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Sunday, 13 April 2008 17:15
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The GLAAD Media Awards recognize and honor media for their fair, accurate and inclusive representations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community and the issues that affect their lives. GLAAD Media Award nominees were published, released or broadcast between January 1, 2007 and December 31, 2007.
At the ceremony held at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Fla., Jai Rodriguez, host of Groomer Has It, presented Wilson Cruz with GLAAD's Visibilidad Award, honoring openly lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender media professionals who have made a significant difference in promoting equal rights for our community.
"As a young gay latino man, I longed to be visible, to be seen and to be heard in both communities," Cruz said. "It was easy to feel otherwise, as a young gay man in the latino culture, where homosexuality was a taboo subject."
Joe Granda presented reggaeton star, Ivy Queen, with a Special Recognition Award. Ivy is the first reggaeton singer to openly support and acknowledge the gay community in her shows and with her presence in gay events.
During her acceptance, Ivy Queen spoke of her many gay friends and fans. "Most of them are still trapped in the closet and they ask me for advice. First I say, ‘I got your back. I love you. I always love you, no matter how you look, who you are, who you love."
Also at the ceremony, Christine Chavez, granddaughter of Cesar Chavez, presented a Special Recognition Award to The Intelligence Report, a publication of the Southern Poverty Law Center. Editor in Chief Mark Potok and staff writer Casey Sanchez accepted the award.
In his speech Potok called attention to the biased coverage of the LGBT community often found in the media, stating, "It is that kind of incredible prejudice that is so common in the media and that really is making this world a worse place."
Comedian and singer Jade Esteban Estrada hosted the event, and platinum selling R&B singer Deborah Cox performed four songs. Other guests and presenters included: Craig Stevens (WSVN-TV); Pablo Portillo, Alonso Espeleta (Pecados Ajenos); Derek Hartley (Sirius OUTQ); Judge David Young; Gremys Jardines, (In Fraganti); DJ Abel; Gilberto Reyes, Miguel González (WXDJ-95.7 FM); Ileana Garcìa (WRMA-106.7 FM); and Dan Renzi (The Real World: Miami).
Print-quality photographs from the 19th Annual GLAAD Media Awards in South Florida may be downloaded immediately at http://www.wireimage.com, or after 5 p.m. ET on April 13 at http://www.glaad.org.
Following is a complete list of GLAAD Media Awards presented on stage and the individuals who accepted the awards at the 19th Annual GLAAD Media Awards in South Florida on Saturday, April 12, 2008.
- Visibilidad Award:Â Wilson Cruz (presented by Jai Rodriguez)
- Outstanding Novela:Â Pecados Ajenos (Telemundo)Â [Accepted by: Pablo Portillo and Alonso Espeleta]
- Outstanding Variety Program Segment:Â "Tema controversia: Adopciones entre parejas del mismo sexo" ¡Despierta América! (Univision)Â [Accepted by: Producer Mari Garcia-Marquez]
- Outstanding Talk Show Episode:Â "Historia de amor: Saliendo del closet" Caso Cerrado (Telemundo)Â [Accepted by: Producer Jose Vincente Scheuren]
- Outstanding TV Journalism - News Segment:Â "Union històrica" Noticiero Univision (Univision)Â [Accepted by: Managing Editor Jairo Marin]
- Outstanding Newspaper Columnist:Â Daniel Shoer Roth (El Nuevo Herald [Miami])Â [Accepted by: Juan Carlos Chavez, El Nuevo Herald]
- Special Recognition:Â Ivy Queen [Accepted by: Ivy Queen]
- Special Recognition: The Intelligence Report [Accepted by: Editor Mark Potok]
Award recipients in the other Spanish-language categories were previously announced following the GLAAD Media Awards event in New York on March 17, 2008.
- Outstanding Individual Episode (in a series without a regular LGBT character):Â "El amor de mi hijo" Lo Que Callamos las Mujeres (Azteca América)
- Outstanding Celebrity News Segment:Â "Comunicado de Christian Chávez, de RBD" Ventaneando América (Azteca América)
- Outstanding TV Journalism - Newsmagazine:Â "Angel del odio" Noticentro 4 (WAPA America)
- Outstanding Newspaper Article:Â "Los olvidados de la reforma migratoria" by Judith Torrea (El Diario/La Prensa New York)
- Outstanding Newspaper Overall Coverage:Â El Nuevo Dìa San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Outstanding Magazine Article: "RBD enfrenta la verdad" by Maria Morales (People en Español)
- Outstanding Magazine Overall Coverage:Â TV y Novelas USA
- Outstanding Digital Journalism Article: "Cierra tus ojos" by Andres Fortuño (Terra.com)
- Outstanding Digital Journalism - Multimedia:Â "Tacos y tacones" by Sergio Chapa and Ben Torres (AlDìaTX.com)
- Outstanding Music Artist:Â RBD, Empezar desde cero
- Special Recognition:Â Homofrecuencia (WRTE 90.5 FM Chicago)
Additional ceremonies will be held in Los Angeles on April 26 at the Kodak Theatre, and in San Francisco on May 10 at the San Francisco Marriott.
More than 100 corporate sponsors are showing their support, including National Presenting sponsors ABSOLUT® VODKA and IBM and Los Angeles Presenting Sponsors AT&T and Harrah's Foundation. GLAAD is also grateful to the event's Platinum Underwriters MTV Networks and Time Warner. Allstate Insurance Company, Ken Alpert & Andrew Petronio KA Design Group, American Airlines, Anheuser-Busch, Inc./Bud Light, Atlantis Events, Comcast, Coors Brewing Company, HMS Media, Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, University of Phoenix, Terry K. Watanabe and support the 19th Annual GLAAD Media Awards as Underwriter Sponsors.
For a full list of corporate sponsors or information on how to become a corporate sponsor, purchase tickets or a tribute journal ad, please visit www.glaad.org/mediaawards or contact Stamp Event Management at (877) 519-7904 or
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About GLAAD
The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) is dedicated to promoting and ensuring fair, accurate and inclusive representation of people and events in the media as a means of eliminating homophobia and discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation. For more information, please visit www.glaad.org.
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