman, based on the novel by Alice Walker
  • Ghetto Superstar (The Man That I Am) by Billy Porter
  • Oedipus at Palm Springs by The Five Lesbian Brothers
  • Swimming in the Shallows by Adam Bock
• Outstanding New York Theater: Off-Off-Broadway
  • Busted Jesus Comix by David Johnston
  • Christine Jorgensen Reveals created by Bradford Louryk
  • Dress Suits to Hire by Holly Hughes in collaboration with Peggy Shaw and Lois Weaver
  • Golden Age by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
  • The Lightning Field by David Ozanich

External links

• 17th Annual GLAAD Media Awards