GLAAD Media Award Nominees Include ‘Empire’, ‘Transparent’ and ‘Orange Is the New Black’

GLAAD, the LGBT media advocacy organization, announced the nominees for its 27th annual Media Awards on Wednesday morning. According to GLAAD, the awards “recognize and honor media for their fair, accurate, and inclusive representations of the LGBT community and the issues that affect their lives.”

Among the television nominees are a diverse sampling of broadcast, cable and streaming shows, with Netflix and ABC leading the pack in the series categories. Included are Emmy favorites like Transparent and Orange Is the New Black, as well as less recognized shows like Pivot’s Please Like Me and MTV’s Faking It.

The awards will be presented in a one-hour special airing in April on Logo. Check out the full list of TV nominees below.

OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES

Arrow (The CW)
Black Sails (Starz)
Empire (FOX)
The Fosters (ABC Family)
Grey’s Anatomy (ABC)
How to Get Away with Murder (ABC)
Nashville (ABC)
Orphan Black (BBC America)
Sense8 (Netflix)
Shameless (Showtime)

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OUTSTANDING COMEDY SERIES

Brooklyn Nine-Nine (FOX)
Faking It (MTV)
Grace and Frankie (Netflix)
Looking (HBO)
Master of None (Netflix)
Modern Family (ABC)
Orange Is the New Black (Netflix)
Please Like Me (Pivot)
Transparent (Amazon Instant Video)
Vicious (PBS)

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OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL EPISODE
(in a series without a regular LGBT character)

“Gender,” The Carmichael Show (NBC)
“Please Don’t Ask, Please Don’t Tell,” Black-ish (ABC)
“The Prince of Nucleotides,” Royal Pains (USA Network)
“Rock-a-Bye-Baby,” NCIS New Orleans (CBS)
“We Build, We Fight,” NCIS (CBS)

OUTSTANDING TV MOVIE OR LIMITED SERIES

Banana (Logo)
Bessie (HBO)
Cucumber (Logo)

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OUTSTANDING DOCUMENTARY

Kumu Hina (PBS)
Limited Partnership (PBS)
Mala Mala (Strand Releasing)
Tab Hunter Confidential (The Film Collaborative)
Tig (Netflix)

OUTSTANDING REALITY PROGRAM

I Am Cait (E!)
I Am Jazz (TLC)
New Girls on the Block (Discovery Life)
The Prancing Elites Project (Oxygen)
Transcendent (Fuse)

OUTSTANDING DAILY DRAMA

The Bold and The Beautiful (CBS)

OUTSTANDING TALK SHOW EPISODE

“Alison Bechdel,” Late Night with Seth Meyers (NBC)
“Aydian Dowling,” The Ellen DeGeneres Show (syndicated)
“Janet Mock,” Super Soul Sunday (OWN)
“Jazz Jennings,” The Meredith Vieira Show (syndicated)
“Transgender Rights,” Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

OUTSTANDING TV JOURNALISM – NEWSMAGAZINE

“Bruce Jenner: The Interview,” 20/20 (ABC)
“The Courage Game,” SportsCenter (ESPN)
“Dividing The United Methodist Church,” To The Contrary (PBS)
“Showdown in Indiana: The Battle Over Religious Rights,” CNN Special Report (CNN)
True Life: I’m Genderqueer (MTV)

OUTSTANDING TV JOURNALISM SEGMENT

“Interview with Jim Obergefell,” Anderson Cooper 360 (CNN)
“Mary Bonauto on Her SCOTUS Victory,” The Rachel Maddow Show (MSNBC)
“Nicholas Coppola: Gay & Catholic,” America Tonight (Al Jazeera America)
“Pushing for Equality for Transgender People,” Melissa Harris-Perry (MSNBC)
“Toddler Plays Role in Marriage Equality Case,” MSNBC Live with Thomas Roberts (MSNBC)